Please see the Resident Advisor and/or the Senior Resident. One of the roles of the RA is to act as a peer advisor and assist residents in resolving concerns or problems. Depending on the issue, the RA or SR may refer you to the House Director.

All residents are expected to participate regularly, throughout the year, in the language and cultural activities organized by the language assistant and the program faciliator of the Shea House. All residents also should understand that the Shea House will constitute its own government. The Shea House community works together to facilitate a quality language experience both in and outside of the House. Residents will sign a Roles and Expectations form at the beginning of the Fall semester to confirm their commitment to the language immersion experience.

All residents (not the language assistants) are required to sign up for 3001H/3002H course and receive up to two credits. This works as a reward system for residents who have been seriously involved in the Shea house (floor activities, communal events etc.). However, all residents are required to speak the target language all the time at his or her best abilities, to enroll in a 3000-level 1 credit hour course (CR/NC) which residents earn by participating to the language activities such as casual conversation at daily dinners (Mon-Thu) and weekly language corners organized by the Language Assistant. Regular attendance and participation is expected of all residents and 70% or higher will be considered as CR.  

Events must be open to all Shea residents or a language program. The event organizer must also partner with a language program.

In order to make a room reservation request within the Shea House, you must fill out this Google Form. There are two rooms in the Shea House available to internal and external groups for reservations, the Classroom (outside of class hours) and the Dining Room (outside of dining hours). Additionally, individuals or groups hoping to use either space within the Shea House must agree to the Shea House Reservation Policy, which reads:

You may use the Shea House Classroom/Dining Room so long as you respect the fire code, which limits the amount of people that the room may hold, and do not cook on site. If any garbage is left the room will not be made available to your group in the future. Please bring your own trash bags and remove these trash bags after your event. If you are using the Dining Room, you may not touch/use/move any of the appliances (serving stations/card swipe station) used by dining (you may move the tables so long as they are put back in their original places). If you are using the Classroom, it must be returned to or kept in its original state so as not to disturb classes that take place there during the academic year. If you host an event involving food, we ask that you not leave leftovers in the Shea House after the end of your event. If the Shea House needs the space we reserve the right to contact you and cancel your reservation.

Please also refer to http://www.virginia.edu/housing/safety.php?id=fire regarding the fire code. 

All residents are required to have the minimum meal plan available, however, larger meal plans are available for purchase through UVA Dining. Shea has its own meal plan where dishes representative of different Shea cultures and requested by residents are cooked in-house by dining staff. Meal times are primarily for residents, but guests are encouraged. Swipes and plus dollars included the Shea meal plan are not limited to use at Shea; they can be used at any other location that accepts UVA meal plans. Want to invite a professor or community member to dinner but don’t want to use your own meal swipes? Fret not, as there is a faculty meal swipe card for this very purpose! Just let your LA know the date and time.

Yes - however, just one. As you can imagine, 75+ residents using one kitchen can be challenging. To help promote cleanliness and avoid property issues, we have devised a separate kitchen contract that all residents must sign. The terms in this contract must be observed or, as the contract states, the kitchen can be closed, as it has been in the past. To help further avoid such a situation, a Kitchen Committee has been created in the government to help enforce the terms of the contract. In the '19-'20 academic year, the Kitchen Committee and contract were a great success and kept the kitchen open and available to students.

While most rooms are doubles with shared bathrooms (2-3 people/bathroom), some rooms are singles with either a suite-style bathroom shared with another room or a shared bathroom outside the room. Each floor has at least one lounge area.

The LA is a student (either undergraduate or graduate) just like you with exceptional lingual and cultural knowledge of their pod’s area. As you will see them the most, they will be a great resource for voicing questions and concerns. They also meet with the PF and Director on a regular basis to help make sure residents’ concerns find the proper channel.

The PF makes sure everyone is on the same page and keep things running smoothly at Shea. The PF is in many ways the intermediary between the Director and the LAs and the rest of Shea. The PF holds bi-weekly meetings with the LAs and government members while staying in close touch with the Director to insure that there are no breakdowns in message transmission. The PF also manages reservations of the Shea Classroom and Dining Room.

The RA is there to address any questions or issues that should be addressed by the housing division of the university. Any questions or concerns regarding your living arrangements can be directed to the RA. Such issues include questions about decorations and housing policy, roommate or hallmate conflict, concerns about safety and suspicious activity, concerns/issues about living environment, incidents of sexual assault, hate crime, serious injury, concerns of an eating disorder, mental health, drug abuse, and any other questions about residence life.

Unfortunately, parking is quite sparse due to our proximity to the hospital area. Nearby permit parking is available at Bice or local apartment complexes such as the Monroe or Brandon Ave apartments, however, these can be costly. The Emmett/Ivy parking garage has more reasonable pricing, though you would need to park on the 4th or 5th floor. Despite being across grounds, buses run frequently to the Snyder Tennis Courts stop which is a few minutes away by foot. Late at night, the garage is accessible via Safe Ride.

 

Parallel street parking is free 24/7 on Monroe Lane but limited (10 spaces, almost always taken). Street parking on JPA in front of Shea is also available but limited to 2 hours Mon-Sat from 8am-6pm. On weekends, JPA street parking, Bice, and the McLeod parking garage are all free.

Ads and announcements should first be approved by the PF. Once approved, the must be turned into a file with the following specifications:

• Image must be in 3840 x 2160 pixels (16:9 aspect ratio).
• Only landscape orientation submissions can be used.

Once you have created your file:

1. Save the image as a JPEG, PNG, or BMP file type.
2. Name the file using the following format:
   1. For outside HRL organizations: OrganizationName_LastName_Start.Post.Date_End.Post.Date
   2. For RAs, SRs, and RLLT members: AssociationName_LastName_Start.Post.Date_End.Post.Date
   3. For example, a file titled HRL_Mendoza_8.15.21_8.16.21 would be posted from August 15^th to the 16^th.