Campus Life

Welcome to Wagner College's off-campus apartments at Grymes Hill.  Graduate students who have excellent residential and academic histories are invited to become a part of this unique community.    

The Role of Residential Education

Wagner College leases aparments in the Grymes Hill Apartment Complex.  Like all on-campus housing, Residential Education: 

• Provides a full-time live-in professional staff to assist residents (Resident Director) 
• Receives housing applications 
• Assigns spaces 
• Coordinates maintenance repairs  
  

Living on the Hill

Visit http://livingonthehill.tumblr.com/ for the most current information about the Grymes Hill Apartments, including: 

• Campus and city events 
• Amenities 
• Facilities 
• Maintenance and repairs 
• Conduct 
• Grad. resources 

A new Community Guidebook is forthcoming!  

Contacts 

Resident Director

Grant Bailey 

Grant.bailey@wagner.edu

(718) 390-3142

the Office of Residential Education 

Located in Parker Towers Hall

(718) 390-3420

Resed@wagner.edu

1 Campus Rd. / Staten Island, NY 10301

Public Safety Main Gate (24hrs): (718) 390-3148

Information Technology (cable concerns): (718) 390-3140

Fire Department & Police Department (emergency): 911

Police Department (non-emergency): 311

 Safety and Security

The safety of our students is an important consideration for the College. Even though the Grymes Hill apartments are not directly on campus, they are staffed by members of the Office of Residential Education and patrolled by Public Safety.

• Public Safety officers conduct rounds of the Grymes Hill apartments.
• The Grymes Hill apartments are also occupied by students from St. John’s University, and its security department has a regular presence in the complex.

For routine safety questions or assistance, students should contact the Public Safety Main Gate at (718) 390-3148.  In any emergency situation, residents should contact 911 directly, and follow up as quickly as possible with a call to the Public Safety Main Gate.

Personal Safety

• Use your peephole to identify the person who is knocking before you open the door.
• When traveling after dark, try to arrange to walk or ride with friends or request an escort from the Public Safety Main Gate.
• Walk with confidence and don’t hesitate to switch to the other side of the street if you suspect that you are being followed.
• Call home before you begin to walk to let your roommates know where you are and when to expect you home.
• Always have your keys in hand before you approach your car or apartment, and look around before you open the door.
• Keep your door locked at all times, even when you are home.
• Never leave an extra key outside for any reason.
• The second floor common hallway door should be closed and locked at all times.
  

Expectations of Behavior

• Even though the Grymes Hill apartments are not located on Wagner’s physical campus, they are considered campus housing. All College policies, including the Community Standards of Behavior and relevant residential policies, apply. Policies apply to both undergraduate and graduate students. Additionally, because of the special relationship between the College and Grymes Hill, there is a greater expectation that students will follow these policies, and the policies of Grymes Hill and be respectful to the other residents in the apartments. A complete listing of Wagner College policies is in the Student Handbook.

 Noise

• All second floor apartments are required to have wall-to-wall carpeting with ½” padding in all rooms in order to reduce noise. All noise complaints can be reported to the Grymes Hill RD office.
• Quiet and courtesy hours exist in the Grymes Hill apartments, as well as on main campus. Quiet hours begin at 10 pm every night (including weekends) and conclude at 9 am the following morning.Courtesy hours are in effect 24-hours a day. If someone approaches you and makes a reasonable request regarding noise (for example, turning down your stereo at 6 pm), you are obligated to try and honor the request.You are not expected to be silent while in your apartment, but rather to keep noise at a reasonable level. Walking on a creaky floor, flushing the toilet, or closing a bedroom door all create noise that can be heard by others, but is well within a reasonable standard. However, dancing or exercising on that creaky floor or repeatedly slamming doors is not considered reasonable and may be addressed.

Public Areas

• Large gatherings, especially at night, may present significant concerns for neighbors. For example courtyards – while providing a pleasant place to congregate – actually compound the problems of noise.
• Courtyards are available for residential use during appropriate daytime and evening hours. After dark and during quiet hours, large gatherings in the courtyards are not permitted.
• Alcohol may never be consumed in any public area – courtyards, sidewalks, parking lots, laundry areas, stoops, etc.
  
