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Housing for Incoming First-Year Students
Welcome
The Snow Lion Apartments are home to all entering undergraduate students who are arriving with fewer than 30 credits and who are 20 years of age and under. Snow Lion is an extraordinary opportunity to deepen your experience at Naropa, and is conveniently located four residential blocks from the Arapahoe Campus, and close to the bus line to the Nalanda Campus. Housing is an important aspect of making the transition to Boulder and to college.
Required Residence Policy
All students enrolling at Naropa University who are unmarried, under twenty years of age on July 31 of the respective fall semester, or on January 18 of the respective spring semester, and who have fewer than 30 semester hours of credit obtained following high school at a university will be required to reside in university housing for one academic year unless granted an exception by the Residence Life Office.
The cost of housing for the 2009–10 academic year (9 months) is billed per semester and does not include the meal plan:
Click here for the Snow Lion Application
Meal Plan
We've been working on this for a while and we are very excited to tell you about our meal plan options!
There are two different Meal Plans that are available to Naropa students. They are the Naropa Café Meal Plan, which can be used at the Naropa Café locations on any of our campuses, and the Flatirons Meal Plan, which can be used at many locations throughout the Boulder area, close to campus and includes the Sunflower Farmer’s Market (grocery store).
Each vendor will be at the Naropa University orientation events on August 15 (Snow Lion orientation) and August 16 and 17 (main orientation events). Feel free to purchase directly from the vendors. You can purchase one, the other or both. These programs are very compatible with each other.
Click here for more meal plan information and a side-by-side comparison of the plans.
Important Dates for Incoming First-Year Students at Snow Lion, Fall 2009:
Friday, May 15: Housing Application Preferred Deadline
Housing applications and deposits ($300) should be received by the Housing office. This is very important so that we can determine your placement. All American Disability Act requests for accommodations should also be received by this date. Please see the Learning Needs page for information on documentation guidelines and fill out a request and submit to Holly Mayo, hmayo@naropa.edu.
Monday, June 15: Check your email for Housing Assignments
Housing assignments go out via email. You will receive information about what kind of room you received and info for roommates including phone and email address.
Sunday, August 9 (12 noon - 5 p.m.)
Move in only for those going on the Wilderness Pre-Orientation Retreat.
Monday, August 10 - Thursday, August 13
Wilderness Pre-Orientation Retreat.
Click on the link for more information.
Friday, August 14 (8 a.m.–12 p.m. or 2–5 p.m.) Move-in!
Note: No move-in between 12 p.m.-2 p.m.
Move in. Bring signed lease, medical form and parking form (if applicable). Please call or email to confirm which day and time you wish to move-in.
Saturday, August 15 (8 a.m.–12 p.m. or 1–2 p.m.) Move-in!
Note: No move-in between 12 p.m.-1 p.m.; move in ends at 2 p.m. on Saturday because of the following Snow Lion Resident Orientation at 3 p.m. in PAC!
Move in. Bring signed lease, medical form and parking form (if applicable). Please call or email (housingadmin@naropa.edu) to confirm which day and time you wish to move-in.
Saturday, August 15 (3–5 p.m.): Snow Lion Resident Orientation
Snow Lion students and special guests should attend the resident orientation in the Performing Arts Center. Parents and/or special guests, please try to be here for this. Light snacks will be served.
Sunday, August 16–Friday, August 21: Fall Orientation
Naropa University Orientation Week (entire week is required).
Philosophy of University Housing
The mission of Naropa University Housing is to provide a healthy, sustainable, contemplative and compassionate community where students are supported and holistically engaged. Naropa’s residential learning community offers weekly programming and strives to provide academic support through co-curricular activities, creating an intersection between formal instruction, the community and the world. The residence hall is a place where learning comes alive.
At Naropa, we value educating the whole person. We ask our students to take responsibility for their environment, and to enhance their educational experience and integrate what they are learning in the classroom into their everyday life. Attending classes and living with other students presents a unique opportunity to learn and develop skills in working with others, of diversity awareness, conflict resolution and problem-solving; thus, connecting both the curricular and co-curricular aspects of education.
