Senior Common Room

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The Senior Common Room is both a place (a suite in Q-entry way) and a group of people associated with the House: the Masters, the Resident Dean, the House Office staff, resident and non-resident tutors, associates, honorary members, visiting fellows, and affiliates, whose academic expertise, teaching experience, and outside interests may be helpful or interesting to you.

When the college is in session, the Senior Common Room gathers every Wednesday for a luncheon.  Members of the Senior Common Room meet in the SCR in Q-Entry at 12:45, proceed to lunch at 1:00, and then repair to the SCR for a short meeting and introductions before adjourning at 2:00. At other times during the week, individual members frequent the Dining Hall and House functions.

Tutors are resident and non-resident graduate students or faculty who teach tutorials, sections, or courses themselves. In most of the large departments which require tutorials, we have a tutor affiliated with the House who teaches Lowell students. Our tutors are available to answer any questions from undergraduate students about courses, departments, or academic work, and will do so either in an informal setting, such as the dining hall, or in a more structured one, such as during office hours. At the beginning of each semester, the night before classes start, we hold an advising session in the Dining Hall for students to come and ask questions about course selection. Tutors also hold occasional concentration events so that you may meet other student members of your department in the House. The resident tutors, in addition to their teaching and advising duties, will regularly host study breaks in their entryway so that the people living in each entry can get to know each other. Like freshman proctors, tutors quite naturally become acquainted with students through eating together in the Dining Hall, interactions in intramurals, and being neighbors. Many of our tutors have administrative responsibilities as well.

Associates are senior faculty members who are affiliated with the House. They can often be seen in the Dining Hall or at tea or other House activities, and will be happy to talk to students at any time. Other members of the Senior Common Room, such as honorary members, visiting faculty, affiliates, and Resident Scholars, are active in House life and want to meet students. Students can get to know this diverse and interesting group of people by eating in the Dining Hall or going to teas. Don’t be shy. Feel free to invite them to a meal with you. The members of the Lowell House Senior Common Room would not have joined the House but for their interest in undergraduates. Take advantage of that interest and you will get to know some fascinating people.