New Student Guide 2015-2016
A SEAHAWK’S-EYE VIEW of Wagner College and New York City Contents
A Wagner Welcome 1 Dining and Shopping 14 2015–16 Academic Calendar 19
Academics 2–5 Sports 15 Important Phone Numbers 20
Resources for New Students 6–7 Health and Safety 16 Fall Festival 20
Getting Involved 8–11 Moving, Mail and Money 17
Housing 12–13 FAQs 18
What They’re Saying About Us
Visit this site for more details, updated information, and forms to complete. U.S. News & World wagner.edu/new-students Report ranks Wagner among the nation’s top schools for programs that indicate “a focus on student success”: the first-year experience, internships, learning communities, and service learning programs. A Wagner Welcome Congratulations on May 1 National Candidate’s Reply Date being admitted to Deposit by this date (at wagner.edu/admissions/confirm) to reserve your place in the fall 2015 incoming class. Wagner College! Late May Visit wagner.edu/new-students As you contemplate the days Review Wagner’s First-Year Learning Communities and other information about enrolling at Wagner. ahead, we’ve created this Create your All Access Pass for logging into your Wagner email and MyWagner guide to answer all of your online portal to receive important updates. questions and give you a Schedule an appointment with your physician in order to submit the Medical Information Form on time. great start for your college June 1 career. There is a lot to do New Student Form Due, found at wagner.edu/new-students and many decisions to be July 1 made, but we’ve broken it Medical Information Form Due down so you can take it July 16 Housing and Course Assignments Sent to Students via MyWagner step by step. This checklist August 4 outlines what needs to Official Final High School Transcript Due happen (and when) over August 27 the course of the next Move In for New Students Orientation Begins few months. August 31 First Day of Classes
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1 Academics
At Wagner College, we believe in an approach to college learning that empowers students to achieve success in today’s complex, diverse, and ever-changing world. That’s why we created the Wagner Plan for the Practical Liberal Arts, our four-year college curriculum. It’s more than a set of classes. It’s a plan that gives students the opportunity not only to gain knowledge, but also to integrate what they are learning and apply it to real-life problems. Through the Wagner Plan’s learning-by-doing approach, students develop a sense of social responsibility as well as strong intellectual and practical skills: communication, analysis, problem-solving, and leadership.
General Education Requirements There are four categories of general education requirements in the Wagner Plan for the Practical Liberal Arts: 1. Learning Communities 2. Foundations 4. Disciplinary Perspectives A Learning Community (LC) is a set of linked Courses in writing, math, computer sciences, These courses give students a breadth of courses. An LC explores a common theme or and speech give students a strong foundation in knowledge in the humanities, natural sciences, problem from different perspectives, and most LCs communication skills, information technology, and social sciences, and the arts. also incorporate experiential learning — in other quantitative reasoning. words, learning through experiences outside of the classroom. In the Wagner Plan, students take 3. Intercultural Understanding three Learning Communities: A First-Year LC, an Courses focused on international perspectives and Intermediate LC, and a Senior LC. American diversity help students understand and work well with diverse populations.
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To see the fall 2015 First-Year A Word from Our Student Bloggers Learning Communities, go to Read more at wagner.edu/hawktalk wagner.edu/new-students “There are plenty of Learning Communities to choose from, so go ahead and pick your adventure, whatever it Cameron To download a checklist of Class of 2018 general education requirements, may be. You will make a few friends along the way, too.” Fort Myers, Florida go to wagner.edu/registrar/forms
2 The First-Year Program NEXT STEPS
At the heart of the first-year experience at Wagner is a Learning Community (LC). Wagner College’s academic The First-Year LC consists of three courses — two academic courses in different advisors will build your first- disciplines, and one Reflective Tutorial. While the First-Year LCs explore many semester course schedule for diverse topics, they all have these features in common: you, based on your interests and goals, after you complete • A shared theme: All three classes within an LC explore a common set of the following steps: problems from different angles. Review the First-Year • Linked coursework: The faculty for each LC plan the courses with overlapping Learning Communities at assignments, common readings, and linked issues. wagner.edu/new-students and choose your top six • A shared experience: Each LC is limited to 28 first-year students, offering a great way to make friends and boost students’ confidence in their new placement preferences environment. Submit your preferences • A small-group component: Each LC is divided into two groups for Reflective on the new student form Tutorials (RFT). at wagner.edu/new-students by June 1 • Field experience: In the Reflective Tutorial, students explore in the field — i.e., at schools, businesses, cultural institutions and other organizations — the issues they are learning about in the classroom.
• Analy sis, reflection, and communication: In the Reflective Tutorial, students What They’re learn to write effectively about what they are learning and experiencing. Saying About Us In the Princeton • P ersonal advising: The Reflective Tutorial professor also serves as the Review’s Best 379 students’ academic advisor, so that students receive guidance from a faculty Colleges (2015 member who knows them well. edition), Wagner students say the College • Fulfilling equirements:r The LC fulfills several general education requirements, is “an excellent and including the Foundations first-year writing requirement and Disciplinary vibrant community that Perspectives requirements. supports its students every step of the way.”
At Orientation, students review their course schedules with their First-Year LC professors. Pictured here: Professor Alexa Dietrich, who taught an LC on health and the environment.
Cameron Class of 2018 Fort Myers, Florida
3 Majors In addition to completing general education requirements (see page 2), students complete a major area c ademi s
A of study. Students choose their major by the end of their second year at Wagner. A major requires an average of 16 units of coursework.
