Welcome To The RC

Attention RC Alumni +

East Quad will be going under extensive construction next year and the RC will be relocating to West Quad and South Quad for the next academic year.  Although these renovations are long overdue, the RC and East Quad have never been apart in its 40 plus year history! To many RC-ers, East Quad has been a member of the family - in honor of this change, this is a call for submissions about your favorite memories from East Quad!

What memories of East Quad have stuck with you over the years? Any stories of East Quad lore? Memories from the Halfass, Greene Lounge or Madrigal Lounge? Traditions or rituals? Stories about your dorm room, your roommate or your hall?

Please submit your memories to Rosie Levine with your name, year of graduation and where you are currently living.

The RC: A Moveable College

The Residential College has called East Quad home since 1967, but the space the RC occupies was never meant for academic use. For more than 40 years, students, faculty and staff of the Residential College have lived with the "quirks" of a repurposed dorm: sinks and clothes closets in faculty offices, basement classrooms with exposed and unapologetic infrastructure, and early morning classes accompanied by the pervasive aroma of breakfast.

U-M Regents recently approved a renovation of East Quad that will add class space and common areas, bringing our living/learning experiment into the 21st century. Work is scheduled to begin in early May, and will be finished by the beginning of the Fall 2013 semester.

Of course, nothing good comes without transition.  For the first time, first year students who begin their RC career in Fall 2012 will not live in East Quad for their first two semesters.  Instead, East goes West as new RC students meet the first year of their residency requirement in West Quad. RC Academic Services offices will also be housed in West Quad during renovation, so that students will maintain easy access to Advisors and the guidance provided by Jennifer Myers, Charlie Murphy and Melanie Karner.

Faculty and other staff offices will be mostly in South Quad as the work commences, and RC classes will be scheduled in various locations in the Central - and possibly North - Campuses. Click here for a word from RC Director Dr. Angela D. Dillard.

Where and How to Find Us

As the East Quad Residence Hall undergoes a major renovation, the Residential College Academic Services Office - Jennifer Myers, Charlie Murphy and Melanie Karner - will temporarily be located in West Quad. 

The Administrative offices - Director Angela D. Dillard, Admissions coordinator Lana Kanitz, Department Manager Patti Kardia, Executive Secretary Candice Middlebrook and Outreach and Communications Coordinator Cynthia Burton - will be in South Quad.

The relocation will begin on May 1, 2012 and go until July 1, 2013.

To visit West Quad: from South State Street and the Michigan Union, turn right onto Madison. Turn right onto Thompson Street. West Quad will be on your right. The RC Academic Services Office will be just inside and to the right of the main entrance. As in East Quad, please use the red courtesy phone to gain access to the building.

Office phone numbers will be transferred to the temporary locations and will remain the same. Mail may be sent to The Residential College, M112 West Quad, 541 Thompson St., Ann Arbor, Michigan  48109-1360

Please note that the Residential College Keene Theater will not be available to book for events during this period.

 

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