Sophia Center Resident Student Community

Sophia Center

Transformation and Growth

For many students in the Sophia program, the transformational process they will experience is enhanced through participation in the residential community. This experience involves students intentionally seeking a balance between traditional notions of community and privacy while connecting the processes of personal transformation to our creative academic curriculum.

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Community Living

At the beginning each semester students in the Sophia Resident Community convene in dialogue and reflection to intentionally identify ideas and ways they will live together in community while respecting individual rights for privacy, reflection, and action. On an as needed basis, either a member of the Sophia Residential Life community, the Director of Sophia Center or Vice President of Student Affairs may initiate a meeting to discuss:

• the impact the residential community is having on the student's personal transformation and/or
• the impact the student is having on the residential community.

The community component of the residential program and the meetings are designed to provide support and context during a period of what can be considerable personal transformation. Because the academic program seeks to integrate the mind and the body, religion and science, the inward journey of personal transformation and the outward journey of social change, ecology, spirituality and justice, meditation and restoration, the intellectual and artistic, intentionally connecting the learning process to the living community has the significant potential to enhance one's personal transformation.

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• Room Options - The second floor of Founder's Hall is the primary on campus living option for female students in the Sophia program. Males students in the Sophia program may live on the first floor of Founder's Hall or in other building as space is available. Please consult the application process for on campus housing and dining for more information. The following amenities are available:
  
  • In-room Internet Access
  • Free Parking
  • 24 Hour Gate Security
  • Kitchen Facilities
  • Lounges (Cable TV is available in the Sophia Classroom)
  • Mail Delivery
  • Coin Operated Laundry
  • Room Furniture: extra long twin bed, desk, closet, chair, small refrigerator
    
• Campus Dining - All students living on campus are required to purchase a meal plan as part of their living arrangement. The campus dining page describes options. Dining plans are selected through the application for housing and dining process.
  
• Application process for on campus housing and dining - Please download the application for housing, complete it, and return to the Office of Residence Life (see the application for details).
  
• Student and Resident Policies - The Student Handbook page provides information and links to policies critical to successful living and studying at HNU. The policies listed on the Student Handbook page, as well as policies listed in other university publications, apply to all HNU students, as appropriate.
  
• Off Campus Housing Search - HNU provides this link to Craig's List as one option for students seeking information about living in Oakland and the San Francisco Bay area. For students who want to live off campus, we strongly encourage you to consult numerous sources and to use caution when making arrangements to lease or acquire off campus living arrangements.

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Marrisa S. Brown, Coordinator of Residence Life

mbrown@hnu.edu

510-436-1442, Office

510-436-1025, FAX

3500 Mountain Blvd.

Oakland, CA 94619

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