Anthropology (B.A.) Education (B.A. and B.S.)* Music (B.A.) Art (B.A.) Dual Certification in Nursing (B.S.) Art History (B.A.) Childhood and Special Philosophy (B.A.) Arts Administration (B.S.) Education (grades 1-6); Physician Assistant (B.S./M.S. Concentrations: Art, Minor in Educational Studies 5-year program) Media Management, Music, Childhood (grades 1-6) or Physics (B.S.) Theatre, Combined Arts Adolescent (grades 7-12) Psychology (B.A. and B.S.) Biology (B.S.) English (B.A.) Public Policy and Administration Biopsychology (B.S.) Film and Media Studies (B.A.) (B.A.) Business Administration (B.S.)* Government and Politics (B.A.) Sociology (B.A.) Concentrations: Accounting, History (B.A.) Concentrations: Academic Finance, International Information Systems (B.S.) Sociology, Criminal Justice, Business, Management, Interdisciplinary Studies (B.A.) Family Studies Marketing International Affairs (B.A.) Theatre and Speech (B.A.) Chemistry (B.S.) Concentrations: International Concentrations: Performance; Concentrations: Biochemistry, Economics, International Design, Technology and Environmental Politics Management; Theatre Studies Computer Science (B.S.) Mathematics (B.S.) Economics (B.A.) Microbiology (B.S.)* *Joint bachelor’s / master’s programs available. Modern Languages (B.A.) French, Spanish
Minors To complement or enhance a major, students may select a minor area of study. A minor requires between five and seven units of coursework.
Anthropology Cultural Competency for Journalism Art Allied Health Mathematics Art History Dance Microbiology Biology Economics Modern Languages: French, German, Business Administration: Education Italian Studies, Spanish Accounting, Finance, English Music Management, Marketing Environmental Studies Philosophy Chemistry Film/Media Studies Physics City Studies Gender Studies Psychology Comparative Literature Government and Politics Religious Studies Computer Science History Sociology Information Systems Theatre and Speech
Pre-professional Programs Students who wish to prepare for post-graduate professional education may complete a pre-professional course of study in addition to their major and general education requirements.
Dental Medical Pharmacy Engineering Ministry Podiatry Law Optometry Veterinary
4 Study Abroad Left: Expanding Your Horizons in Kenya; below: Professor Mohammad Alauddin teaches about environmental pollution and health during the EYH trip to Bangladesh.
Wagner College encourages all students to study abroad and offers both short-term and long- term options through national and international programs. The Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) program enables students to take a semester- long course on campus with a travel component of 7–10 days, typically during a College break period. The EYH courses are led by members of the Wagner faculty, and all students, including those in their first year, are eligible to apply. Courses vary yearly, and past destinations have included Bangladesh, Colombia, England, Israel, Kenya, and Spain. Students may also opt for a semester or year abroad through programs affiliated with the College. These programs permit students to study abroad while continuing to pay Wagner tuition (with some additional fees, depending on the location and cost of the program) and retaining their Wagner financial aid package and scholarships. Popular destinations include Spain, France, the UK, Italy, Australia, South American countries, and Israel. The diversity of our offerings allows Wagner College students to study abroad nearly anywhere in the world.
Center for Intercultural Advancement
The Center for Intercultural Advancement creates opportunities for social justice dialogue, shares information about different cultures, and assists with the internationalization and diversification of the campus. Students may come here for study abroad advisement, and it serves as the campus resource for student, faculty, and scholar visa acquisition and compliance information.
Center for Leadership and Community Engagement
Interested in being part of the larger Staten Island and New York City community through service and civic engagement? The IMPACT (Inspiring Mutuality, Participation and Civic Transformation) Scholars program is designed for students who have a passion for community service and a desire to advance their commitment to civic engagement. Participants serve as facilitators, connectors, and conveners who spur collaboration among Wagner students, faculty, staff, and the Staten Island community. IMPACT Scholars are encouraged to live in the Civic Engagement Community in Harborview Hall and receive benefits such as A first-year student in the Learning Community early class registration, priority service placement, and a notation of completion “A Journey to Different Worlds” tutors a child at on their transcript. Through the Bonner Leaders program, Wagner students have El Centro del Inmigrante in Port Richmond, Staten Island. the opportunity to be a part of the national Bonner Network. Wagner College’s highly competitive Bonner Leaders award, renewable for four years, is awarded to approximately twelve first-year students annually. These students are required to dedicate 10 hours each week to service. Bonner Leaders benefit from early move-in each fall, priority registration, networking opportunities with local agencies, opportunities to shadow professionals, attend national conferences with the Bonner Foundation, connect with other Bonner Leaders, and receive transcript recognition for their involvement.
