WRC is one of the friendliest places at Northwestern, attracting students from all six undergraduate schools and from diverse nationalities and ethnic heritages. The WRC community includes fellows from many different schools and departments who attend weekly lunches, host dinners, and provide informal advising. WRC's student executive board plans a range of social, intellectual, cultural, and philanthropic activities. Some are practical or recreational, featuring activities such as yoga or self-defense classes or casual talks on nutrition or jazz. Others take residents into Chicago to see plays or musicals, to feast on Middle Eastern food, or to visit feminist bookstores.
Firesides encourage reflection and debate.
Or they might get advice on survival tactics for women in science or women living or working abroad. The most important aspect of WRC is the friendship that develops among residents in the diverse, family-like atmosphere of the college. They celebrate birthdays, listen to each other's troubles, offer advice, and invite one another home for the holidays. They go to football games, volunteer in tutoring programs, shopat Water Tower Place in Chicago, and hang out for movies and munchies. WRC is a great place for expanding horizons and making special friends.