Thanksgiving and Semester Breaks - Fall 2006

TO: All Resident Students

FR: Housing and Dining Programs

DA: September 27, 2006

RE: Important Thanksgiving Break and Semester Break Preparations

THANKSGIVING BREAK

The residence halls will remain open, but access to the halls and the level of staffing provided will be different. If you are on-campus for any of the break, it is your responsibility to abide by all university policies and to make yourself fully aware of all break arrangements for your hall. In general, the arrangements are as follows:

-- Access to Anderson, Centennial and Letts will be through Anderson. Access to Hughes, McDowell and Leonard will be through McDowell. Your student ID will be re-programmed accordingly, so please do not attempt to enter through the other halls. This arrangement will be in effect from 12 Noon on Wednesday (11/22) through 4 pm on Sunday (11/26). (Access at Tenley will be unchanged.)

-- Staffing for residence halls will be provided on a complex basis. Requests for assistance, questions, etc., will need to be directed to your complex desk (Anderson @ x7700 or McDowell @ x7706). Tenley desk will be part of the McDowell complex desk on Thursday and Friday and will resume limited hours on Saturday and Sunday. (Public Safety can be reached for emergencies at all times at x3636.)

 

SEMESTER BREAK

Residents must make arrangements to depart for the break within 24 hours of their last final exam. The halls will close at noon on Wednesday, December 20th. Mail/Parcel delivery will end the day before (December 19th) and will resume on Friday, January 5, 2007. More details on closing will be provided over the course of the rest of the semester. The halls will reopen for the spring semester for returning students at 9 am on Friday, January 5, 2007.

If you are planning to move out of the halls at the end of the semester for a qualified reason (i.e. study abroad, approved leave of absence, graduation, etc.), it is important that you notify our office in writing by November 15th if you hope to avoid any delays with transcripts, graduation, etc. Current residents who move out for non-qualified reasons (e.g. off-campus) are subject to cancellation charges as noted on the Housing Application/License Agreement.

Limited Semester Break housing is available on a first-come, first-served basis at the Tenley Campus only, as all main campus halls will be closed.Applications will be available at Housing and Dining Programs (located in Anderson Hall) starting Monday, October 23rd or by clicking here and are due by Friday, December 8th. There is a one week minimum stay and a daily charge of $32.00 per person per night for this service (double room). Residents interested in working at the hall desk during the break in exchange for part or all of their break housing costs need to contact Kat Gannon, Guest and Public Relations Coordinator, via email at gannon@american.edu.

If you have any questions, please contact your hall staff or stop by our office. Best wishes with the rest of the semester have safe and enjoyable breaks!!!!