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Learn more about study abroad at wagner.edu/intercultural Read more about the IMPACT Scholars and Bonner Leaders at wagner.edu/engage
Learn complete details about Wagner’s academic programs from the Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletin, Watch a video of Wagner students discussing their available at wagner.edu/registrar/catalogue_bulletin. EYH experience in Bangladesh at bit.ly/WwFNRL
5 Resources for New Students Advisors FYRE’s goal is to create a supportive and fun living-learning environment in which Many people are available to answer students’ students can connect with peers, faculty, and questions, help solve problems, and provide administrators. encouragement and advice. Peer Leaders: Peer leaders are current Wagner Academic Advisement students who guide new students through Staff members in the Center for Academic Orientation and beyond. These student leaders and Career Engagement help students put the are trained to serve as social and academic Wagner Plan into practice by asking them, guides for new students, helping them discover “What’s your Wagner Plan?” They encourage the many activities and organizations they can students to customize the Wagner Plan to connect with at Wagner. meet their specific interests and goals. Staff Orientation Resident Assistants (RAs): RAs are Wagner can assist students with self-inquiry, major students who have been selected and trained exploration, reflection and decision-making, Orientation, scheduled for August 27–30, to serve as role models and informal mentors and strategic planning and action. Services are is a great opportunity for all new students, in the residence halls. They provide basic also offered for students with disabilities. including commuter and transfer students, counseling, peer mediation, and conflict to learn more about Wagner and college life resolution. One or two RAs live on every floor Career Development and make themselves at home on campus. of the residence halls and build community The Center for Academic and Career Most importantly, we hope that you will through floor programs and events. RAs are Engagement provides comprehensive career become acquainted with people, programs, available 24/7 to respond to emergencies and counseling and advisement to Wagner and resources that will support you during other concerns. your time at Wagner College. Some of those College students throughout their four years. helpful people will be your peer leaders, Reflective Tutorial Professors: The professors Students are encouraged to refine their upperclass students who serve as social and who teach Reflective Tutorials, part of the résumé, cover letter, job search, interviewing, academic guides for new students — and First-Year Learning Communities, also serve and networking skills through individual will even help you move into your residence as their students’ academic advisors, covering appointments, programs, and hands-on hall. The weekend will include your first topics such as study skills, class selection, and experience with internships and part-time meeting with your Learning Community; majors and minors. employment. Students can also seek assistance speakers on topics including relationships, with applying for graduate school. effective communication, and study skills; First Year Residential and fun activities like a barbecue, evening Experience (FYRE) Library programming, and a tour of Manhattan. You’ll The First Year Residential Experience (FYRE) The Horrmann Library is located in the center also have time to get things in order: ID cards, supports first-year residential students during of campus, on Sutter Oval next to Main books, your room, email accounts, etc. You’ll their transition to campus life. FYRE sponsors Hall. During the fall and spring semesters, get to know the campus and meet many social, informational, and cultural events that the library is open 24 hours from Sunday new people. are coupled with great Wagner traditions. morning until Friday evening and on weekends 6 Horrmann Library Learning Commons Resources for New Students
throughout finals. It features many study Library, provides students with computer spaces, including new multimedia rooms for assistance. Wagner has numerous computer collaborative work. It houses 141,000 book labs. There are approximately 75 computers titles, and has access to more than 20,600 in the Spiro computer lab, including Macs and magazines, journals, and newspapers in PCs, and another 50 computers in the library. print and electronic formats, as well as more Specialized computer labs can be found in the than 190,000 e-books. Horrmann Library’s mathematics, foreign languages, education, membership in the METRO and WALDO library and nursing departments. Visit wagner.edu/it consortia allows students to obtain books for more detailed information. and articles from other local colleges and universities. Items not available locally can be obtained from almost any library in the Academic Support United States via our Interlibrary Loan service. Librarians at the Horrmann Library offer Peer tutors offer academic assistance to bibliographic instruction as well as group and undergraduate students in all subject areas. individual research assistance. Contact the Center for Academic and Career Engagement to make an appointment with agner a peer tutor. The Writing Center, located on myW the first floor of the Horrmann Library, offers MyWagner, Wagner’s online assistance in all aspects of the writing process portal system, allows you to — brainstorming ideas, outlining, draft view your preliminary academic writing, and citations. Writing Intensive Tutors course schedule (including (WITs) are upperclass students recommended your placement in one of your by faculty. Each First-Year Learning Community preferred First Year Learning has a WIT assigned to it. Communities), financial aid Computers and Internet package, billing account, and biographical information. If Network and Internet services are provided you will be living on campus, it to all students through the campus network will also give you your housing and a high-speed connection to the Internet. assignment and roommate The College residence hall rooms are equipped contact information. You will be with both wired and wireless network access. able to access MyWagner from the In addition, wireless network access is New Student page or directly at available in most indoor areas of campus, my.wagner.edu. including the Horrmann Library, the Union, and all classroom buildings. The Help Desk, Horrmann Library located in the lower level of the Horrmann 7 Getting Involved
The best way to make Wagner College feel like home is to get involved and become an active, vital part of this dynamic community. With more than 80 student organizations and the whole city of New York at your fingertips, your options are endless. How do you find your niche? Wagner College offers many ways to start exploring.
Week of Welcome Academic and Cultural The Office of Co-Curricular After Orientation has introduced new students Enrichment (ACE) Programs (CCP) to campus and to each other, the Week of The Academic and Cultural Enrichment (ACE) Located on the second floor of the Wagner Welcome allows both new and returning series exposes students to a rich variety of Union, CCP is devoted to student involvement students to mix and mingle during a week speakers and cultural events. Distinguished in campus life. Its activities and programs are filled with free and entertaining events, such scholars, artists, authors, and musicians, as designed to engage students in thought-provoking as the Club Fair, a barbeque on the Oval, and well as leading businesspeople, politicians, conversations outside of the classroom. The CCP much more! and community members regularly enrich staff supports student organizations like sororities classroom and campus-wide discussions. and fraternities, the Wagner Campus Activities Club Fair Cultural events such as poetry readings, jazz Board, intramural sports, and the CoffeeHouse. concerts, salsa performances, and African CCP sponsors trips to Broadway shows, museums, The annual Club Fair takes place during the music supplement the College’s regular theater, and other venues suggested by students. In first two weeks of classes and offers new arts, and music program. Field trips sponsored conjunction with students and faculty, it organizes students an opportunity to find themselves at by ACE allow students to attend plays, the Week of Welcome and Wagner traditions such Wagner College. Join the more than 80 student concerts, and lectures in New York City. as Homecoming, Up ‘Til Dawn, and Songfest. organizations on the Sutter Oval for dinner and learn how you can get involved and stay connected!
