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Expectations
Even though the Grymes Hill apartments are not located on Wagner’s physical campus, they are considered campus housing. All College policies, including the Community Standards of Behavior and relevant residential policies, apply. Policies apply to both undergraduate and graduate students. Additionally, because of the special relationship between the College and Grymes Hill, there is a greater expectation that students will follow these policies, and the policies of Grymes Hill and be respectful to the other residents in the apartments.

  • All complaints received by the College or the Grymes Hill management are investigated.
  • Students may be held individually responsible for violations that occur in Grymes Hill. The occupants of entire apartments may also be held responsible if the facts suggest the entire apartment was involved.
  • Minor complaints may be handled informally, usually by a required meeting with the Grymes Hill RD. Any possible violations of the Community Standards of Conduct will result in a judicial meeting with a member of the Office of Residential Education or the Dean of the College office. Students found individually or collectively responsible for violations of the Community Standards of Conduct will be sanctioned according to the procedure outlined in the Student Handbook.
  • Persistent violations and complaints, or even one-time violations, can result in a change in housing status. In the most serious cases, students can be suspended or expelled from the College or suspended from College housing. If a violation does not rise to this level, an additional sanction may require the students to relocate from the Grymes Hill apartments into vacancies on the main campus. Students in this situation may be placed in any available vacancy, including any extended, overflow housing space, or triple room. Students removed from Grymes Hill are not eligible to return to the apartments during their college career.
Noise
  • Quiet hours:10 pm – 9 am, 7 days a week.
  • Courtesy hours:24-hours a day. If someone approaches you and makes a reasonable request regarding noise you are obligated to try and honor the request.You are not expected to be silent while in your apartment, but rather to keep noise at a reasonable level.
  • All second floor apartments are required to have wall-to-wall carpeting with ½” padding in all rooms in order to reduce noise. All noise complaints can be reported to the Grymes Hill RD office.
Public Areas
  • Large gatherings, especially at night, may present significant concerns for neighbors.  Residents may call the Wagner Public safety and/or the NYPD.
  • Courtyards are available for residential use during appropriate daytime and evening hours. After dark and during quiet hours, large gatherings in the courtyards are not permitted.
  • Alcohol may never be consumed in any public area – courtyards, sidewalks, parking lots, laundry areas, stoops, etc.
Hosting
  • We encourage students to engage in appropriate, respectful social time with peers and friends. We offer the following suggestions to help to minimize any disruption to the larger community. It should not be viewed as an endorsement of any perceived or actual behavior.
  • All social gatherings must follow applicable policies, including those on serving alcohol and noise.
    • The number of people, including residents of the apartment, at any social gathering is limited to 10, regardless of the size of the apartment.
    • Students are responsible for all activities of their guests while the guests are in the Grymes Hill complex.  A guest is any person not assigned to a particular apartment.
    • If you choose to serve alcohol, be sure that everyone present is at least 21 years old. If even one person is under the age of 21, you have violated College policy.
    • Have ample non-alcoholic drinks available and visible. Not every guest who wants to socialize will want to drink.
  • Notify your neighbors in advance when you are hosting a gathering and provide a contact number.
  • No gathering should ever go beyond 11 pm on weeknights or 12 midnight on weekends.
  • Make sure you personally know everyone at your gathering.
  • Periodically walk outside to check the noise level.
  • Tell your guests to be quiet when arriving and leaving the gathering.
  • Do not allow people to take any trash outside of your apartment.
  • Do not allow your guests to use the outdoors as a bathroom facility. It is unlawful to urinate or defecate in a public place or on private property.