Campus

Life
Are You Ready to Be a Seawolf!
Get Involved
» SBU offers more than 400 clubs and organizations.
» Fraternities and sororities offer opportunities for campus and
community service as well as friendship.
» T ake part in Undergraduate Student Government to
have a voice on campus.
» Cultural organizations celebrating history and traditions through
music, dance, fashion and food abound at Stony Brook.
» Work out and take classes in yoga, tai chi and dance at our
three-story, 85,000-square-foot Walter J. Hawrys Campus
Recreation Center.

Getting Around
on Campus
» Six traditional quads and undergraduate apartments are
within easy walking distance of everything.
» The university bus system provides free service seven days a
week around campus. On weekends the bus provides
transportation to a nearby mall and two shopping centers.
» Borrow a bike free on campus with our Wolf Ride Bike Share
program.

Getting Around
off Campus
» A Long Island Rail Road station right on campus puts you within
easy reach of New York City — and also of JFK International
Airport by connecting to the AirTrain.
» The ferry in nearby Port Jefferson makes travel convenient to
Connecticut and the rest of New England.
» We have a weekend bus to Smith Haven Mall and a regular a bus
to and from the Stony Brook Southampton campus.
» We have the Suffolk County Bus Lines S60, S71, S76 service the
Stony Brook and Port Jefferson areas.

Stony Brook University

is 100% tobacco-free.
Dining Options
» Use a meal swipe to eat at the buffet style dine-in locations at
East Side and West Side Dining, where you can enjoy a wide
variety of healthy menu offerings, including international cuisine,
vegan and vegetarian options, Oasis (allergen friendly), pizza,
pasta, grill items, salad bar, fresh fruit, deli and desserts. Halal and
Kosher options are also available at dine-in.
» Use your Dining Dollars at locations around campus such as
Jasmine at the Charles B. Wang Center, Starbucks and, Hershey’s
and Bagel Express at the HDV/GLS Center.
» Students with special dietary needs can meet with the on-campus
dietitian who offers free nutrition counseling. For more info about
meal plans and dining visit stonybrook.edu/dining.

Safety & Security

» SB Alert! is a comprehensive emergency notification system
used to alert members of the campus community about im-
pending safety situations.
» More than 100 blue light phones around campus provide an
immediate direct connection to University Police, 24/7.
» SB Guardian is a “personal blue light phone” in your pocket. The
two features, panic call and the precautionary timer, significantly
enhance the safety of all students, faculty and staff.
» The Residential Safety Service provides a presence at the main
entrance of every Residence Hall at night and walking escorts
are available from any point on campus at night.
» Our University Police Department is a fully accredited police
agency. University Police patrol the campus 24 hours a day and
close it to unauthorized persons at 11 p.m.

Campus Residences*
» All new freshmen are guaranteed housing provided their housing
/ tuition deposit is received by May 1st for the Fall semester and
December 15th for the Spring semester.
» While Transfer students are not guaranteed campus housing, the
University has been successful in offering on campus housing to
most new Transfer students who pay their housing / tuition
deposit by late June. Space is typically available for all Spring
admits who are interested in living in campus housing.
Transfer students who submit a housing deposit and are
unable to be offered housing initially are considered for space via
cancellations through the first week of each semester. Transfer
students may also want to contact our Off Campus Housing
Service (Renting Off-Campus | Commuter Student Services & Off
Campus Living).

*Students in good standing who enter the University as freshmen and successfully
complete all required room selection processes are guaranteed eight semesters
of campus housing. Transfers who are assigned to housing and participate in the
contract renewal process will receive six semesters of housing.
 SUITE STYLE: Suites consist of
CORRIDOR STYLE: On single-gender floors, residents share two or three bedrooms, a living room area and a shared private
common bath and shower areas. Hallways provide a common bathroom. Some suites have their own ­balconies; others are equipped
social area. The average room size is 180 square feet. with kitchen facilities that include a stove. The average room size is
150 square feet.
Housing Styles Housing Options: window air conditioning units in each bedroom and com-
mon space. Gershwin Hall in Roth Community and Hand
There are 9 residential communities on West Campus and
All rooms come furnished with an extra-long twin bed, desk, Hall in Tabler Community have designated cooking units
a housing community on our Southampton campus. There
chair, dresser and bookcase for each resident. All rooms within the common room of the suite.
are traditional corridor style, suite and apartment style com-
have high speed networked access to the internet which Lauterbur Hall is the home to our Second Year Learning
munities across these communities including dedicated res-
provide access to IPTV providing more than 40 channels of Community (2YLC), a community developed to foster suc-
idential communities for Honors College, WISE, University
television programming and the opportunity to stream your cess and growth of students in their second year of college.
Scholars and our Second Year Learning Community (2YLC).
favorite channels from your personal apps. Digital phones This is a highly sought after community and interest tradi-
The university provides housing in traditionally gendered
are available at an additional cost to residents who prefer to tionally exceeds available space. For more information about
and Gender Inclusive Housing spaces. There are ADA acces-
have a landline phone in their room. All residential commu- the 2YLC program visit: stonybrook.edu/commcms/studen-
sible spaces identified across the residential communities
nities (except Chapin Apartments) use an electronic card taffairs/res/life_on_campus/student_success/2YLC
for students who document through the Student Accessibil-
access system to manage access to the building. Only stu-
ity Support Center their need for an ADA space.
dents assigned to live in a specific residence hall or apart- Chávez, Tubman and Nobel
ment will have access to that building. Where will I live? Communities
There are meeting and lounge spaces available in most New First Year students are placed into Undergraduate Col- Chávez Hall and Tubman Hall
buildings where residents can attend a program, study, use leges that will determine which of our three first year com- Chávez/ Tubman offers single rooms in a shared suite and
recreational equipment or simply find a place to meet and munities that they will live in (H, Mendelsohn, and Eleanor has a variety of lounge spaces on every floor as well as a
interact with other residents. There is a fitness center and a Roosevelt Communities). classroom / multipurpose spaces and a green roof that con-
computing center within each residential community free nects the two residence halls. Each bedroom within a suite
New Transfer students are housed in continuing undergrad-
to all residents. Each residence hall and apartment have is individually climate controlled.The buildings are located
uate residence halls where space is available. New Transfer
laundry facilities that are available to residents and included close to Eastside Dining and the Academic Mall. This area is
students who are starting their second year of college will
in the cost of housing. reserved for undergraduate students of U3 and U4 Univer-
have the opportunity to apply to the Second Year Living
sity standing (57 or more cumulative credits) and who are
Community in Lauterbur Hall where limited space is re-
Amenities: served for transfers.
not on residential probation.