  

Hosting gatherings appropriately

• We recognize that college is a social time for many students and we actually encourage students to engage in appropriate, respectful social time with peers and friends. However, students must realize that their behaviors do affect a larger community. We offer the following suggestions to help to minimize any disruption to the larger community. It should not be viewed as an endorsement of any perceived or actual behavior.
• The College does not prohibit social gatherings within the Grymes Hill apartments.  However, all social gatherings must follow applicable policies, including those on serving alcohol and noise.  The number of people, including residents of the apartment, at any social gathering is limited to 10, regardless of the size of the apartment.  Students are responsible for all activities of their guests while the guests are in the Grymes Hill complex.  A guest is any person not assigned to a particular apartment.
• Notify your neighbors in advance when you are hosting a gathering. The day of the event, provide them with your name and a contact number where you can be reached. You should prefer your neighbors calling you first, instead of calling Public Safety or NYPD. If you receive a call, make sure you rectify the situation immediately.
• Keep in mind that just because your neighbors know about the gathering doesn't mean that you can be as loud as you want to be for as long as you want to be.
• Have a designated start and end time for your gathering. No gathering should ever go beyond 11 pm on weeknights or 12 midnight on weekends.
• Make sure you personally know everyone at your gathering. Open gatherings can easily get out of control and attract attention to your home. You are limited to 10 people at any gathering, including you and your apartment mates.
• Periodically walk outside to check the noise level. If the noise from the gathering can be heard outside, adjust it immediately. Keep doors and windows closed to help control noise or music.
• Tell your guests to be quiet when arriving and leaving the gathering.
• If you choose to serve alcohol, be sure that everyone present is at least 21 years old. If even one person is under the age of 21, you have violated College policy.
• Have ample non-alcoholic drinks available and visible. Not every guest who wants to socialize will want to drink. Be sure to provide substantial amounts and types of food.
• Provide appropriate trash receptacles inside your apartment. Do not allow people to take any trash outside of your apartment.
• Do not allow your guests to use the outdoors as a bathroom facility. It is unlawful to urinate or defecate in a public place or on private property. This is a serious offense that is punishable by a fine and incarceration.

Accommodations & Amenities

• Three graduate students share an apartment.  Two students will live together in the larger room, and one student will reside in a smaller single room.  Singles are billed at the same rate as double rooms.  Apartments may be co-ed as long as each room houses students of the same sex.  Students living in the same apartment share a living room, bathroom, and kitchen.  Housing charges are applied to each student's account and should be paid to the Business Office. The cost of each apartment includes heat, hot water, cable, electricity costs up to $90 per month, a bed, dresser, desk and chair for each student, a kitchen with a stove and refrigerator, and access to laundry facilities.  
• Consequences of Policy Violations
• As noted above, all students in Grymes Hill are responsible for following College policies. All complaints received by the College or the Grymes Hill management are investigated. 
• Students may be held individually responsible for violations that occur in Grymes Hill. The occupants of entire apartments may also be held responsible if the facts suggest the entire apartment was involved.
• Minor complaints may be handled informally, usually by a required meeting with the Grymes Hill RD. Any possible violations of the Community Standards of Conduct will result in a judicial meeting with a member of the Office of Residential Education or the Dean of the College office. Students found individually or collectively responsible for violations of the Community Standards of Conduct will be sanctioned according to the procedure outlined in the Student Handbook.
• Persistent violations and complaints, or even one-time violations can result in a change in housing status. In the most serious cases, students can be suspended or expelled from the College or suspended from College housing. If a violation does not rise to this level, an additional sanction may require the students to relocate from the Grymes Hill apartments into vacancies on the main campus. Students in this situation may be placed in any available vacancy, including any extended, overflow housing space, or triple room. Students removed from Grymes Hill are not eligible to return to the apartments during their college career.
• Whether you are a student or a Grymes Hill resident any issue that you want the College to be aware of needs to be reported at least one of three ways:

Wagner College Meal Plan

• Meal plans are not included with the housing fees for graduate students.  Meal plans need to be purchased separately Dining Services. .