Fall 2025

HALL PHOTOS

• If you've taken pictures in the past two weeks and you'd like me to print them for our memories wall, send them to me tonight!

DO'S, DON'T'S, AND DONUTS

• Come to the PFM Blue Lounge from 4-5pm TOMORROW (8/26) for the first Do, Don't, and Donuts of the year - we will focus on Building Friendships and the "Two Week Rule"!

SENIOR PHOTOS

• Senior photos will be August 25-27 from 12 - 6 pm in the ETC Lobby. Strawbridge (our picture company) offers 3 backgrounds; casual indoors, casual outdoors, and formal photos. Proofs will be emailed to the NCSSM family email within 3 weeks. The email with proofs will include information about selecting the senior photo we will use in the yearbook. Families should share the proofs with their student and select a photo as quickly as possible. We ask that students with last names beginning with the letters A-H come on the 25th, last names beginning with the letters I-R come on the 26th, and last names beginning with the letters S-Z come on the 27th. 

JUNIOR PHOTOS

• Junior photos will be taken on September 2nd from 12-6 pm in the ETC Lobby. Proofs will be emailed to the NCSSM family account within 3 weeks. Juniors can come whenever they are free between 12 and 6 pm for their photo. Once you receive the picture proofs, you can order the picture package of your choosing. 

STUDY HOURS REMINDER

• Study Hours are from 8:00 to 9:30 PM during first quarter. 

• During Study Hours, because of the emphasis on creating a quiet period of time in order to assist students in adjusting to new academic demands, students should be in a location conducive to study and should not be outside in non-lit areas, playing games, or socializing. 

• During study hours, students are also expected to refrain from watching television, playing video games, or partaking in any activity that is not related to academic pursuits at NCSSM. (p. 35 of the Student Handbook)

• Clubs should not be holding meetings during study hours!

TAKE A MOMENT AT CHECK!

• Please be sure you are taking an extra moment to sign check in the right box each night - this includes in the correct date's column, as well as in your designated row!

PFM AFTER HOURS

• In order to allow PFM staff to thoroughly clean the cafeteria at the end of the day, students will not be permitted in the space immediately after dinner concludes. Students may return to the space at 8:30pm Mon-Fri and 7:30pm Sat-Sun.

ORAH REMINDERS

• Be sure to make a pass and sign out anytime you're leaving campus. If you are going to miss curfew, travel more than 30 miles from campus, or be gone overnight, you have to make a pass but you also have to go to a CC office to sign out before leaving campus. 

• Please take a moment to look at the notes left on your Orah pass - usually, myself or another CC will remind you to stop at Bryan, or if there's any pertinent information you need to know about your pass, we'll put it there!

• We've heard the Bryan NFC tile isn't working but we've tested it a few times this week and it seems to be working fine. Make sure you follow these steps to end your pass via an NFC tile: 

1. Open the Orah app.
2. Select New.
3. Click the Orah logo icon that pops up right above the bottom part of the screen.
4. The app will then prompt you to scan the tile, and voila, you're checked back into campus and your pass has been ended.

• If you have any issues with Orah, or the NFC tiles specifically, please email Justin (plummer@ncssm.edu) and he'll be happy to help troubleshoot it with you. The electronic signout info site may also answer any questions or issues you're having.

EXTENDED REMINDERS

• Residence halls will be closing for Extended at 5:00pm on Friday, 8/29 and reopen at noon on Monday, 9/1. Students whose rides will arrive later than 5:00pm on Friday are asked to wait with their belongings in Bryan Lobby.

• By noon this Wednesday 8/27, all students will submit an Overnight Orah pass for their extended weekend travel plans. 

• You should indicate where you are going for the break, who you are traveling with, and how you are getting to your destination. If you have specific questions about checkout procedures for extended weekends, you should speak to me or a CC on duty. 

• Any students going somewhere other than home and leaving with an individual other than a legal guardian will need to check out with a CC at Bryan desk before leaving campus, in addition to filling out their Orah pass.

• Any students returning to either campus after 10:00pm curfew on Monday, 9/1 will also need to check out at Bryan desk.

EXTENDED WEEKEND CHARTER BUSES

• Extended Weekend Charter Buses - Charter buses will be on campus Friday at 3:15 to begin loading luggage and boarding.  All students riding must be on the bus by 3:45.  

