The Summer Student Housing Scholarship awards the full cost of a Roc Rooms off-campus room for the summer semester (5/15/2010 – 8/28/2010). The scholarship is awarded based on academic excellence, individual character, and need. To be officially entered please fill out the application form and personal statement below. The scholarship is open to students accepted to universities in the Rochester, NY area.

If you are interested you may learn more about the program here:

Rochester Student Housing Scholarship 

With the help of the Off-Campus Coordinator for the U of R, Roc Rooms is able to provide quality off-campus housing for the overflow of students.  If you have any questions concering off-campus housing you can contact Robin Dougty, 585-275-1081 email rdoughty@reslilfe.rochester.edu.  We are working together to to help educate students on off-campus housing and providing a service with "peace of mind," when living off-campus.

For off-campus shuttle information:  http://www.rochester.edu/parking/shuttle.html

For the 19th Ward Gold Shuttle, check out this link:  http://www.rochester.edu/parking/pdf/goldline2009.pdf

Some of the other services Robin provides include;  guidance, and supprt both undergrad and graduate students who reside off-campus. She offers off-campus workshops, lease review services, and assictance in locating rentals off-campus. 

If you want to stay updated on new rooms or homes you can now follow us on Twitter. Just scroll to the bottom of the homepage and click on the Twitter link.  We will also be updating on events we will be holding for our students, or any events we may be attending.

http://twitter.com/rocrooms

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We were lucky to be invited to this years housing fair at St. John Fisher College.  A big thanks goes to Rich Calabrese from rentrochester.com.  With about 200 students attending, I had the opportunity to inform the students about the great housing advantages of Roc Rooms.  In the future we plan on expanding closer to Fisher and Nazareth as we get more and more leads from both schools.

Undergrad landlord found early success, now manages 36 rooms...

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Published in the Rochester Business Journal on December 19, 2008