Residential and Commuter Life
Lancaster G-13
201 High Street
Longwood University
Farmville, VA  23901
434.395.2080 (phone)
434.395.2237 (fax)
http://www.longwood.edu/rcl
housing@longwood.edu

Our mission is to support living and learning environments which foster the development of individuals intellectually, personally, and socially for students in our traditional residence halls, Longwood-managed apartments, and commuting populations. We provide suite-style and apartment-style residential facilities, and we work closely with the town of Farmville and our local landlords to meet the needs of our commuters. The Residential and Commuter Life central office consists of the Executive Director - Residential and Commuter Life, Associate Director - Housing, Associate Director - Off Campus Living (Longwood-managed apartments and commuters), Assistant Director - On Campus Living (traditional residence halls), a Technology Coordinator, an Assignments Manager, an Apartment Manager, and our Office Manager/Administrative Assistant to the Executive Director. We also have eight master's level Residence Education Coordinators living in their respective communities and working most closely with our students. Three graduate assistants focus on individual areas, including front desk management, programming center management, and the RCL Advisory Board. We employ 72 Resident Assistants and 65 students in Desk Aide or other student employee positions. We work with the University's Physical Plant and UGL-UNICO for maintenance needs, and our housekeeping needs are managed through ARAMARK Housekeeping.

Occupancy

2900 Undergraduate Housing Capacity
No Graduate Housing Capacity
12 Residence Halls in 8 communities
Avg. Double Room Rate Per Semester: $2,150
Avg. Apartment Room Rate Per Semester: $2,700

Undergraduate-- Traditional, Suites, Single Sex, Co-ed
We provide a very limited number of single rooms in our traditional residence halls. Most of those are held for students with recognized ADA needs.

All students living in Longwood-managed apartments are provided with their own bedroom in the following configurations:  single studio apartments, two-bedroom apartments with individual bathrooms, three-bedroom apartments with individual bathrooms, four-bedroom apartments with two bathrooms, and four-bedroom townhouses with two bathrooms. 

Curry Residence Hall is alcohol-free for both first year and returning students.
 
All new college students are placed on floors designated for first year students that are alcohol-free.

Stubbs Residence Hall provides the nine PHC sororities and one NPHC group with a chapter room and floor designated for its membership.  
 
Each of our fraternities is also assigned a chapter room and a floor in available spaces in the traditional residence halls across campus.

Those first year students who are also members of the Honors Program are assigned to one floor in Wheeler Hall.
 
Returning students who are also members of the Honors Program can apply to live on a floor designated for them in Wheeler Hall. 

The Compass Community, located in Curry Hall, provides an opportunity for those first year students who have not declared a major to live in the same building together, take the Longwood Seminar Class and other general education classes together, and participate in activities to help them choose a career path and major.

The Globe, located in the Cunninghams, offers students that major in Theatre and Communications the opportunity to live together and participate in various programs.

We have electronic card access in all of our residence halls.  Also, we are currently implementing the RMS room assignments system.  If all goes well, we will be up and running before the end of March.  Many of our processes are also managed through the use of our website (ie, permission to stay over breaks, RA interviews, etc.)

Our Longwood managed apartments are leased from the Longwood Real Estate Foundation.  RCL provides the daily management and supervision for the communities.
 
Each residential community has a Community Advisory Board which consists of residents of the building.  Students can also participate in the RCL Advisory Board which includes representatives from the traditional residence halls, the Longwood-managed apartments, and commuting populations.