Wagner Campus Activities Board (WagCAB) WagCAB gives students a voice in decisions about campus events and programs. Working with the Office of Co-Curricular Programs (CCP) and the Student Government Association, the board provides a range of educational and entertaining opportunities, such as movie screenings, concerts, and campus festivals.
8 Gym Class Heroes rock the Wagner gym.
The Division of Campus Life A Word from Our Student Bloggers The staff in the Division of Campus Life is committed to supporting student learning in all aspects of a Wagner education, both in and out Read more at wagner.edu/hawktalk of the classroom. We encourage students to be active participants in “I’m a microbiology major and chemistry the Wagner community, in New York City, and in the world. We also minor and am very involved with research, promote responsible and accountable leadership, which creates an but I also love being involved with many inclusive and respectful campus culture. The Division of Campus Life different campus clubs and organizations, includes the Dean of Campus Life Office, the Office of Co-Curricular Programs, the Office of Residential Education, the Center for Health like the Bonner Leaders Program, Wagner and Wellness, the Center for Academic and Career Engagement, Campus Cares, and the Pre-Health Society.” Ministry, and the Center for Intercultural Advancement. The Dean of
Campus Life Office, located in room 221 of the Wagner Union, is staffed by the deans of campus life, who oversee all campus activities; meet Brandon with students about any issues or concerns; organize Orientation, Class of 2017 leadership development and recognition, and special events; and Brookhaven, New York oversee Wagner’s Code of Conduct and the student conduct process.
Staten Island Ferry The College’s shuttle service whisks students down to the world-famous Staten Island Ferry, the big orange boat that deposits you in Manhattan in 20–25 minutes. Both the shuttle and the ferry ride are free, and from there you’re just a subway or bus ride away from anything. The shuttle runs until 11:30 p.m., with additional late-night weekend hours.
9 Student Government Religious and Spiritual Life nvolved NEXT STEP I Association Wagner College’s full-time chaplain creates The Student Government Association (SGA) programming and offers support for the By June 1, submit the New functions as an advocate for the Wagner spiritual growth and religious practices of
etting Student Form, available at College student body, acting as a liaison students and staff. The chaplain is available G for the students to the administration, the for individual pastoral care and is assisted by wagner.edu/new-students. faculty, and the alumni. SGA includes an credentialed volunteer religious life advisors. It will give us your and executive branch; the senate, with elected Students needing specific guidance may be your parents’ or guardians’ representatives from each class year; referred to community clergy members, such as basic contact information, and a club congress, including academic an imam, pandit, priest, or rabbi. The Knubel contact information for clubs, specialized groups, honor societies, Chapel, which includes an Interfaith Prayer your hometown newspaper fraternities, and sororities. SGA offers Room, is located at the heart of the campus. opportunities for leadership development, They are open daily for individual prayer (so that we can share your involvement, and personal growth within the and meditation. Prayer rugs and meditation achievements), information Wagner College community. cushions are available upon request. A number about your extracurricular of student interests and clubs — including activities in high school, Commuter Student Buddhist, Catholic, Fellowship of Christian and a list of the student Association Athletes, Hindu, Hillel, Interfaith, InterVarsity, clubs and activities you’d Lutheran, and the Muslim Student Association The Commuter Student Association provides — offer opportunities for regular worship, be interested in at Wagner. resources and programming to connect study, and socializing. Houses of worship commuters with each other. Whether you are representing all major faith traditions are near attending a monthly commuter student lunch campus. The chaplain is happy to connect or taking a break between classes in the students to resources on and off campus Commuter Student Lounge (Union 227), there’s that aid in education, spiritual growth, and always something for you to do. religious practice. Greek Life Greek life is a great way to become connected with students, alumni, advisors, and campus administrators. Wagner offers local, national, A Word from Our Student Bloggers and international organizations, including one co-ed local fraternity. The fall semester is a Read more at wagner.edu/hawktalk great time to get to know as many members “As someone who loves making change and acting of the Wagner community as possible. During your second semester, rush and recruitment as a voice for other students, being involved with allow you to learn more about each the Student Government Association is the perfect Dillon organization and to make your own decision opportunity for me. It also allows me to be involved Class of 2017 as to where you might fit into Greek life at Minneapolis, MN Wagner College. in the Wagner community.”
Cultural Attractions on Staten Island The island’s unique attractions include the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, which exhibits an extensive collection in a building modeled after a Himalayan temple; Historic Richmond Town, a living history village with homes that date back 350 years; Snug Harbor Cultural Center, with museums, theaters, and gardens; and the Alice Austen House, home of the famous photographer.
10 Student Organizations Student organizations offer many venues for involvement. Students can shape their college experience through specialized interest groups, campus-wide organizations, sororities and fraternities, academic clubs, and more.
