Chinese and Japanese Houses

Two recently renovated brownstones on Bay State Road will be ready for students starting in 2008-09.

207 Bay State Road (currently Music House):  23 students + RA
172 Bay State Road (currently Russian House): 14 students + RA

One is for Chinese language and the other is for Japanese language students.

STUDENTS: The house is not conceived as a cultural house, but as language-learning community. Students must be majors or minors or, at a minimum, enrolled in our language courses.  Native speakers are welcome if they are also taking our classes.

RA: URGENT PRIORITY:: finding prospective RA's.  Without an appropriate RA the houses will not function as they should, and we need to find viable RA candidates.  This must be done in the few remaining weeks of the fall term.  Prospective RA's must attend an information session and apply between Nov. 27 and Jan. 17 (sessions are listed, along with application materials, at

http://www.bu.edu/reslife/employment/apply/

Jan. 17 is the second day of the spring term.  Graduate students (e.g. those teaching our courses) are eligible if they are enrolled full time.  Advanced undergraduates capable of fostering the language-rich environment are welcome to apply also.  RA's, for their part, may be native speakers not taking MLCL courses, as long as they are committed to creating an environment and activities that are helpful for learners.  There's one RA per house, but a pool of several applicants is highly desirable.  An RA gets free housing in exchange for 20 hours a week of work.  MLCL doesn't choose the RA's-- they have to be mature, suitable for the job in other ways, etc., and Res Life does the interviewing -- but our recommendations are one important piece.