• Buses will be at the following locations: 

  • • Watts Circle - Charlotte North and Charlotte South

    • Bryan Circle - Wilmington and Asheville

• If you are not sure if you are on the roster to ride, you can email charterbuses@ncssm.edu

EXTENDED WEEKEND AMTRAK AND GREYHOUND

• If you are going home for extended via Amtrak or Greyhound bus, please submit a pass in Orah select "Train" and stop by Bryan desk to schedule transportation to the train/bus station.

ALL ORAH PASSES MUST BE SUBMITTED BY 12PM NOON ON WEDNESDAY! IF YOU KNOW YOUR EXTENDED PLANS RIGHT NOW, PUT IN A PASS RIGHT NOW!

PROGRAMMING THIS WEEK:

• Wednesday 8/27 10:10pm - Dodgeball with 1st Beall in the Gym! Let's have some healthy competition with our downstairs neighbors in the gym! I will come on hall and gather folks who'd like to go!

ANNOUNCEMENTS / TTWP (Things that were plugged!)

• Rocketry Club is meeting Wednesday!

• Robotics has their first club meeting at 4pm in the Engineering Suite Tuesday!

• On Wednesday at lunch in the PFM blue lounge, the PCCs will be hosting a Letter to your Future Self!

• Entholpy is having their first meeting Wednesday night! 9-10 in ETC Lobby! LAF Rehearsals start next week! Great for beginners!

• Wednesday 8pm in Woolworth, UNISEF is meeting! Then Thursday at 7:30pm, they're having a Food Drive Interest meeting! And then! Right after! In the ETC Dry Lab Public Health Association is meeting, where you can learn about public health and get a Popsicle!

• All computer science clubs/groups are meeting in the lecture hall at 8pm tomorrow!

RLA ANNOUNCEMENTS

• If you're reserving a shower, please do not do so! If there are things hanging outside a shower you would like to use, please set a 5 minute timer from when you found it, and if the student has not come back and gotten their things, you have permission to move their items and use the shower. 

• Please do not leave your personal trash in the hall trash can. You should be taking your own personal trash out to the dumpsters yourself! Food waste may be thrown out in the Hall Trash. 

• Please make sure you're taking your personal items our of the bathroom. We understand you may forget things, but it creates unnecessary clutter and it is difficult to complete Housekeeping when items are left behind! This includes in the showers themselves and on the hooks!

UPDATED SUNDAY LIBRARY HOURS

• The Library is open on Sundays 12pm-8pm.

• Please remember that there are lots of spaces on campus for you to study if you are not looking for a quiet space, such as the Woolworth Room, outside seating across campus, Hunt Main Lobby before Check, the IT Suite, and more!

SPEAKER USE

• We do not allow speaker use outdoors for club or social events on a regular basis. We reserve speaker use for SAB and club events on an occasional basis while supervised by staff. Due to the location of our school, we are always focused on being good neighbors and regular amplified sound on campus would impact our neighbors negatively. We still get complaints due to our occasional use of sound but it is easier to respond and get support from neighbors because it is not a nightly occurrence.

AMTRAK SCHEDULE/ING

• On Duty CCs are able to provide transport to the Amtrak station between 8am and 9:30pm.  If you require transport outside of those hours, Uber is an option, but you will still need to put in an Orah pass and sign out at Bryan Desk.

CHECK

• Just a friendly reminder that check is at 10pm Sunday-Thursday and 11pm Friday and Saturday. Please remember it is your responsibility to make it on hall on time, and that missing check for any reason without prior notification of an on duty CC may result in a minor violation. 

• Please utilize any of the following strategies for ensuring you make check on time:

  • • Set an alarm on your phone for 10:55/11:55pm

    • Find a "Check Buddy" in someone on hall or your roommate

    • Ask your roommate to wake you up at check time if you're deciding to take a nap

    • Refrain from showering close to check time

    • Utilize Early Check if you know you won't be able to stay up till check time

CAFETERIA REMINDERS

• It is your responsibility to take your dishes to the dish room and your trash to the trash can. 

• The Cafeteria staff is working hard to feed everyone in a timely manner and their job does not include clearing the tables of dishes and trash. 

• This is a moment when thinking about what is best for the community includes reminding friends at your table to clean up after themselves. 

• This also includes making sure that items in the cafeteria stay in the cafeteria. 

HALL AGREEMENT ACTIVITY

• We are going to pass out some index cards and writing utensils! You do NOT have to write your name or any other identifiable information on this paper.