Student Government Association Psychology Club The Red Riding Hood Project Wagner Campus Activities Board Society of Arts Administration Students Student Athlete Advisory Committee First Year Senate Sociology Club Student Run Musical Theatre Sophomore Senate Student Nurses Association Testostertones Junior Senate Theatre Advisory Board Unified Theater Senior Senate United States Institute of Vocal Synergy Theatre Technology Wagner College Broadcasting Group Honor Societies Wagner Accounting Society (WCBG) Wagner Student Investment Group Wagner College Comedy Club Alpha Kappa Delta (Sociology) Wagner College Democrats Alpha Mu Theta (Arts Admin.) Publications Wagner College Republicans Beta Beta Beta (Biology) Kallista Yearbook Delta Mu Delta (Business) Club Sports/Recreation Kappa Delta Pi (Education) Nimbus Literary Magazine Kappa Mu Epsilon (Math) Wagnerian Newspaper Cheerleading Kappa Pi (Art) Dance Team Omicron Delta Epsilon Special Interest Ice Hockey (Men) (Economics) Fashion Show Committee Intramurals Omicron Delta Kappa Port Richmond Student Advisory Board Maintaining Outdoor Fitness (Leadership/Honor) Up ’Til Dawn Phi Sigma Iota (Foreign Language) Greek Life Psi Chi (Psychology) Clubs/Organizations Greek Senate Psi Epsilon (Biopsychology) Alpha Phi Omega (service fraternity) Interfraternity Council Sigma Tau Delta (English) American Association of Panhellenic Council Upsilon Pi Epsilon University Women (Computer Science) Animal Rights Club Fraternities Art for a Cure Delta Nu Specialized Academic Groups Christian Fellowship Kappa Sigma Alpha (co-ed) American Medical Students Association Circle K Tau Kappa Epsilon Anthropology Club Commuter Student Association Theta Chi Art Club Completely Student Productions Association of Supervision Coterie Book Club Sororities and Curriculum Development Creative Writing Club Alpha Delta Pi Biology Club Dance Club Alpha Omicron Pi The Biopsychology Fellowship Fellowship of Christian Athletes Alpha Sigma Alpha Chemistry in Action The French Connection Tau Kappa Sigma Gender Forum Gay-Straight Alliance History Club Generation Citizen Music Society Habitat for Humanity Philosophy Café Hillel Physician Assistant Association Muslim Student Association Pre-Dental Society Nubian Student Union Pre-Health Society Project Sunshine Pre-Law Society Promising Student Society
Performing Arts The music department’s outlets for student performers include the College Choir; Treble Choir; Stretto, an elite a cappella group; Concert Band; Jazz Ensemble; Guitar and Lute Ensemble; and Percussion Ensemble. Student- led arts organizations include the Dance Club as well as female and male a cappella ensembles, Vocal Synergy and the Testostertones. Wagner College Theatre, ranked #1 in the nation by the Princeton Review, stages eight shows per year. Auditions are open to all students.
11 Housing
Living on campus is not only convenient, but also a great opportunity to enrich your educational experience and learn from your peers. You’ll develop skills in leadership, communication, assertiveness, and time management, as well as enhance your understanding of the diverse backgrounds of Wagner students. These skills will help you to have a positive impact on your community and will benefit you throughout your life.
Residency Themed Communities is made to match potentially compatible roommates. If you wish to live with a specific at Wagner Themed communities offer a unique living person, please note that on your housing Wagner College is environment in which students can connect application. In order to honor that request, the committed to the development of the whole with one another and members of the faculty person you are requesting as a roommate must student, both in and out of the classroom. through a common passion. Themed housing also request to room with you. Therefore, the College has a four-year will foster your personal and intellectual residency requirement for all students who growth as you extend your learning enter the College as residential students. experiences beyond the classroom. The Residence Hall Staff Please visit wagner.edu/res-ed for complete students on the floor, along with an RA and a The staff is committed to creating a supportive, details. faculty member, will develop and participate in safe, and comfortable residential climate for programs and discussions about the theme. For all students. The full-time professional staff First Year Residence Hall more information, please visit the Residential includes the director of residential education, Education website and click on “Housing.” assistant director, and three resident directors. Harborview Hall, the largest of the four If you wish to live in a themed community, Additionally, students have leadership roles in Wagner residence halls, houses most first- please indicate your interest on your housing the halls; graduate students serve as assistant year students as well as some upperclass application. A Residential Education staff resident directors and undergraduates serve as students. Residents enjoy spectacular views member will be in contact with you over the resident assistants (RAs). RAs live on each floor of Manhattan, the Statue of Liberty, New York summer to discuss your interest and determine of the residence halls and work to build strong Harbor, the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, and the an appropriate themed community placement. communities and to ensure a positive experience Atlantic Ocean. Gatehouse Lounge, located for residential students. Working closely with above the lobby, provides a large common Housing Assignments Public Safety, staff members are always available area for student use in addition to lounge to address student concerns. There are always spaces on each floor. Typically, two students You will be notified via your Wagner email two professionals on call, along with RAs share one room measuring approximately 10’6” on July 16 that your housing and roommate available in each hall. The front desks are staffed by 16’6”. Harborview is a substance-free and assignments can be viewed on MyWagner. 24 hours a day to monitor visitors and respond smoke-free residence hall. Some of the floors Only those students who have completed the to resident needs. Students must carry a Wagner are single-sex; however, most often, men and Housing Contract and Questionnaire in the ID card at all times. women are housed on one floor. There is a New Student Form will be assigned a room laundry room in the lower level. (see “Next Steps”). Although it is impossible to guarantee the ideal roommate, every effort
12 View of Manhattan from Harborview Hall
