Mission & Learning Outcomes
Our Mission
The Off-Campus Life office, or OCL, serves as the first point of contact for students moving, and living, off-campus. Like many experiences that you’ll have during your time at Northwestern, living off-campus comes with many benefits, but also challenges and anxieties.
In those situations, a guide can help chart the path through the challenges and anxieties, to reach the good outcomes you seek from living off-campus. At OCL, we want to be yours.
Feel free to browse all our resources in the top menu above. Below, we’ve also included some of the key questions and concerns that lots of students have, to get you off on a fast start to a great life off-campus. And when those resources don’t offer the help you need, reach out via social media, email, or phone. We’re here for you.
Stakeholders include:
- Northwestern Departments and Offices
- NUPD/CPD/EPD (Northwestern, Chicago and Evanston Police Departments)
- Property Owners/Landlords
- Neighborhood Associations
- Non-Student Neighbors
- Area Businesses & Outside Vendors
- City Officials, Staff & Services
- Non-Profit Organizations
Learning Outcomes
Students who engage in Off-Campus Life programs, activities, & services will [or will be able to]:
- Manage their own affairs off campus, making use of appropriate Northwestern and Evanston/Chicago resources/services. (Cognitive and Practical Skills)
- Articulate their rights and responsibilities of being a member of both the Northwestern and Evanston/Chicago communities. (Social Responsibility)