The Residential College Broome is an upper-level community of scholars endowed in the arts, humanities, and civic engagement. The distinctions of the Residential College include active student involvement and governance, significant faculty interaction, and exclusively graduate student Resident Assistants (RAs).
The Residential College houses eight different streams related to the arts, humanities, and civic engagement. Upper-level students apply to the Residential College based on their interest in one or more of the streams. The stream communities are placed vertically throughout the building to create a larger sense of the liberal arts community. Currently, the eight streams include:
• Arts & Culture
• BIG Ideas in Cotemporary Culture
• The City is a Page for Writers
• Historical and Cultural Downtown Scenes
• Eco-Broome
• All Inclusive Gender & Sexuality
• Health/Society/Humanities
• Philosophy
Two Faculty Fellows in Residence and their partners, eight Faculty Affiliates, nine graduate student RAs, and the Community Development Educator staff the Residential College. Faculty Fellows Brad Lewis, MD, PhD and Jo Rendell, PhD, Bryan Waterman, PhD, and Stephanie Smith-Waterman, MSW live in-residence with their families and support all the Residential College’s streams. The graduate student RAs and the Faculty Affiliates are hired to anchor one specific stream, but many activities over-lap to encourage students to ‘stream-hop’ and contribute to the broader sense of community within the Residential College.
Students considered ‘members in good standing’ within the Residential College will attend an aggregate of 3 activities or programs per month sponsored by the Residential College and complete 15 hours of community service each semester. Students will also participate in a student lead discussion or a symposium throughout the academic year. Benefits of returning to the Residential College are contingent on the students’ involvement and commitment to capturing their experiences through the online process here.
Three student groups govern the Residential College. The three groups include the Hall Council, The Residential College Board, and the Residential Colleges Peer Judicial Board.
The Hall Council is an elected body of students responsible for programmatic & community development initiatives, community service, and quality of life concerns. The Residential College Board is a group where any student may join as long as s/he may serve consistently throughout the year. The Residential College Board is responsible for revising the application, reviewing the applications in the spring, facilitating an internal room selection process for returning students, and offering community service opportunities, and enhancing the Residential College identity through a series of initiatives. The Residential Colleges Peer Judicial Board is a selected group of students from both Broome and Goddard colleges trained to hear alleged infractions of community standards and the Hosing & Residential Education Handbook from either hall.
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