• Please write 1-4 statements on this index card that YOU think are most important for a Hall Agreement. Please include vague and specific statements, and please take this seriously! They can be a little goofy, but they should be statements, guidelines, or beliefs that you want to hold each other to throughout the year. 

• Your leadership team will compile these statements into 10-12 encompassing statements, and we'll go over them next week. If everyone agrees, I'll print out agreement and we will all sign it!

• Some examples, if you're having trouble thinking of them, might be:

  • • We will always be there for each other.

    • We will pick up after ourselves in common spaces. 

    • We will respect boundaries. 

    • We will delegate the removal and eradication of critters and beings with more than 4 legs to those on hall whomst feel comfortable doing said removal. 

PROGRAMMING THIS WEEK:

• Thursday 8/21 5:30pm - Food Run! There are 11 seats, first come first serve, please meet in Blobby! If you'd like to order something and tag along to pick it up, please let me know in advance so I can ensure we can make it there!

• Saturday 8/23 6 - 7:30pm - Letter To Your Future Self in the Lounge! Whether you're a junior or a senior, you're bound to learn ooddles about yourself this year. Write some questions to your future self, talk about what you're into now, and your hopes for what this year will bring. I'll keep these letters for you, and give them back at the end of the year!

• Sunday 8/24 3 - 5:30pm - Trip to New Hope Commons! In this Durham development there is a Walmart, 5 Below, Dollar Tree, Hot Pot restaurant that just opened, a NY Pizza, Jason's Deli, Dick's Sporting Goods, Barnes and Noble, and a Best Buy! If you're looking to grab something from any of these stores or just get off campus for a while, there are 11 seats, and we'll meet in Blobby, first come first serve!

ANNOUNCEMENTS / TTWP (Things that were plugged!)

• Wellness Wednesdays during Lunch - this Wednesday is a CommonApp work session with PCCs and Counselors in the Hill Lounge at 8pm! There will be snacks!

• Please remember to replace the toilet paper roll if you are the one to finish it! Please do not set it on top of the empty roll. If you do not know how to change the toilet paper rolls, find somebody who does know!

• Please don't forget to take your hair off the shower walls or in the drain. You can grab a paper towel and wipe it off with that, and check the floors!

• Robotics interest meeting tomorrow (8/19) in Woolworth!

• Show up and out to the Girls Volleyball and Boys Soccer tomorrow (8/19)!

Welcome to 2nd Beall!

Please visit this site each week if you are looking for detailed information that was discussed during Hall Meetings. Please find and visit any links that pertain to you. 

My name is Axel Battista (he/him) and I am the Community Coordinator for 2nd Beall! Our hall theme is BEALLEMENTALS, inspired by Avatar: The Last Airbender. Our Residential Life Assistants are Esu Tamir (she/they), Calli Johnson (she/her), and Adaa Aggarwal (she/her).

Please feel free to text, call, Google Chat, or email me 24 hours a day. I work the night duty shift, 7:30pm-1:30am, so I may be unable to respond to messages from 5am-12pm. I am the most responsive to texts and gChats. 

IMPORTANT CAMPUS PHONE NUMBERS:

AXEL'S DIALPAD: (919) 416-2823

BRYAN DESK: (919) 416 - 2825

CAMPUS SAFETY: (919) 416 - 2911

Durham Campus Safety officers are here 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Learn their names, say hello to them, ask them questions! They are lovely folks and help everyone on campus out a lot! They wear dark blue polos and are easy to spot. 

PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW THIS POWERPOINT:

 2nd Beall Orientation + Opening Information 

HERE, YOU WILL FIND ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE GONE OVER IN OUR JUNIOR, SENIOR, AND HALL MEETINGS.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REFERENCE THIS PPT AT ANY POINT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 

EXPECTATIONS AND GOALS FOR 2ND BEALL:

• You are expected to come to every Hall Meeting, promptly after Check, every Monday. 

  • • Find more info in the section below!

• You are expected to carry out each of the tasks on the Room Inspections sheet on your front door. 

  • • Find more info in the section below!

• You are expected to complete your Housekeeping, when you are assigned it.

  • • Housekeeping is Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, with alternating tasks and weeks. It is split so that half the hall is "on" one week, while the other half of the hall is "off," and each week will alternate. You will additionally never have the same task two Housekeeping weeks in a row. 