What to Bring Amenities Move-In Day After receiving your housing assignment, you Study Spaces: All four residence halls feature The academic year begins for new students may want to correspond with your assigned designated study space. These areas provide a on Thursday, August 27, with Orientation. roommate to determine what furnishings convenient location for group projects, study A designated move-in time is assigned to each of you will be bringing to campus. Bring sessions, and last-minute term paper edits. alleviate congestion. During winter and items that will make your room comfortable, summer breaks, the residence halls close. but please don’t bring everything that you Dining: Guild Hall is home to the Wag, Students with special circumstances may be own! Many items for your room are sold in a convenience store with coffee, pastries, permitted to remain in the halls during those the Wagner College Store. Although lofts are cereal bar, and many other snacks and drinks. times for an additional fee. not permitted, students can bunk their beds; Foundation Hall features a Starbucks Café. bunking pins can be obtained in the hall Cable: All residence hall rooms are wired for offices. Please see the Residential Education cable. Basic cable is offered to students at no website for a list of items that are prohibited additional charge. in the residence halls as well as a complete list of recommended items to bring to campus. Laundry Service: In addition to laundry rooms in each residence hall, Wagner College offers a weekly laundry service for students. For $465 A Word from Our per academic year, students can drop off 20 Student Bloggers pounds of laundry each week. The laundry is returned within two days, professionally NEXT STEPS Read more at wagner.edu/hawktalk washed, dried, and folded. To sign up for “You meet the best people at college. this service, call 718-390-3221 or e-mail By June 1, submit the New [email protected]. I feel like Wagner is great at pairing Student Form in order to be placed in a residence hall people together. The roommate you Rentals: Students can rent a small refrigerator, have your freshman year can end up a microwave, or a combined unit for their room. For immediate use upon arriving By July 1, submit the being one of your closest and greatest to campus, students must place an order Medical Information Form friends.” beforehand and pay upon delivery. Students can also place an order once they arrive on Forms are available online at campus and receive the delivery approximately Ugo wagner.edu/new-students one week later. To place an order, contact Class of 2015 Collegiate Storage and Rental at 877-572- Valley Stream, 1807. Microwaves and refrigerators that meet LEARN MORE New York the specifications on the Residential Education wagner.edu/res-ed website are permitted in the residence halls. 13 Wagner Union Dining Hall Dining and Shopping The Wagner Union Wagner College Store The Wagner Union, a meeting place for all The Wagner College Store, run by Barnes & members of the College community, is a focal Noble, is located in the Wagner Union. New point of campus life. It houses the Dining and used textbooks, reference and general Hall, Wagner College Store, Wagner College books, school supplies, office supplies, health Gallery, Office of Co-Curricular Programs, Dean and beauty aids, imprinted clothing, gifts, of Campus Life Office, Center for Intercultural and ceramic items can be purchased here, as Advancement, Center for Academic and Career well as many items for your room. While the Engagement, Center for Leadership and College is in session, the Wagner College Store Community Engagement, student mailboxes, a is open Monday–Thursday, 8:30 a.m.–6 p.m., commuter student lounge, and meeting rooms Friday 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m., and Saturday 11 for student use. a.m.–2 p.m. Additional hours are posted at the beginning of each semester. Dining Services Wagner’s Dining Services offer a variety of The CoffeeHouse meal plans to suit students’ schedules and The CoffeeHouse is a student-operated facility preferences. At the main Dining Hall in the located in the lower level of Reynolds House, Wagner Union, hot entrees (including gluten- within convenient walking distance of all free and vegetarian options), and sandwich, residence halls. The CoffeeHouse provides an soup, pasta, pizza, and salad bars provide inviting atmosphere where students socialize ample choices at every meal. The Hawk’s Nest with friends and where comedians and Café, also located in the Union, The Wag snack musicians often perform. The CoffeeHouse is bar in Guild Hall, and the Foundation Hall Café equipped with wireless Internet capabilities and offer additional dining on campus. All resident houses a pool table, darts, foosball, and TV. students are required to be on a meal plan. Complete details about the meal plans are available at wagner.edu/dining.
Restaurants on Staten Island We like Marie’s Gourmet, Adobe Blues, Kyoto Sushi, the Road House, Goodfella’s, and Joe & Pat’s. Celebrating the diversity of cuisines offered at Staten Island restaurants, the Staten Island Advance brags, “You can get curry, sake, spring rolls, noodles, pierogi, and some of the best pizza outside of the Eternal City.”
14 Wagner Union Dining Hall Sports
From cheering on the Seahawks to working out in the gym, Wagner College offers many ways to get involved in sports.
Spiro Sports Center NCAA Division I Athletics The Spiro Sports Center is a 93,000-square-foot Men’s athletic and recreational facility. Its 2,000-seat baseball arena plays host to the Division I basketball basketball program, intramural programs, and other football recreational activities. The state-of-the-art fitness golf center, located on the first floor, offers treadmills, lacrosse ellipticals, bikes, free weights, and a full line of tennis circuit training for members. The fitness area also track and cross country includes an aerobics studio offering a wide range Women’s of fitness classes, including yoga, aerobics, and basketball Professional Sports several dance classes. A six-lane, 25-yard NCAA golf New York Yankees regulation swimming pool is available for use by lacrosse (MLB), New York the Wagner community and is the competitive site soccer Mets (MLB), New York for the Division I swimming and water polo teams. softball Rangers (NHL), New Intramural Sports swimming and diving York Giants (NFL), tennis New York Jets (NFL), Intramural sports offer an opportunity for track and cross country New York Knicks rewarding sports competition and recreation, water polo (NBA), New York Nets regardless of your athletic ability. Intramurals (NBA), New York offers three sports leagues each semester, as well Marching Band as a field day held in the spring. Liberty (WNBA), New Wagner College brought back our great marching York Red Bulls (MLS) Club Sports band tradition in 2013. We invite you to be part of building up a strong, vibrant, and fun group as The Staten Island Compete with teams from other schools or we continue to perform for football and basketball Yankees are a minor- clubs through Wagner’s student-run club sports: games and add more events to our calendar! Visit league team whose cheerleading, dance team, and men’s ice hockey. wagner.edu/marching-band to learn more. stadium (used for Wagner home baseball games) boasts one of the best views of Manhattan’s skyline.