All rooms come furnished with an extra-long twin bed, New Graduate students are housed primarily in Chapin and Yang Hall and Lauterbur Hall
desk, chair, dresser and bookcase for each resident. All Schomburg Apartments with limited space availability in Yang and Lauterbur offer double rooms in a shared suite for
rooms have high speed networked access to the internet West Apartments building I. our Continuing, New Transfer, Honors and 2YLC students.
which provide access to IPTV providing more than 40 Each bedroom within a suite is individually climate con-
channels of television programming and the opportunity First Year Housing Communities trolled. The buildings have lounge spaces on every floor,
to stream your favorite channels from your personal apps. (Mendelsohn, H and Eleanor and are located close to West Side Dining and the LIRR train
Digital phones are available at an additional cost to resi- Roosevelt Communities): station.
dents who prefer to have a landline phone in their room. All Our first year housing communities are traditional corridor
residential communities (except Chapin Apartments) use an style residence halls. (Honors College participants will be Apartment Housing
electric card access system to manage access to the build- assigned to Yang Hall which is a suite style residence hall). West Apartments
ing. Only students assigned to live in a specific residence There are multiple bedrooms on each floor of the building The West Apartments are 11 apartment style buildings,
hall or apartment will have access to that building. with a lounge on each floor and a shared bathroom for all which total approximately 290 apartments, representing
There are meeting and lounge spaces available in most residents of the floor to utilize. While residents are respon- more than 1725 spaces. There are both double and single
buildings where residents can attend a program, study, use sible for cleaning and maintaining their own bedroom, and bedrooms in the West Apartments. Each bedroom within
recreational equipment or simply find a place to meet and share responsibility for the upkeep of the floor bathroom fa- an apartment is individually climate controlled. There is a
interact with other residents. There is a fitness center and a cilities, the bathrooms and lounges are cleaned daily by the full kitchen, dining area, living room and two full bathrooms
computing center within each residential community free University Custodial team. Residents of first year housing within each apartment. There is a laundry room on each
to all residents. Each residence hall and apartment have communities are assigned to a shared bedroom, with typi- floor of the buildings. The West Apartments are available for
laundry facilities that are available to residents and included cally one roommate. When the interest in housing exceeds undergraduates with U3 or U4 standing (57 or more cumu-
in the cost of housing. available space, residents may be assigned to a tripled room lative credits) who are not on residential probation. There is
with two roommates. also limited availability of space within the West Apartments
for Graduate students. The West Apartments are located on
Staffing: Returning Student Housing the West side of campus near West Side Dining.
Communities
Each residence hall is supervised by full time, live-in profes-
sional Residence Hall Director (RHD), who are available daily Suite style communities (Tabler, Roth and
For a Virtual Tour of all our
for guidance on academic and interpersonal issues. Resident Kelly Communities): on-campus living spaces visit:
Assistants (RA), student leaders who live on each floor with Beyond the first year, students have the option of living in stonybrook.edu/commcms/studentaffairs/
their residents, coordinate a wide range of programs and one of our suite style communities. These residence halls res/housing/virtual_tours
events to enhance the on campus experience. RHDs and RAs provide smaller living units in 2 and 3 bedroom suites with
help to maintain a positive community for the building, help
to promote a safe environment for all residents and serve as
each bedroom assigned to two residents. Each suite has a
stonybrook.edu/admissions
small common space and a bathroom shared by the resi-
a University resource for students. dents of the suite. Suite bathrooms are cleaned once a week
by our University Custodial team. Roth Community has

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