Scholarship hall

A scholarship hall is an on-campus living option at the University of Kansas. These halls are provided in lieu of typical residence hall or apartment living. Residents typically pay between $1,500 and $1,700 less to live in the scholarship halls than to live in a residence hall. These savings act as a form of "scholarship," thus giving the system its name. In return for the discounted rate, residents help with the day-to-day operation and maintenance of the building. Each resident puts in 4-5 hours of work each week. These shifts include cooking meals for the residents, recycling, and cleaning various areas of the hall. The overall mission of the "schol halls" is to place an emphasis on academics while promoting on-campus involvement. There is a strong sense of community within each hall and between halls that helps to promote this mission.

Hall life

The communal living style of the Scholarship Halls provides residents with the opportunity to meet people and maintain an active social life. Each hall has a rec room which generally consists of, but is not limited to: television, billiards table, table tennis, and darts. Throughout the year, halls will host large events that are open to all of the other halls, some of these events are also open to the general public such as the "Pearson Lawn Rock-A-Thon." Halls will also host smaller events between a few halls such as dinner and a movie, or game nights. One of the largest events within the halls is the "Schol Hall Olympics." These are a series of competitive events that pit the halls against each other during the first week of school. It is a way for residents to gain a sense of pride in their own hall, while also building upon the strong community between all of the halls.

With the exception of Miller and Watkins halls, each hall has a large industrial kitchen with a fully stocked pantry. These kitchens are open kitchens so residents can always get a late night snack. Miller and Watkins Halls have seven smaller kitchens, where they are grouped together with other people with the same tastes and schedules. The women in these halls have to buy their own food, so they are not charged for a food budget through their contract.

Every hall is self-governed by the All Scholarship Hall Council (ASHC) with little input from the KU Department of Student Housing. This council plans social events, controls the budget, and aids in the selection of new members to the scholarship halls. Halls plan events with each other, with some events including all halls (such as hall-sponsored dances or movie nights), while other events only include two halls (like dinners with another hall).

Hall government

Each hall has a Proctor and a Food Board Manager, who are chosen jointly by the hall and by the Department of Student Housing. The Proctor is similar to an resident assistant in the residence halls. They make sure that housing policy is enforced, but are also a resident in the hall and participate in all of its activities. The Food Board Manager is in charge of meeting with the hall's cooks and planning the menus for each month. The Food Board Manager is in charge of making out each food shipment for the week. Each hall also has a Scholarship Hall Director(SHD) who is in charge of two halls. The SHD is typically a graduate student and maintains an apartment in one hall, and an office in the other. The SHD is responsible for the general oversight of the two halls.

Each hall has a self-elected executive board. Members of the exec board are not housing employees, but normal residents. These elected officials help run the hall, coordinate social events and athletic activities, and make sure the hall runs in a functioning manner. The duty of each position varies from hall to hall. Positions typically consist of but are not limited to:

*President
*Vice President
*Treasurer
*Secretary
*Social Chair(s)
*Sports/Athletics Chair(s)
*Environmental Chair
*Recycling Chair
*Historian
*Health and Wellness Chair
*Academic Resource Chair
*ASHC Representative

In addition to the executive board, each hall maintains some form of disciplinary council. The name for this body varies within each hall but is typically referred to as the J-Board, or Ad-Board. These body is in charge of overseeing all write-ups given out by other residents. Typically these write-ups are for incomplete shifts, missing meetings, or breaking hall policy. The group votes on the matter finding residents responsible or not responsible for the act. The body is also responsible for assigning a punishment shift for each responsible verdict. Residents are allowed five "J-Boards" each year before they are eligible to be kicked out of the hall.

All Scholarship Hall Council

Where each hall has its own government, all of the halls are governed by the All Scholarship Hall Council (ASHC). ASHC is made up of exec board members and two representatives from each hall. One representative is elected solely to be a rep, and the other is the hall's president. The ASHC helps plan social events for all of the halls including the schol hall olympics. A complete list of the currect ASHC exec members can be found on the right side of the page.

KU scholarship halls

At the University of Kansas there are twelve schol halls. They are all located on Lilac Lane, Alumni Place, Louisiana Street, and Ohio Street on the east side of campus. Each hall houses between 45 and 50 residents with varying room styles. The different room styles are detailed below.

-Four Person Suite: Each room has a communal living area and two bedrooms with two residents to each room. Each suite has its own bathroom.

-Three Person Suite: These rooms have three residents in one room with no bathroom. Residents in these rooms use a large communal bathroom shared by the entire floor.

-Traditional Four Person Rooms: Like the four person suite, each room has a communal living area with two bedrooms, however these rooms do not have a bathroom. Residents can use a large communal bathroom shared by the entire floor.

-Traditional Two Person Rooms: This option has one room where residents have all of these belongings. Residents share a large communal bathroom on each floor.

-Sleeping Porches: Sleeping porches are large rooms with 10-15 bunk beds. Halls that use the sleeping porch system have a hot porch and a cold porch. Residents who live in these halls sleep in the sleeping porches, and also share a study room with other residents. Residents who live in these halls share a large communal bathroom with the entire floor.

The twelve Scholarship Halls, chronologically, are as follows:

External links

* [http://www.ku.edu/~bfeld Battenfeld Scholarship Hall]
* [http://www.ku.edu/~rieger Dennis E. Rieger Scholarship Hall]
* [http://www.ku.edu/~douthart Douthart Scholarship Hall]
* [http://www.ku.edu/~gpearson Grace Pearson Scholarship Hall]
* [http://www.ku.edu/~amini K.K. Amini Scholarship Hall]
* [http://www.ku.edu/~mash Margaret Amini Scholarship Hall]
* [http://www.ku.edu/~miller Miller Scholarship Hall]
* [http://www.ku.edu/~pearson Pearson Scholarship Hall]
* [http://www.ku.edu/~sellards Sellards Scholarship Hall]
* [http://www.ku.edu/~lyleman Stephenson Scholarship Hall]
* [http://www.ku.edu/~watkins Watkins Scholarship Hall]
* [http://www.housing.ku.edu KU Department of Student Housing]
* [http://www.ku.edu University of Kansas]
* [http://groups.ku.edu/~aurh/ Association of University Residence Halls]