what is the residential college board?
Hobart House is part of the residential college system at Northwestern. A residential college is a cohesive, energetic community that seeks to broaden the learning experience at Northwestern beyond the traditional classroom, laboratory, or studio settings. Central to achieving this goal is the community that develops among a college's students and its affiliated faculty, staff members, and visiting scholars.
There are 10 residential colleges at Northwestern, ranging in size from three dozen to 300 students and in focus from business, science, and the humanities to the more inclusive "multithematic" colleges. Each college is headed by a faculty member who serves as the chair. In addition, every spring each college invites a number of faculty, staff members, and visiting scholars to take voluntary appointments as residential college fellows. Fellows become mentors in the academic and cultural life of the college, supporting its activities and regularly taking meals with students. A graduate student serves as assistant chair.
Residential colleges sponsor a broad range of informal cultural and intellectual activities. Most colleges offer credit-bearing tutorials for residents. The intellectual liveliness and student-faculty contact of the colleges are balanced by a rich array of student-organized social events throughout the year.
The Residential College Board (RCB) is in charge of the 10 residential college and plans events like RCB Formal, RCB Quizbowl, and RCB Field Day. These events bring together residents from different colleges who wouldn't normally interact, and lets smaller residential colleges (like Hobart House!) participate in larger activities they couldn't otherwise organize.
Make sure to check out the official RCB website and Northwestern's housing resources for more information about residential colleges.
There are 10 residential colleges at Northwestern, ranging in size from three dozen to 300 students and in focus from business, science, and the humanities to the more inclusive "multithematic" colleges. Each college is headed by a faculty member who serves as the chair. In addition, every spring each college invites a number of faculty, staff members, and visiting scholars to take voluntary appointments as residential college fellows. Fellows become mentors in the academic and cultural life of the college, supporting its activities and regularly taking meals with students. A graduate student serves as assistant chair.
Residential colleges sponsor a broad range of informal cultural and intellectual activities. Most colleges offer credit-bearing tutorials for residents. The intellectual liveliness and student-faculty contact of the colleges are balanced by a rich array of student-organized social events throughout the year.
The Residential College Board (RCB) is in charge of the 10 residential college and plans events like RCB Formal, RCB Quizbowl, and RCB Field Day. These events bring together residents from different colleges who wouldn't normally interact, and lets smaller residential colleges (like Hobart House!) participate in larger activities they couldn't otherwise organize.
Make sure to check out the official RCB website and Northwestern's housing resources for more information about residential colleges.