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Student: The campus experience at NYU is very unique.
Josh: A lot of people think NYU doesn't really
have a campus but it's a huge misconception NYU really does have a
concentrated campus within the city.
Meredith: It's where we go to school where we live
where we hang out where we have our clubs it's where you find students and
geographically that's right around Washington Square Park
Remy: Washington Square Park means a lot to me.
When I first came to NYU after I moved into my dorm one of
the first things I did was just start walking around and I walked right
through Washington Square Park and I immediately felt like I was home.
John: This is like our quad for the University and it's a great place to meet up with
friends and classmates and most of our classroom buildings are located just
right around the square.
In the fall, it's a great place to go outside and watch
the trees change color; in the winter, it's a great place for snowball fights
and in the spring once it hits about sixty degrees it's a great place to
enjoy the sun in the New York City weather.
Remy: It comes alive and the whole
park kind of is the epitome of Greenwich Village in my opinion and Greenwich
Village is such a big part of uh of NYU being right in the middle of the city
Praveen: Our campus in the square extends to nearby Brooklyn where you'll find our
school of engineering. It's got labs, workshops, and research
facilities where we learn to put technology to work.
Malcolm: Brooklyn is great!
Close by is the beautiful historic neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights.
Roger: As well as Dumbo which offers art galleries parks and spectacular views of the city.
Malcolm: And when you want to get to Washington Square, NYU provides shuttles
between its many locations but it's literally like less than 15 minutes by
one train, it's really not that far at all.
Katya: Bobst Library is a central hub on campus for all students the lower levels of the
library are actually open 24 hours and I've spent a number of nights there along
with some of my fellow students. I love the library because it's inspiring when
you have so many other students sitting by you, studying, engaging, discussing with
other people-- I'm always on fifth floor west in the corner table right by the window
because it's nice to sometimes look outside and remind myself that I'm
studying in the greatest city in the world.
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Jaime: The Kimmel Center is basically a center where every student has the chance to
just come in and do something that isn't academic per se and it's really just
nine floors of just socialization so you'll come in here for a club meeting
you'll come in here to get some lunch with your friends enjoy the beautiful view
There's just a lot of things always going on it's a great venue for social
events this space is basically available for all students wherever they want to
use it and however they want to use it.
Michael: So if you exit the Kimmel doors and just
head right around the corner you'll end up here at the Skirball Center for
Performing Arts which is the largest theatre space south of Times Square here
on NYU's campus. Skirball is home to such amazing productions: Broadway shows,
off Broadway shows, lecture series, music festivals, film premieres, any assortment
of things you might want to see here at NYU but what makes Skirball really
special to me is that I've actually gotten a chance to perform here.
Skirball's box office is home to Ticket Central, NYU's discount finder for
anything you might want to see here in New York City on a college student's budget.
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Darrin: Now what's cool about this building is that it houses all of our religious
services and organizations under one roof. What's also cool about this
building is that we have global network classrooms say for instance your student
here at the New York campus and you would like to take a class with a
professor who is in Shanghai we have the media equipment for you to do so
Strickland: My name is Strickland and behind me is the academic Resource Center also known
as the Arc. I've come here a lot I learned Mandarin last semester in a
Speaking Freely course which is taught in the bottom levels also I come here to
meet with my advisor we have to meet a couple times during the semester so it's
a really great meeting space in just a communal area that we have to call our
own within New York City.
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Maria: Hi, I'm Maria, and we're in the Center for genomics and
systems biology at NYU. As an undergraduate at NYU of experience in a
lab is invaluable because you have access to so many resources such as
faculty I can get help from in my classes and you could also develop your
specific research interests early on so that you know what you want to pursue in
your future career. I'm a commuter student so finding a sense of community
was harder than some of the students who had residence halls so working here in
the lab and making friends in the biology department really helped me find
my niche in NYU.
Nick: And this is the NYU bookstore it's a great location here on campus there's a
lot of merchandise and apparel it's a great option to buy some stuff
for your friends or yourself and then also in the back there's a resource
where you can scan your ID and it'll print out a list of all of your required
texts for the semester it'll tell you where they're located and all you have
to do is find them and it's a really easy resource to get all your books here
on campus.
Meredith: We're now in the Silver Center which is one of our main academic
buildings so Silver is technically home to the College of Arts and Science. My
advising center is on the top floor of this building but the Silver Center
could definitely be considered one of the hubs of student life and activity
here at NYU so many people from all of our schools have classes here but also
you know there are lectures held here after class also people will study here
there's definitely events that go on here clubs will meet here there's always
something going on in Silver.
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Hunter: My name is Hunter Chancellor and we're here at the
Washington Center for Career Development we can do resume building cover
letter workshops they have mock interviews for you I can sit one-on-one
with a counselor who can help you present yourself on a piece of paper.
I came in as a sophomore and I met one-on-one with a counselor who
suggested that I sent in my application to Lincoln Center for the Performing
Arts. I sent it in and sure enough I got a response, had an interview, and now I
work there as an intern and it's been the most incredible experience I've ever
had at NYU.
Rishi: We're here at the Palladium gym which is a great place to get a workout in in
between classes. I love to come here and catch a pickup game [of] basketball my
friends and there's so many great places to work out including the various
exercise machines, the pool, and even the rock wall it's there behind me.
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Alex: My name is Alex Cass and this is my room at Founders Hall it's one of the many
freshmen residence halls the view is the best part of this room I think it's
really great living in one of the residence halls as a freshman because
these rooms have a lot of space so you really do get a feel for your
independence and the privacy of living as an adult in New York City but at the
same time New York is such a big place and these residence halls are a great
way to build a community with all the other freshmen that are going through
the same things as you are.
Kelson: I'm a sophomore here at NYU studying sports management I take most of my
classes here at 7 East 12th Street but this building has so much more to offer.
It has various language classes downstairs in the basement and even some of the
best study spots here on campus.
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Josh: There's no separation between you and the rest of the world so one second
you're on campus and five steps later you're right back in the city so that's
a really great thing that you can take advantage of everything that the
university has to offer on campus and then take advantage of everything the
city has to offer five minutes later.
Right now we're at the corner of Minetta Lane this is right next to MacDougal Street which is one of
the big hangouts for NYU students it's just a few steps off campus and has a
lot of cool restaurants cool places to go listen to live music and other places
to hang out.
Katya: Everyone has a favorite spot on campus in the library or maybe it's
in Starbucks or maybe it's in the academic building of the undergraduate
college that you're in there's always some place on campus that you really
feel comfortable in and almost say that it's like your home away from your
residence hall or your hometown.
Strickland: Though we are a very large university I often
feel like I'm at a small liberal arts school because I know people on campus
but at the same time I can meet people I've never met before every day which is
a really great way of getting the best of both worlds.
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Jamie: Hi my name is Jamie and this is my campus.
Remy: This is my campus.
Strickland: This is my NYU campus.
Michael: This is my NYU.
Maria: This is my NYU.
Josh: The one thing I like to tell people when
they come here to visit me at NYU is that people go to other colleges to
start their college career but when you come here to NYU you're coming to New
York City to start your life.