Pirate Adventure!

Pirate Adventure is just around the corner! HRL is looking forward to welcoming the next class of Pirates! Pirate Adventure is an overnight experience where incoming students register for classes, meet their Peer Adviser, get their laptop,student ID and make some new friends.Students will spend the night in Aquinas Hall. If you are from a great distance and need accommodations to arrive early or to stay late, please fill out the info here: http://tinyurl.com/PirateAdventure2017  and Josh Reda will get back to you.

Open House

We are very excited to welcome potential SHU Pirates and their families at Open House on Sunday, April 23rd! There will be RA-led tours throughout the day in Boland, Aquinas and in Xavier Halls. Blue Crew will be leading tours across campus and through the University Center. Remember to say hello and be welcoming to our guests while in the halls, but also around campus! See your hall director if you have any questions.

Pirate Preview 2017

We are very excited to welcome accepted SHU Pirates and their families at Pirate Preview on Saturday, April 8th! This day will be a bit longer than the usual Open Houses. There will be RA-led tours throughout the day in Boland, Aquinas and in Xavier Halls. Blue Crew will be leading tours across campus and through the University Center.   Remember to say hello and be welcoming to our guests while in the halls, but also around campus! See your hall director if you have any questions.

Boland Hall Profile

Home to 716 first year students, Boland Hall is the largest residence hall on campus. Boland Hall is divided into two halves: North Boland and South Boland. North Boland rooms are suite style rooms, where four people share a bathroom. North Boland also houses the “Bridge Triples”. These rooms are in the bridge of the building and suites consist of 2 rooms of three students. Every floor in Boland North has a lounge. South Boland is corridor style rooms, where the entire floor shares a very large bathroom. Roughly 30% of the rooms in Boland Hall are triples or quads. Boland Hall is also the home of the beach-style volleyball court and the Pirate Cellar, two of the most popular programming spaces on campus. Boland Hall has 19 resident assistants, 2 Priests In Residence, 2 professional staff members, as well.

Aquinas Hall Profile

Home to 497 of Seton Hall’s finest, Aquinas Hall is one of buildings that holds first year students, transfers and the occasional upper class students. Aquinas Hall has all suite style rooms, so anywhere from 4-6 same gendered students will share one bathroom. Currently there are 13 resident assistants, and 2 professional staff members who work and live in the building. The front desk of Aquinas Hall is open and operated 24 hours a day by either a student desk assistant or a Securitas Public Safety officer. Aquinas Hall as three lounges on each floor and was newly renovated three years ago. Aquinas Hall has a strong community and does three or four major all hall programs a year. AQ has two elevators and is color coded into green, yellow or blue wings to help students and visitors alike maneuver around the building. AQ also houses Saint Paul’s Outreach and FOCUS missionaries.

How to Have a Happy and Safe Spring Break

Housing and Residence Life would like to wish you a safe and happy Spring Break!! Here are some tips that are recommended by the CDC:

  1. Limit Alcohol
  2. Be active
  3. Plan a successful trip
  4. Protect yourself
  5. Watch your step
  6. Protect your eyes
  7. Know the ropes
  8. Protect yourself from the sun
  9. Eat healthy
  10. Be smoke-free
  11. Get help

Source: https://www.cdc.gov/family/springbreak/