    • You are expected to complete your Housekeeping assignment correctly and efficiently. If you are ever unsure how to complete a task, find an RLA or a Senior, and they can help you. Not understanding how to do Housekeeping is NOT a reason to not do it at all, or do it poorly. 

    • Please check the Housekeeping Sheets the Sunday of your "off" week, so you can see what task you have for the following week. Your RLAs and I will work hard to ensure the names are changed prior to dinner time. 

    • We'll talk more about Housekeeping tomorrow night at our Housekeeping Tutorial, but I did just want to make this point since during move in you may be accumulating a lot of trash and recycling: PERSONAL TRASH AND RECYCLING SHOULD BE BROUGHT DOWN TO THE PEC DUMPSTERS YOURSELF. Personal trash is NOT to be tied up and put in Bathroom or Lounge trash cans, nor is personal recycling to be put in any communal recycling bins. 

• I expect our Hall to be clean and orderly. 

  • • While this includes completing Housekeeping when assigned, I do not want personal items strewn over our hall and lounge. Personal items, when brought outside your room, should return to your room when you leave the area. Similarly, if you are eating anywhere on Hall, you should clean up after yourself, and throw away your own trash. 

    • We are not a hall that thinks "it's not mine, it's not my responsibility." If you see a piece of trash on the floor, throw it away! 

• I expect you to attend (at least some) programs!

  • • Now, I do not expect you to attend every single program myself and your RLAs host every month! 

    • However, I do expect attendance at some, as not only are these great opportunities for you to get to know each other, but they are great stress-relieving opportunities, off campus opportunities, learning opportunities, and more!

• I expect you to be friendly, community driven students!

  • • Second Beall is regarded as a very close knit hall. I want to keep that going this year! 

    • Learn each other's names quickly!

    • Figure out some class similarities, and what subjects students are good at! (For example, two Juniors on hall may have the same Chemistry class and not even know it. Or, a senior might be a Biology wizard, but you wouldn't know unless you asked!~)

    • Spend time in the Lounge, or keep your door open sometimes! This allows you to meet others as they are, casually and with no pressure. I myself will be doing the same thing, so that you all can get to know me, too!

    • Seniors, take the time to get to know the Juniors, and assist them with things they might be unsure about. 

    • Juniors, take the time to get to know the Seniors, and share in your new experience here at NCSSM. 

• Be respectful of others and their property.

  • • What are some examples of how we can do this?

MORE INFO ABOUT HALL MEETING, ROOM INSPECTIONS, AND HOUSEKEEPING:

• You can expect to have a Hall Meeting every Monday evening immediately after check, unless I notify you otherwise. These are mandatory as a student at NCSSM. You should NOT early check on a Hall Meeting night unless discussed with me before hand. 

• If you know you are going to miss Hall Meeting, it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to let me know in advance, and it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to read the Meeting Notes here. Meeting Notes often include reminders, dates and times for events campus and hall wide, and pertinent Academic Calendar information. 

• You can expect Room Inspections immediately after Hall Meeting, unless I notify the hall otherwise. Please familiarize yourself with the expectations on the sheet on the middle of your door to know what I am looking for when doing Room Inspections. 

  • • The highlights of this list include:

      • • Clear pathway to the door.

        • Dirty dishes are not strewn across the desk and/or other areas of the room. 

        • Food containers, packages, or pieces not strewn across the desk and/or other areas of the room. 

        • No prohibited items.

• MORE HOUSEKEEPING INFO

  • • You can expect Housekeeping every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings immediately after check. This is checked by the RLAs, and if you are going to be off campus while you are on Housekeeping, you should let an RLA know. 

    • Housekeeping is split so that half the hall is "on" one week, while the other half of the hall is "off," and each week will alternate. You will additionally never have the same task two "on" Housekeeping weeks in a row. 

    • Please check the Housekeeping Sheets the Sunday of your "off" week, so you can see what task you have for the following week. Your RLAs and I will work hard to ensure the names are changed prior to dinner time. 

    • You should NOT early check the night of Housekeeping, unless discussed with myself or an RLA before hand. 

    • Housekeeping tasks SHOULD NOT BE COMPLETED BEFORE CHECK. The only exception is Trash and Recycling, which SHOULD be completed before check. 

    • PERSONAL TRASH AND RECYCLING FROM YOUR ROOM SHOULD BE BROUGHT DOWN TO THE PEC DUMPSTERS YOURSELF. Personal trash is NOT to be tied up and put in Bathroom or Lounge trash cans, nor is personal recycling to be put in any communal recycling bins. 