Wagner Athletics and Spiro Sports Center wagnerathletics.com 15 Health and Safety Center for Health and Wellness Accidents and Injuries: Accidents and injuries Safety and Security that occur on campus must be reported The Center for Health and Wellness, located The Public Safety Office is open Monday– immediately to the Center for Health and on the first floor of Campus Hall, functions Friday, 7:30 a.m.–4 p.m. The main gate on Wellness and the Public Safety Office. This as a screening, diagnostic, and treatment Howard Avenue is staffed 24 hours a day and is essential to safeguard your insurance center for well health, emergency cases, can be reached at 718-390-3148. The primary provisions. and short-term illnesses. The office offers a responsibilities of this department are campus variety of diagnostic and prescriptive services Medical Emergencies: After office hours, safety, parking and traffic administration, and communicates with a student’s primary resident students are advised to report general welfare, and fire safety. Officers are care physician when needed. In the case of immediately to the resident assistant or available 24 hours each day and may be radio prolonged illness, you must be under the care resident director on duty, who will direct dispatched to emergency situations at any time of a private physician of your choice. A student them to medical assistance. of the day or night. Crimes, fires, or injuries harboring a communicable disease must notify should be reported immediately. If you are Medications: When students need continued the Center for Health and Wellness for further temporarily disabled or require a medical escort medical treatment prescribed by their family instructions. Following an evaluation in the at any time of day, please call 718-390-3165 for physician, a written order from the physician Center for Health and Wellness, arrangements assistance. must be filed in the Center for Health and for care are made in consultation with the Wellness in order to facilitate the filling of student’s parents or guardian. The center is Inner Campus Shuttle: A shuttle service prescriptions with a local pharmacy. Students staffed by three certified Nurse Practitioners around campus is available for students seven requiring immunotherapy should call for more daily, including evening and weekend hours. days a week from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. For students information. Immunizations are available at Appointments are strongly encouraged; call arriving to and departing from campus the Center for Health and Wellness. the Center for Health and Wellness at 718- during these hours, the Inner Campus Shuttle 390-3158. Mental Health provides comfortable transportation between the parking lots, the main gate, and the Health Insurance: Wagner College mandates The Center is staffed by a psychiatrist, a residence halls. For more information, please that all full-time students carry their own clinical psychologist, a licensed therapist, and contact the Public Safety Office. health insurance. The College provides limited a social worker. Services are free of charge and accident and illness coverage to all students. include short-term treatment and referrals. The College assumes no responsibility for Appointments may be made through the Center expenses incurred with treatment. for Health and Wellness at 718-390-3158.
Center for Health and Wellness wagner.edu/health 16 The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
Moving, Mail and Money
Transportation Mail Service Banking/Cashier New York City is served by three major The Postal Center, located in Campus Hall, is The Business Office cashier’s window is located airports and several commuter rail and bus open Monday–Friday, 9:30 a.m.–4 p.m. You on the first floor of Cunard Hall and is open lines. The city offers an extensive public may send and pick up packages and faxes 9 a.m.–4 p.m., Monday–Friday. Students may transportation system. Wagner provides and purchase stamps during these hours. cash their own personal checks at the window, transportation to First-Year Program Questions? Check our website, wagner.edu/ with a daily limit of $50. In addition, an experiential sites, but students are ultimately campus-services/postal-center, or contact Automatic Teller Machine (ATM), located in responsible for their own transportation to the Postal Center at postalce@wagner. the Wagner Union, is accessible whenever the these sites. See page 9 for more information edu. Wagner Union is open. The Harborview Hall about New York City transportation and the lobby also has an ATM. For more extensive Wagner College shuttle bus. Throughout the academic year, you can pick up banking needs, several banks are located off your mail from your assigned box in the Union. campus. Representatives from various banks, All students are permitted to have a car on You will receive your box number at including Richmond County Savings Bank, campus; it must be registered with the Public Orientation. will be available during Orientation for Safety Office. However, parking is limited, and students who are interested in opening we would encourage you not to bring your Y our address will be: a checking account. own car if you are living on campus. Instead, Your Name take advantage of the Wagner shuttle and the Box # extensive New York City public transit system Wagner College when you want to travel. You will also want to One Campus Road stay on campus and enjoy all of the programs Staten Island, NY 10301 and activities that Wagner provides and that you can create. This will help you to become better integrated into your new community here at Wagner and in New York City.
