COLLEGE HISTORY INTELLECTUAL PRESIDENT Penn has been building a vigorous DR. AMY GUTMANN on-campus community since it was LIFE founded more than two centuries PROVOST HOUSES PROF. WENDELL E. PRITCHETT ago. After the Civil War, Penn moved to its present campus in West VICE PROVOST FOR EDUCATION PROF. BETH WINKELSTEIN Philadelphia, and under the visionary direction of Provost Charles Custis FACULTY DIRECTOR, COLLEGE HOUSES AND ACADEMIC SERVICES Harrison, a vast, turreted complex of PROF. LISA LEWIS interlocking dormitories called The EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, COLLEGE Quadrangle began to be constructed HOUSES AND ACADEMIC SERVICES on Spruce Street. The present-day MARTIN W. REDMAN Quad, an architectural and historical WHERE INTELLECTUAL LIFE, RELATIONSHIPS AND PARTICIPATION MATTER DIRECTOR OF FIRST-YEAR HOUSES landmark, comprises three College DR. LICINIA BARRUECO KALIHER Houses: Fisher Hassenfeld, Riepe, DIRECTOR OF FOUR-YEAR HOUSES PARTICIPATION and Ware, all bearing the names of RYAN J. KEYTACK Penn’s distinguished alumni. In the DIRECTOR OF UPPERCLASS HOUSES post-World War II era of expansion, DR. JANINE WEAVER-DOUGLAS Penn turned to the famous Finnish DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE HOUSE COMPUTING architect Eero Saarinen to design a DANIEL L. THOMAS III dormitory for women at 33rd and PHOTO CREDITS Walnut Streets which today is the GREG BENSON co-ed Hill College House, which CHRISTOPHER DONOVAN received a complete renovation in BRYAN KARL LATHROP TOMMY LEONARDI 2017. The buildings that are now SUE SMITH called Stouffer College House and JJ TIZIOU ADAM WEAVER Kings Court English College House were also built or acquired at this DESIGN ANNE MARIE KANE time, and vehicular traffic was RELATIONSHIPS banned in the so-called “super block” EDITORS CHRISTOPHER BOGS stretching from 38th to 40th Streets RYAN J. KEYTACK between Walnut and Spruce Streets. This enabled the development of a ONLINE VERSION WWW.COLLEGEHOUSES.UPENN.EDU park-like setting presided over by a trio of skyscraper dormitories — Harnwell, Harrison and Rodin College Houses — with low-rise buildings, W.E.B. Du Bois and Gregory College Houses, framing the surrounding lawns. In 2017, Penn opened New College House, the first residential complex designed from the start University of Pennsylvania WWW. to accommodate the broad scope Stouffer Commons COLLEGEHOUSES. of intellectual, cultural and social 3702 Spruce Street activities that are the hallmarks of the Philadelphia PA 19104-6027 UPENN.EDU College House communities. TABLE OF CONTENTS CAMPUS MAP KINGS COURT NEW COLLEGE HOUSE INTELLECTUAL LIFE ENGLISH HILL 6__COLLEGE HOUSE LIFE 7__ FACULTY AND STAFF RODIN W.E.B. DU BOIS 37th St. 37th 38th St. 36th St. 8__ RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS 34th St. 5 St. 33rd HARNWELL 9__ SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM Chestnut St. RELATIONSHIPS Sansom St. 12__BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS Walnut St. 13__ROOMMATE RELATIONSHIP 11 17__HEALTH AND WELLNESS RESOURCES Locust St. PARTICIPATION 20__WAYS TO GET INVOLVED 22__SIGNATURE PROGRAMS 19 Spruce St. COLLEGE HOUSES 26__Du BOIS 27__GREGORY 28__NEW 29__STOUFFER 30__FISHER HASSENFELD 31__HILL HARRISON 32__KINGS COURT ENGLISH GREGORY / CLASS OF 1925 33__RIEPE GREGORY / VAN PELT MANOR 34__WARE __HARNWELL 35 STOUFFER / 36__HARRISON MAYER HALL STOUFFER / 37__RODIN STOUFFER HALL IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR RESIDENTS 40__COLLEGE HOUSE COMMUNITY STANDARDS PLEASE NOTE GOLDBERG HOUSE RIEPE 40__COLLEGE HOUSE POLICIES AND SERVICES FOR CAMPUS For additional campus views 43__COLLEGE HOUSE BEHAVIOR 39 see the Facilities & Real WARE 50__COLLEGE HOUSE CONDUCT PROCESS Estate Services Maps at 52__SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS www.facilities.upenn. FISHER HASSENFELD . Click on 54__RESIDENTIAL SERVICES INFORMATION edu/map.php Student Housing. 57__RENT SCHEDULE 58__HOUSE CONTACT INFORMATION 59__CAMPUS MAP 2 | UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE HOUSES RESOURCE GUIDE 2018-19 | 59 MISSION FIND OUT MORE STATEMENT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON COLLEGE HOUSE PROGRAMS AND STAFF Office of College Houses and Academic Services THE COLLEGE HOUSES Stouffer Commons ARE RESIDENTIAL 3702 Spruce Street COMMUNITIES FOR PENN Philadelphia, PA 19104-6027 UNDERGRADUATES PHONE 215.898.5551 THAT: FAX 215.573.6789 • Connect the academic EMAIL life of the University [email protected] with the residential URL experience. www.collegehouses.upenn.edu • Develop smaller, FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ROOM ASSIGNMENTS, intimate communities BILLING OR BUILDING SERVICES Department of Residential Services that students call Stouffer Commons home and from 3702 Spruce Street which they can more Philadelphia, PA 19104-6027 comfortably navigate PHONE the complexities of 215.898.8271 a large university. FAX 