2024 Family Webinar Series: Housing, LLPs, Dining

Families of newly enrolled students are invited to watch our Family Webinar Series. The May 20, 2024 webinar (recording) discusses basics of the housing & dining contract process, including how to apply for an LLP. There are brief presentations from the Housing, Dining, and Living Learning Programs teams followed by time for Q&A. We recommend that you review the New Student Checklist at https://nowwhat.vt.edu/. The information at NowWhat.vt.edu is directed to your student, who is now primarily responsible for "being in charge" of knowing dates, deposits, deadlines, etc. All information is provided to your student via their @vt.edu email, which they should check regularly. Time Stamps 0:00 Introduction 3:50 Finding Home 4:02 What is a Living-Learning Program 4:35 Our Communities 5:01 Population Focused LLCs 5:43 Interest Based 6:18 Residential Colleges 7:34 Why Choose a LLP? 9:09 Apply Through StarRez Portal 9:35 LLP Q&A 10:52 StarRez Portal 11:29 Housing Contracts 12:00 Where to apply to an LLP 12:30 Terms and Conditions 13:20 Roommate Information 15:20 Important Dates 16:00 Room assignment Process 19:31 Housing Contracts Q&A 26:31 Dining Services 27:59 Dining Plans and policies 31:29 Dining Hall Daily Menus 33:56 Dining Hall Hours 34:55 Q&A 54:00 Next steps & Contact Information TRANSCRIPT OF Q&A COMING SOON TO THIS DESCRIPTION. Upcoming 2024 Family Webinar Series: • May 30, 6pm: Families as Partners & "You're In, Now What" checklist • June 5, 6pm: Academic Advising, Course Registration • June 24, 6pm: Housing, Move-In, Billing • June 26, 8am: International Families • July 8, 6pm: Residential Well-Being, Move-In, Weeks of Welcome • July 17, 6pm: First Generation Families Past 2024 Webinars are watchable on THIS YouTube Channel! • May 15, 6pm: Academic Advising & Course Registration • May 20, 6pm: Housing, Dining, Living-Learning Programs Links & info shared during the webinar: Living Learning Programs: https://llp.vt.edu/ https://llp.vt.edu/apply.html https://housing.vt.edu/ (StarRez portal link is in the black button on the right side) Contract: https://housing.vt.edu/contracts/term... Housing Services: housing.vt.edu, Email: housing@vt.edu, Phone: 540-231-6205 ssd.vt.edu, ssd@vt.edu Dining Services: https://dining.vt.edu/ https://dining.vt.edu/plans_policies.... Menus! https://foodpro.students.vt.edu/menus/ Dining Plans and Policies: https://dining.vt.edu/plans_policies.... https://dining.vt.edu/ D2 dining hall is "all you care to eat". Other dining halls are a la carte JOBS! https://dining.vt.edu/jobs.html Please encourage your student to complete Virtual Orientation: orientation.vt.edu due by July 31st! Also consider joining us this summer (July) for an in-person visit. students.vt.edu/transition https://nowwhat.vt.edu/ New Student Checklist: https://nowwhat.vt.edu/need_to_knows/... June 3rd is the deadline to apply for a LLP! Contact orientation@vt.edu with any additional questions. Webinar Survey: bit.ly/VTFamWebSurvey