RESIDENTIAL SERVICES

This page contains programmatic information about Slivka Residential College of Science and Engineering. You can access building information on the Residential College of Science and Engineering (Slivka Hall) facilities page.

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Faculty Chair Welcome:

Greetings and welcome to the Residential College of Science and Engineering at Slivka Hall! My name is Karen Chou (a.k.a. KChou), and I am the Faculty Chair for Slivka. I know that I speak for all of our Slivka staff, Fellows, and students when I say that we are delighted to welcome you to our community.

While our official theme is science and engineering, Slivkans’ interests embrace a wide range of creative, intellectual, and philanthropic pursuits, as well as just plain quirky. Whether you enjoy the morning Slivka Café, hang out in the rec lounge for various events, doing homework, play a video game among our many selections, or have bonding time with fellow Slivkans and Fellows while having snacks hosted by your Faculty Chair, you’ll find your community in Slivka.

Slivka activities are also a great way to get to know our many faculty and graduate-student Fellows. Besides the numerous fireside discussions hosted by the Fellows, you'll get the chance to meet our Fellows casually at Slivka's weekly P2P (prof to peer) lunches where you can get the latest news on earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, find out why Applied Math is great for helping you solve puzzles, how similar cooking and engineering are, or ask Northwestern deans for their favorite fruit bread recipes and baking techniques. Slivka’s Fellows events are also great opportunities to get to know Fellows better, whether you’re discussing research, hobbies, decompressing over coffee, or at the Slivka apple picking outing in the fall.

If you are someone who likes planning events — or just spending time with really fun people — Slivka's amazing Exec board always welcomes new ideas and committee members. In addition, through Slivka's many culture events you'll get a chance to see theatrical and musical performances with your fellow Slivkans and Slivka Fellows; and learn to cook and taste different ethnic food. You can also lead or be part of our award winning Slivsgiving, an annual Thanksgiving meal organized and prepared by Slivkans for Slivkans, Fellows, and alumni.

We are looking forward to a wonderful 2026-2027 with you. Welcome! Go Cats.

Karen Chou

Faculty Chair

Residential College Of Science and Engineering (Slivka) Fellows And Graduate Associates

Residential College of Science and Engineering (Slivka) Fellows and Graduate Associates

Name	Position	Department
Anjali Agarwal	Computer Science Theory	Computer Science
Arantzazu Alarcon-Fleming	Associate Professor of Instruction	Civil & Environmental Engineering
Wes Burghardt	Associate Dean, Professor	Undergraduate Engineering, Chemical & Biological Engineering
Kathleen Carmichael	Professor of Instruction	The Bobbie and Stanton Cook Family Writing Program
Peter Civetta	Director, Assistant Professor of Instruction	Office of Undergraduate Research, Theater
Ken Gentry	Professor of Instruction and 1st year Advisor	Design Thinking & Communication
Todd Gingrich	Assistant Professor	Chemistry
Tim Higgins	Campus Minister	Sheil Catholic Center
Ilya Mikhelson	Associate Professor of Instruction	Electrical & Computer Engineering
SonBinh Nguyen	Professor	Chemistry
Alan Sahakian	Professor, Associate Dean	Biomedical Engineering (By Courtesy), Electrical & Computer Engineering
Vincent St-Amour	Associate Professor of Instruction	Computer Science
Suzan Van Der Lee	Professor and Department Chair	Earth & Planetary Sciences
Latanya Williams	Associate Director	STEM, Office of Fellowships
Nick Winters	Assistant Professor	Classics