HALL AGREEMENT:

• Please be thinking about some expectations/standards/statements you think would work best for a Hall Agreement!

• Juniors were read the Rights and Responsibilites for Community Living at our meeting yesterday, and Seniors should remember those statements from last year. While these statements apply to all halls and spaces on campus, each hall has the opportunity to tailor an agreement to their specific learning and living environment. 

• Next Monday, August 18th, we will collect a list of statements that will turn into a Hall Agreement that we can post on hall and hold each other to throughout the year. 

• A Hall Agreement is a visual way for residents to indicate which values they think are most important when living in a residential community, unique to us. It can also be a working document, one that changes throughout the year as we see fit! 

• Some examples may include:

  • • We will delegate the removal of critters and bugs towards those that feel comfortable with said removal. 

    • We will keep the Lounge tidy and organized, and ensure community items and utilities in the lounge are returned as we found them. 

    • We will be respectful of student's favorite showers, and take turns when necessary.

    • We will ensure language used on hall is appropriate, non-offensive, and inclusive of all students.

REMINDERS:

• There are 4 bed rails at the front of the hall near the Phone Booth. If you want/need one, please take one! Any that are left over by tomorrow night at check will be taken away. 

• Be respectful of each other and each other's property. Items that belong to someone on hall should be borrowed and returned in the state they were given to you. 

• Bullying/taunting/intimidation is NOT PERMITTED OR TOLERATED, on hall or on campus. Practical jokes, pranks, offensive language, etc,. are not permitted on hall or online. 

VISITOR POLICY:

• Visitors can only access building lobbies to sign you out, or you can meet with them outside on campus. 

• Visitors MUST BE ACCOMPANIED by their Hosts the ENTIRE TIME they are on campus, and this includes your guardians. 

• All visitors MUST BE ANNOUNCED if they are being brought on hall, i.e. "FAMILY ON HALL," "DAD ON HALL," "SISTER ON HALL," "FRIEND ON HALL," etc.

• Off campus visitors are NOT PERMITTED on hall unless you have a legal guardian with you. 

• Students from an AMAB Hall (Hunt and Hill) are NOT PERMITTED on 2nd Beall under any circumstances, unless during an IVIS (Inner Visitation). 

PROGRAMMING/EVENTS

• 2nd Beall hosts a myriad of programs each month! Some of these are innerhalls, in which we gather with another hall on campus and sometimes these programs are hosted by another CC. All community guidelines are applicable even when you are with another hall or CC. 

• We want to hear from you! If at any point during the year you have an event you'd like to see happen, please submit them HERE, or tell me or an RLA!

• While I cannot accommodate every suggested event or it's preferred time, I do my best to work with the academic schedule and your interests, while also following the guidelines I have in place. 

• Each week, there will be a section dedicated to 2nd Beall Programming at the end of Hall Meeting notes. 

• If you have not already added the 2nd Beall Programming Calendar to your individual Google Calendar, please scan the QR code under the large hall whiteboard calendar to do so. 

CONVOCATION:

• Tuesday, 8/12 4-5pm in the Auditorium. 

• We will gather and walk together to the Auditorium around 4:45pm. This is because we have assigned seating so we sit as a hall. 

• Immediately following Convocation, we will gather on Watts Porch and take some Hall Photos! If you have a Polaroid or a fancy camera, feel free to bring that!

• Immediately following Convocation is a picnic dinner on Bryan Lawn. 

• Students are expected to dress appropriately for this event - pants, button-down, collared shirt, non-athletic shoes, dresses, skirts, etc., are recommended.

PROGRAMMING THIS WEEK:

• Housekeeping Tutorial - IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS MEETING! Mandatory for all students, seniors and juniors. 

• Game Night in the Lounge - Immediately following check tomorrow, 8/11!

• Convocation - 4-5pm Tuesday 8/12! Mandatory for all students. Dress attire required. 

• Hall Photo on Watts Porch - Immediately following Convocation on Tuesday, 8/12!

• Pancakes with 1st Hill in 1st Hill Lounge - 10:05-11pm Wednesday 8/13! If you would like to attend this event, please wait near the hall phone booth and I will walk us over!

• Schedule Coloring in the Lounge - 9-10pm Thursday 8/14!

• Hall Dinner at Lime and Lemon - 5-7pm Saturday 8/16! Your RLAs will walk you to Lime and Lemon, and show you around 9th St!