Residential Life

Office of Residential Life

  • Sarazen Student Union 318
    Phone: 518-783-2919
    Fax: 518-782-6870
  • housing@siena.edu
  • Ms. Kathleen Brannock; Director of Residential Life

Townhouses

 

Welcome to the Townhouses!  The Townhouses are transitional style living units for current seniors and juniors.  Within the Townhouse community, there are two areas, the first, MacClosky Square (pictured top left), is 6- and 8-person single-gender units.  MacClosky Townhouses are two-story buildings with a bedroom, living room, kitchen, and bathroom on the first floor and 2-3 bedrooms and a bathroom on the second floor.

 

 

 

The second area, Cushing Village, consists of 4- and 6-person single-gender units.  Cushing Village Townhouses are two-story buildings with a living room, kitchen, and half-bath on the first floor and two bedrooms and a full bathroom on the second floor.

Townhous Amenities:

  • Full Kitchen in each Townhouse
  • Study area with computers and printer
  • Wireless Internet Access
  • Laundry facilities in both Cushing Village and MacClosky Square

Townhouse Rooms:

All rooms come furnished and/or equipped with the following:

  • 1 Bed per student
  • 1 Desk per student
  • 1 Dresser per student
  • 1 Closet (either built-in or standing wardrobe closet)
  • 1 Chair per student
  • Cable TV jack (Basic cable is included as part of tuition, room, and board fees)
  • Ethernet connection for each student
  • Wireless Internet Access

Townhouse Staff:

The Townhouses are staffed by a live-in professional Residence Director who is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Townhouses, including maintenance and facilities concerns, mediating conflicts between students, supervision of paraprofessional Townhouse Assistant staff, adjudicating violations of the Siena College student code of conduct, and many other responsibilities.  The Residence Director of the Townhouses is currently Mr. Josh Grubb.  Josh is currently in his first year at Siena College.

Also working in the Townhouses are 6 Townhouse Assistants, who are student-leaders living in the Townhouses and serve as peer mentors and role models for the residents of the building.  TAs go through an in-depth training every August and January to provide them with the skills necessary to ensure all residents of the Townhouses feel welcomed and safe in the complex.  

The 2011-2012 Townhouse Staff: 

 

 

Josh Grubb, Residence Director
Office Phone: (518) 786-5099
 

TAs:

MacClosky Square: Haley Zautner, Sam Racette and Michele Smith

Cushing Village: Christian Leahy, Lizzie Schlegel and Steve Maggio

 

 

The Townhouse Community

TA's plan programs focusing on areas relating to service, diversity, academics, and social events for residents.  For our seniors living in the Townhouses, we also offer a Senior Year Transition program that focuses on preparing students for life after Siena, including budgeting, cooking, navigating human resources for your first job, graduate school search process, and many others.