New York Attractions wagner.edu/about/visit/nyc Staten Island Information www.silive.com Metropolitan Transportation Authority mta.info/nyct Staten Island Lodging wagner.edu/about/visit/local-lodging
17 FAQs
Why should I Can I have a car What are my choose Wagner? on campus? meal plan options? If you are looking for a nationally Yes! All students are permitted to There are several options for recognized liberal arts and sciences have a car on campus; it must be resident students (who receive curriculum, a college where more registered with the Public Safety a “traditional plan” of 19 meals than 80 percent of the students Office. However, parking is limited, included in their room and board live on campus, a close-knit and and we encourage you not to bring charges) and commuter students. collaborative community of faculty your own car if you are living on Various changes and upgrades are and students, and a campus that campus. Wagner provides a campus available to modify the traditional just happens to be located in the shuttle that takes students to plan. The best resource for you to greatest city in the world, then the Staten Island Ferry, which learn more is the Dining Services Wagner may be for you! transports people to and from website, wagner.edu/dining. Manhattan. Both the shuttle and the ferry are free. Staten Island has an extensive public How do I choose classes? transportation system; taxi and car Is there an honors After you submit your New Student services are also available. program at Wagner? Form (available at wagner.edu/ Wagner does have an honors new-students), the Center for program, and new students may Academic and Career Engagement enroll in it during the spring will use the information you How do I make the semester. Honors students are provide to select your fall course required to take five honors transition from high school schedule. You will be able to courses during their four years at view your fall course schedule to college? Wagner, including an independent on MyWagner (the College’s online Wagner helps new students with study taken during their senior portal for student information). the transition from their previous year. Students work closely with a Your schedule will include three school to Wagner in a number of faculty mentor on projects ranging classes connected by a common ways. Each Learning Community from traditional research papers to theme (your Learning Community), is comprised of no more than 28 individually crafted projects in the and a fourth course in an area of students. These students take three arts and sciences. The majority of academic interest you express on classes together during their first first-year honors students live on your New Student Form. All Learning semester on campus. It is a great the Honors Themed Community in Community courses fulfill general opportunity to meet other new Harborview Hall. education requirements. Your courses students with whom you share will cover a range of academic areas, interests and can begin to explore allowing you to explore the many New York City. It is also very options for study offered at Wagner easy to get involved in campus How do I select a College, and providing you with your activities. Wagner offers over 80 roommate? first taste of the breadth of a liberal clubs and organizations (listed on The Office of Residential Education arts education. page 11). A club fair, held during will use the answers you provide the first weeks of school, will allow on the housing application to you to gather more information match you with a roommate. about organizations at Wagner What resources are available The questions we ask allow us to College. Talk to your Peer Leaders to help me succeed get to know you better and to and RAs to find out more. academically at Wagner? make the best roommate match Finally, the First Year Residential possible. Roommate assignments Wagner offers a Peer Tutoring Experience (FYRE) offers a will be available on your MyWagner Center, Writing Center, and year-long programming series in account in late July for students Center for Academic and Career Harborview Hall, where all first- entering in the fall semester, and Engagement. Trained students and year resident students live, to help two weeks before the semester staff can help you in many different them transition into college life, for students entering in the academic subject areas, college- expose them to campus resources, spring. See pages 12-13 for more level writing, choosing courses and and make strong social connections information. majors, and more. Go to pages 6–7 with their fellow first-year peers. to read more about these services.
18 Academic Calendar 2015–16
Fall 2015 Spring 2016 August 27–30 January 16 Orientation and registration for Orientation and registration for new undergraduate students new undergraduate students August 31 January 19 First day of classes First day of classes August 31–September 8 January 19–26 Drop/add period Drop/add period August 31–September 25 January 19–February 19 Declare pass/fail option Declare pass/fail option September 7 February 15–16 Labor Day: no classes Presidents Day holiday: no classes September 14–15 March 7–11 Rosh Hashanah: no exams (begins at 4 p.m. Spring Break: no classes September 13) March 24–28 September 23 Easter Holiday: no classes Yom Kippur: no exams (begins at 4 p.m. March 29–April 29 September 22) Advisement, summer and fall registration October 12–13 April 6 Fall Break: no classes Last day to withdraw from a course October 19–November 13 April 23 Advisement and spring registration Passover: no classes (begins at 4 p.m. April 22) October 30 April 27 Last day to withdraw from a course Monday schedule for classes November 25–27 May 2 Thanksgiving holiday: no classes Last day of classes December 7 May 3–4 Last day for classes before final exams Reading days December 8–9 May 5–11 Reading days Final examinations December 10–16 May 19 Final examinations Baccalaureate May 20 Commencement
Cultural Attractions in Manhattan Ellis Island, Statue of Liberty, Central Park, Empire State Building, United Nations, American Museum of Natural History, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Museum for African Art, The Jewish Museum, National Museum of the American Indian
19 Save the Date for Fall Festival September 25–27 On Fall Festival weekend, September 25–27, we welcome our students’ family members back to campus and also all of our alumni and friends of the College. You won’t want to miss a full weekend of open classes, campus tours, pep rallies, food and fun on the Oval, the Homecoming football game pitting the Seahawks against Lafayette, and more.
Please join us as the whole Wagner family celebrates the supportive role that parents, grandparents, guardians, and all other family members play in the lives of our students. MORE INFORMATION: wagner.edu/fallfestival
Important Phone Numbers
Admissions...... 718-390-3411 Athletics Ticket Booth...... 718-420-4039 Business/Billing Office...... 718-390-3112 Campus Ministry...... 718-390-3281 Campus Technology Help Line...... 718-390-3410 Center for Academic and Career Engagement...... 718-390-3181. Co-Curricular Programs...... 718-420-4257 Dean of Campus Life...... 718-390-3423 Dining Services...... 718-390-3333 Financial Aid...... 718-390-3183 Health and Wellness...... 718-390-3158 Library...... 718-390-3401. A Word from Our Student Bloggers Main Gate...... 718-390-3148. Read more at wagner.edu/hawktalk On-Campus Emergencies...... 718-390-3148. “Recently I was reminiscing about my Postal Center...... 718-390-3128. freshman year. It was really fun. From my Public Safety...... 718-390-3165. roommate, to my Learning Community, to basketball games, it was an event-filled year Registrar’s Office...... 718-390-3173. and I would do it all over again if I could.” Residential Education...... 718-390-3420. Spiro Computer Center...... 718-390-3242. Uche Spiro Sports Center...... 718-420-4567. Class of 2017 Theatre Box Office...... 718-390-3259. London, England Wagner College Store...... 718-390-3469. Writing Center...... 718-420-4234.
20 We Look Forward to Seeing You on Campus! To see the fall 2015 First-Year Learning Communities, find the forms you need to complete, and get updated information, go to wagner.edu/new-students.