This document discusses the benefits of living on campus while attending college. Living on campus allows students to fully dedicate themselves to academics by participating in study groups and visiting professors. It enables community engagement through clubs, events, and activities. Students can explore passions and career choices through internships and outreach. Living on campus also promotes personal development and lifelong friendships through interactions with diverse peers. It provides safety benefits and is often more affordable than commuting. Overall, the document advocates for the educational and personal advantages of immersing oneself in the on-campus college experience through dormitory living.

1. Rebecca Joseph, PhD
CSULA
@getmetocollege
Going Away to College
GOING AWAY TO COLLEGE
Dr. Rebecca Joseph
California State University, Los Angeles
@getmetocollege getmetocollege@gmail.com

2. My Brain Is On Fire

3. New Possibilities

4. The Sky Is The Limit

5. Academic Success
• Students who live on campus can fully dedicate themselves to
their academics.
• You can choose classes irrespective of the time they are
offered, participate in study groups, visit and form
relationships with professors, study in the library whose
resources can come in handy at any point while preparing for
exams or writing papers, and participate in campus-based
academic projects and support communities.
• Living in campus housing, students can set you own study
schedules, focus on your studies, and not lose time
commuting.

6. Community Engagement
• College is much more than academics.
• It is a time for you to
• immerse yourselves in clubs and
organizations,
• attend university and student events,
• meet students from all around the world
with similar and varied interests.

7. More Community Engagement
• Living on campus, you can explore all
different kinds of campus activities and get
engaged in internships and outreach
projects.
• You can discover and pursue your
passions, giving insight into your strengths
and prospective career choices.

8. Juan, UC Riverside, Class of
2016

9. Getting Involved
• Jazmin, UCSB, for example, joined a multi-cultural sorority, got
a job at the community teen center, and did a lot of
community service in the local community because she was
immersed in her college experience by living in the dorms.
• Mitzi, UCSC, is part of cultural support groups and a major
outreach project to support Latinos in College.
• Eliana, UC Davis, volunteers at a local clinic.

10. ELIANA, UC DAVIS,
CLASS OF 2017

11. Personal Development
• Living in the dorms, students get to meet
all different kinds of people and socialize
with them through the week and
weekends by attending campus sporting
and artistic events.
• During breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the
dorms, they can have amazing
conversations with diverse peers.

12. JOHANA, U PENN,
CLASS OF 2014

13. Safety
• Students are much safer living on college campuses than they
are commuting to college campuses.
• The majority of campuses have resident assistants who help
monitor the very secure dorms and advise students. They also
have 24 hour campus security officers who can escort them to
different locations on campus.
• Parents can still check in on you via Skype, email, texting,
phone calls, and visits.

14. Lifelong Friends and Networks
•Living on campus, students
meet people that become
their lifelong friends and join a
community that helps them
develop lifelong networks.

15. Williams, Boston College 2013

16. The Price Is Right
•GOING AWAY TO COLLEGE IS
OFTEN CHEAPER THAN LIVING
AT HOME

17. LOOK AT YOUR CHOICES
SERIOUSLY!!!

18. YOU CAN DO IT!!!
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