Roommate Assignments
The Snow Lion staff has taken time to consider the lifestyle choices that you fill out on your application and place you with roommates and housemates of similar interests (when possible). A transfer of rooms and or apartments can be made within certain guidelines. We recommend that your first priority is to learn to live with your assigned roommates and apartment mates. There is a great deal of learning possible in cultivating the capacity to live with a wide range of people. We often find that whatever the issue is in the situation, it tends to “follow” you to the next situation. Further, there is also a great deal of transition already occurring in terms of adjusting to college, Naropa culture specifically, and we truly recommend building on what you have. However, we also realize that change may be necessary. Transfers can occur under the following criteria:
- One transfer per semester is allowed. Transfers are only allowed during the week of orientation and during the last week of the fall semester.
- If the transfer is due to an interpersonal conflict, a formal mediation must have first been attempted.
- All parties affected by the switch must be in agreement. This includes the old and new room/apartment mates.
- The director of housing may mandate a switch in emergency situations.
The process for requesting a transfer is to:
- Fill out the roommate transfer form (found in the Snow Lion office). Forms that are not filled out completely will not be considered.
- Obtain signatures from all affected parties (the old, and new roommates and RHD or Director of Housing)
- Turn in keys to Snow Lion office and get new keys. This must be done through the office and not resident to resident.
Community Meetings
It is a valued aspiration to generate an environment in which each person is free to express and discover his or her own unique identity while at the same time finding a common ground with one another in which to live respectfully. This takes some time and effort. Therefore, one important commitment to living at Snow Lion is participation in community meetings, which are held approximately twice a month (every other week) for two hours. In these meetings we make group announcements, pass along important information and work out any problems that may arise in the community. Council process will be used in small groups to facilitate discussion and support our community building. Participation and attendance in community meetings is required. The meetings will be Fridays at 3–5 p.m. (with a few exceptions for holidays, etc.) This will be a time you need to pay attention to when scheduling your classes.
Programming
Snow Lion programming is one of the ways we fulfill our mission of helping new undergraduates find ways to make connections between what they are learning in the classroom and their daily lives. Students choose activities according to their personal interests. Some of the themes we choose from are: health awareness, lifestyle choices, social justice and leadership skills. Some events we've sponsored are: pancakes @ noon, 24hr poetry readings, movie nights, substance-free potlucks, lucid dreaming and funk your gender dialogue. We also provide resources and connections to our outdoor club—ROOT.
There are several benefits to engaging in this living and learning concept: to check in with fellow residents and track each one another's well-being, to get you together with people who share your interests, to give you a place to land as first-year students, to help process your experience and to integrate your home life with your school life. It's a great way to learn new things from your peers. Please indicate on your application your particular areas of interest. You may find that you may be very interested in all of the following and then some.
Staff and Resources
Four staff members live on-site: three resident community advisors (RA) and one residence hall director (RHD). The office for the director of housing is also located on site. A staff person is “on-duty” and available by 8 p.m., seven days a week.
The complex also includes a free parking, off-street parking, coin-op laundry facility, a small community meeting space, and meditation room. The complex also houses the Naropa University Counseling Center, which can support students with concerns such as personal growth, addiction, stress management, relationships, depression/anxiety, eating disorders, etc. We realize that going to college is a big transition, and it is possible that you might need some support. Please don’t be afraid to use the resources we have at Naropa for your well-being and personal growth.
Peer Mentorship
Along with the four staff members, six peer mentors live at Snow Lion. Peer mentors help to educate students in health awareness, social justice, lifestyle decisions and leadership skills. By educating students in this way peer mentors are asked to embody and model the skills of developing healthy choices, making informal lifestyle decisions and demonstrating leadership skills- all of which increase their ability to significantly contribute to a pluralistic society.
