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Community Assistants and Student Directors
Community Assistants (CAs) are highly visible paraprofessional staff members of Graduate and
Off Campus Housing. The CAs are part of a team that is responsible for the fair, efficient,
and convenient delivery of service to the residents of Abbott Hall.
Through appropriate training, continued interaction, and successful programming, the CAs are
expected to be familiar with the residents, their interests and needs. As leaders of the on
campus resident population, CAs are responsible for creating social, cultural, educational,
recreational, and wellness opportunities for the residents.
Some of their responsibilities include:
- Plan activities for all students on the Chicago Campus
- Facilitate interaction between and among the students of each graduate/professional program
- Provide students with access to or information about Campus resources
- Serve as a liaison between students and administration
- Supervise student employees in various positions throughout the halls
- Be available to students who need someone to talk to
Commons
All commons facilities are shared equally by students living in Abbott Hall. Each residence hall has a coin operated laundry.
Phone & Data Service
Basic campus phone service is included as a part of your room rent. Basic campus
phone service will include dial tone, unlimited campus calls, and a number
of service features provided by Northwestern University's Information Technology
Division. You will need to provide your own phone. You will receive a personal
access code from IT which will be used when calling off campus. You may also
use this number in making long distance calls. The additional charges for these
off campus calls will be billed to you monthly. Please feel free to contact
Information Technology at 847-491-HELP (4357) with any questions you may have
regarding campus phone service.
All residence halls rooms and apartments on the Chicago campus have 10-base T
ethernet ports. Residents can use these ports to connect their personal computers
to NUNET (Northwestern University Network) and through it to the Internet.
Residents must have ethernet capable computers to use this service. All on-line
services on NUNET and Internet (such as e-mail, list serve, databases, and
library card catalogs) will be accessible from these ports. Please feel free
to contact Information Technology Services at 847-491-HELP (4357) with
any questions you may have regarding campus data service.
More detailed information regarding the phone and data serrvices systems can be found
here. Additional information regarding the support services
and features of the campus computing network can be found
here.
Contacting Our Office
Graduate and Off-Campus Housing
1915 Maple Avenue
Evanston, IL 60201
Phone: 847-491-5127
Fax:* 847-467- 2748
Email:* grad-housing@northwestern.edu
* There are a number of documents which we do not accept by fax or email. Among these
are applications, signed leases, and cancellation notifications. Please call our office
if you believe special circumstances warrant an exception in your case. Thank you.
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