215.573.2061 • Provide academic EMAIL and personal support [email protected] to residents. URL www.upenn.edu/housing • Promote social interaction, The University of Pennsylvania values diversity and seeks talented students, faculty and staff engagement, from diverse backgrounds. The University of Pennsylvania does not discriminate on the basis accountability and of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, age, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected class status in the leadership within a administration of its admissions, financial aid, educational or athletic programs, or other University- setting that honors administered programs or in its employment practices. Questions or complaints regarding this policy should be directed to the Executive Director of the Office of Affirmative Action and Equal the diverse needs Opportunity Programs, Sansom Place East, 3600 Chestnut Street, Suite 228, Philadelphia, PA and backgrounds 19104-6106; or (215) 898-6993 (Voice) or (215) 898-7803 (TDD). of the population. COLLEGE HOUSES RESOURCE GUIDE 2018-19 | 3 INTELLECTUAL LIFE Penn has had individual College Houses for almost 50 years, but it wasn’t until 1998 that every undergraduate residence hall was converted into the living-and-learning model that students who lived in places like Du Bois College House and Van Pelt College House (now part of Gregory) had been thriving in for years. From its inception, the foundational idea of the College House system has been intellectual engagement: extending the WHERE INTELLECTUAL LIFE, RELATIONSHIPS AND PARTICIPATION MATTER active “life of the mind” that Penn fosters beyond the classroom and into living rooms. In the College Houses, intellectual life matters. Here’s how we do it. HOUSES COLLEGE 4 | UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE HOUSES RESOURCE GUIDE 2018-19 | 5 INTELLECTUAL LIFE INTELLECTUAL LIFE WE CONNECT THE HOUSE COMMUNITIES TO Deans serve as academic advisors, COLLEGE COLLEGE HOUSE active participants in group events, THE INTELLECTUAL LIFE OF THE UNIVERSITY. and trusted friends. House Deans HOUSE LIFE • Residents are exposed to a range of disciplines and backgrounds FACULTY AND direct the House office and hire and through the Faculty Director, House Fellows and House Dean. To supervise the GAs, RAs, and House learn more about their diverse fields of study and expertise see STAFF Managers. Many of the Deans hold College House residents do far www.collegehouses.upenn.edu/staff/expertise. advanced academic degrees and more than eat, sleep, play, and • We provide group tickets for campus events and renowned speakers. Every College House has a live- provide leadership by serving on study. They learn. Each House • Academically-themed Residential Programs within the Houses have in team of faculty and staff who key committees across the campus. provides countless occasions links to such distinguished departments as the Fels Institute, Film work to keep the life of the for residents to get to know the Studies, Civic House, Weiss Tech House, Perry World House, and the House community engaged in faculty, staff, and student leaders Greenfield Intercultural Center. the intellectual and social life HOUSE COORDINATOR who are their neighbors in the of the University as a whole. Each House office is staffed by a House. By living in a College House WE CREATE THE ATMOSPHERE OF A These scholars and their families full-time non-resident Coordinator our residents have opportunities SMALL LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE WITHIN become part of the College House who supports the operation of the to collaborate with other residents; community and enrich the life of all House and provides invaluable improve their language, writing, THE UNIVERSITY’S EXCITINGLY LARGE their residents. assistance to the Dean and all of math, and other skills; plan and lead RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT. the residents. House activities; write newsletters • Our College House faculty, often pre-eminent in their fields, are and market House events; attend nevertheless approachable and enjoy engaging with their residents. FACULTY DIRECTOR in-House performances; oversee • Student researchers receive guidance from House faculty on writing The Faculty Director of each program budgets; manage a a research proposal and can apply for House research fellowships College House is a prominent of $1,500. The Research Fellows present their work in symposia and student IT team; or mentor their professor appointed by the Provost GRADUATE peers. For those who participate in other forums, and in turn advise other residents about Penn’s research to live in residence. As neighbors ASSOCIATES their College House communities, opportunities. of students, these professors offer learning just happens; it’s the • Emphasis on community building in each House helps create a sociable immediate contact with Penn’s