The peer mentors apartments are on the third floor of the building intermingled with the student apartments. Peer mentors share apartments with other peer mentors and use their apartments as safe spaces for students to come and share stories, tea, hang out or as a place to get resources.
The Space
The Snow Lion complex offers two apartment options, one bedroom units on the garden level and the first floor and two-bedroom apartments on the second floor. All the utilities, electricity, water, and heat are included in the rent.
The one-bedroom apartments are approximately 435 square feet. Each apartment is provided with a twin long bed, dresser, desk, desk chair and closet. The apartment also includes a kitchen table and chairs, a couch, and coffee table.
Two-bedroom apartments include a kitchen, full bath, dining area and living room. In general, there will be three students per apartment - one shared room and one private. The bedrooms range in square footage. The smallest single occupancy room is 11 × 10. The smallest double occupancy room is 11 × 12. The living rooms are, on average, 14 × 15. Each resident is provided with a twin long bed, dresser, desk, desk chair and closet. The apartment will also include a kitchen table and chairs, a couch and coffee table. High speed internet is provided and included in the housing cost.
Building and Grounds
The Snow Lion complex includes a small community meeting space, study room, art space and meditation room. In addition, Snow Lion promotes green practices. Recycling and composting bins are located on site. Snow Lion uses compact fluorescent energy-saving bulbs and is transitioning to eco-friendly cleaning products. A cold-frame garden box that allows for growing throughout the winter is located in the courtyard. Raspberries also grow on the Snow Lion grounds.
Rules and Policies
The housing guidelines are in place due to Boulder County regulations, university guidelines and safety/respect concerns inherent in living in community. There is a Snow Lion Handbook that you will receive when you arrive. You are responsible for knowing all the policies and procedures in the handbook and will be required to sign the agreement form in the handbook. Some of the most important guidelines you should know include:
- We are a drug, alcohol and smoke-free environment and these policies will be
strictly enforced.
- Quiet hours begin at 10 p.m. on weekdays and 11 p.m. during the weekend.
- Guests who stay overnight can do so only for a limited time and must register with staff.
- No pets are allowed at Snow Lion (not even fish or turtles).
- No candles, space heaters or anything that could start a fire.
What's Next?
As a new student arriving with fewer than 30 credits you are guaranteed housing. However, you are not guaranteed your housing selections. These assignments are made on a first-come, first-served basis.
We ask you to fill out and send in the enclosed housing form and deposit by May 15, 2009. Your rent for the semester and activities fee ($125) will be included with your tuition bill.
In order to complete the housing process:
- You must be accepted by Admissions as a full-time student for Fall 09.
- Pay admissions deposit ($250)
- Fill out, sign and return the form for university housing and the meal plan
selection form.
- Housing form can be mailed to:
Naropa University
University Housing
2130 Arapahoe Avenue
Boulder, CO 80302
- Pay housing deposit ($300). Checks should be made out to Naropa University. You can also call the Housing Office, at 303-447-3846 to pay by credit card.
*It is essential that you include “University Housing” in the address to insure your selection form and deposit is received.
A housing confirmation packet will be mailed to you within two weeks of the completion of the above steps. This confirmation packet will provide you with more details to prepare and support you in planning for move-in day.
How will I be billed?
Housing charges will be added to your Naropa University tuition bill. Thus, the balance is due when your tuition is due. The deposit, however, must be paid in advance in order to secure your room assignment. When you are budgeting for the year, be sure to include the room cost and the meal plan cost. Please contact the tuition cashier Amy Newman at tuition@naropa.edu or call 303-546-3554 if you would like more information regarding billing and payment.
Am I exempt from living in university housing?
You are exempt if you:
- Were born before July 31, 1988, or
- Are married or have a dependent living with you, or
- Are living with an immediate family member
Please contact me with any questions you may have. I am looking forward to the challenges, learning and laughter in store!
Lisa Constantino
Director of University Housing
Advisor, Peer Educators
Naropa University
303-447-3846
lconstantino@naropa.edu
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