Friday, December 3, 2010

Princeton Review Survey

Whitworth students,

Every year, you have the opportunity to share your unique insights about your experience as a Whitworth student for the Princeton Review’s Best Colleges guide and website. This year, students who participate in the survey will be entered in a drawing to win one of ten Apple® iPad™ mobile digital devices.

Take the Princeton Review survey at http://survey.review.com/ss/. (You must use your school issued email address when you login.)

Your input provides prospective undergraduates with a candid, accurate, and engaging picture of life at Whitworth, helping them to decide if it’s the right fit. The more students who participate the more accurate the review will be.

Please note: The Princeton Review takes your privacy seriously. We will not share your personal information with any third party unless you give us permission to do so. You can read The Princeton Review's full privacy policy by clicking on our "Privacy Policy" link here.

Greg Orwig

Chief of Staff - Office of the President

Whitworth University

300 W. Hawthorne Rd.

Spokane, WA 99251

509-777-4580(o)

509-869-6857(m)

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Off Campus Housing Resources

Whitworth does have a resource for students who are seeking off-campus housing. While there’s apartmentfinder.com and craigslist, many students are finding that our own site is better because it’s more “Whitworth-y.” Instead of dealing with some weirdo posting on craigslist, you get a lot more Whitworth students posting on our site,www.whitworth.edu/offcampushousing. There’s an option to post a room, a house, or just a temporary opening. People looking for places can also browse all the listings, too. And the “Looking for a roommate” section is nice because it’s only open to Whitworth students; no one from outside our community can post or even browse those listings.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Campus Housing for Jan Term

· The residence halls reopen on January 2, 2011, at 1 p.m. for students enrolled in a Jan-Term course, are taking an internship for credit, or another Whitworth-related program (e.g. ICN or student teaching). If you do not fit the above requirements, you are not allowed to live on campus during Jan-Term.

· If an off-campus Jan-Term course does not require you to be on campus for classroom instruction, you are not permitted to arrive early and just hang out until your trip leaves. Instead, please return just one or two days before your trip leaves. For example: If your program leaves on the 15th of January, please don’t come back until the 13th at the earliest.

· However, if your off-campus Jan-Term course does require you to be on campus for classroom instruction, you may stay in your room during the instruction.

· Students not meeting the above criteria and staying in the residence halls will be charged at least a $100 plus a $75-per-night charge and made to leave the residence halls immediately.

· If there is an opening in a room for Spring term or Jan term AND Spring term, the university may be housing a new student in that space. A complete set of furniture (bed, dresser, desk, shelves, etc.) must be cleaned, cleared, and ready to be used by a new roommate coming to Whitworth for Jan Term and/or Spring Term.