Housing: Students are required to live in university residence halls during STEP. (Weekend visits home are allowed.) 

Double rooms are equipped with two standard twin sized beds, two desks with chairs, two bookcases, two Ethernet hookups, and built-in storage cabinets and closets.

Triple rooms are equipped with three of the aforementioned items, but have 2 built-in units.

Accommodations are equipped with telephone connections for on-campus service, cable television, and EagleNet (the AU computer network). Students should bring personal items, such as an alarm clock, a desk lamp, hangers, an iron, linens, pillows, a radio, toiletries, towels, and shower shoes. 

Residence halls have kitchens on each floor, and small refrigerators may be rented for the summer. 

Summer STEP assistants also live in the dorms to ensure that STEP students gain an understanding of residential life and experience a living and learning environment comparable to what they will encounter during the academic year.

Transportation: The AU shuttle offers free and easy access to Metro (the metropolitan Washington subway system) and nearby grocery stores and restaurants. There is also a cab stand on campus, near the south residence halls.

Meal Plan: Students will be provided with 52 meals in the Terrace Dining Room (TDR) and $312 in EagleBuck$ for the seven weeks of the program. TDR is the main student dining facility on campus, and the 52 meals can be used only there. EagleBuck$ is credit on the student's ID card, which can be used at various on-campus dining facilities, as well as at several off-campus dining vendors. Further information about the meal plan will be provided at the STEP orientation.

What to Bring Checklist

We here at Multicultural Affairs thought that we would draw up a list of items that we find helpful in everyday life. The list isn't everything that you need, but in the metro DC area there are plenty of places to go and supplement the items you find you need as the year goes on.

Note: Standard residence hall rooms are approximately 12' x 15'. Double rooms are equipped with two standard twin size beds, two desks with chairs; two bookcases; and two Ethernet hookups; and built-in storage cabinets and closets. Triple rooms are equipped with three of each of the aforementioned items, except built-in units.

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