Dealing with medical emergencies while living in the dorm/on campus housing

Staying safe in snowstorms, hurricanes, and other weather events when living in the dorms on campus

Dealing with the infamous dorm fire alarms when you have a vision impairment

Make sure you get to your dorm safe- call a security escort if any of these things are happening

During undergraduate, I spent time living in dorm emergency housing, also referred to as transitional housing. In the semesters following my experience in emergency dorm housing, several of my friends have spent nights or weeks in emergency housing, and I’ve been able to share lots…

When I got trapped in my dorm for 60 hours during my freshman year of college, I wasn’t prepared for sheltering in place in my dorm as well as I would have liked, and hadn’t thought too much about answering the question “what if I…

One of the less fun parts about living in on-campus housing in college is dealing with dorm temperatures and learning what to do if a dorm is too hot, or alternatively what to do when a dorm is too cold. In the four years I…

When I lived in tech internship housing for the summer, I had a small “celebration” with friends when I realized that I had avoided locking myself out of my room for the entire summer. This was particularly impressive because I had struggled with locking myself…

Part of living on campus is being prepared for emergencies-make sure you know your campus alert system

There’s many reasons why someone may have to evacuate their dorm- flooding, smoke, gas leak, power outage, infectious disease outbreak, investigations, or similar. Be prepared to pack these ten items

I’ve lived in a few different places in Virginia as well as in Washington State, and something that each of these places have had in common is that I’ve had to deal with power outages a few times a year for various reasons. Whether it’s…