Spring Into Action Day
Saturday, April 13, 2019
Washington Square Village

Composting, Birding, Swapping and More
Thank you Earth Matter NY, Washington Square Park Eco Projects, Community Agriculture Club, University Residents of Washington Square Village, and Work Life for making our Spring Into Action Day a great success.

Our Spring Into Action Day community event held in honor of Earth Day builds on NYU Faculty Housing’s efforts to reduce our impact on the environment, including:

• Reducing landfill waste by implementing a Sasaki Garden recycling program and organics collection services in Silver Towers and Washington Square Village, which also reduces ozone-depleting methane leading to global warming while compost also provides the earth a nutrient rich resource;
• Decreasing harmful CO2 emissions caused by vehicle fuel overuse and expenditure with expansion of bike storage racks (185 new parking spaces) within half of the buildings in our portfolio and increasing capacity by about 30% over two years;
• Promoting energy conservation with major efficiency renovation upgrades including full roof and window replacements in Washington Square Village, Silver Towers and 7-13 Washington Square North;
• Supporting sustainable land use through events with the Community Agriculture Club and the Urban Farm Lab to provide opportunities for our residents to be involved in agriculture, gardening, yard waste composting and environmental education.

Lunar New Year Celebration
Friday, February 8, 2019
3 Washington Square Village

Residents enjoyed Year of the Pig festivities inspired by Chinese Lunar New Year’s traditions including food to taste.

Part of the Downtown Culture Series featuring cultural traditions celebrated in and around our neighborhood.

Activities included:

Performance: Lion Dance, New York Chinese Freemasons Athletic Club
Performance featuring a dance and instrumental team is a tradition believed to bring good luck. More information about the tradition, history and symbolism of the lion dance can be found here.

Calligraphy Activity, New York Chinese Cultural Center
Learning how to write Chinese characters with brush and ink.

Family Storytime, Graduate Students from NYU Steinhard Project Developing Chinese Language Teacher
Join small groups to explore thematic picture books and stories in an informal setting. Recommended for children from 3 to 5 years old. Parents or other guardians are expected to provide supervision of minors in their care.

Light refreshments from Café China

Dim Sum:
上海春卷 Shanghai Spring Rolls
锅贴 Vegetable Potstickers
手工葱油饼 Scallion Pancakes

and Kung Fu Tea
Green Tea with Tapioca
Oolong Tea with Tapioca

The Office of NYU Faculty Housing gives a very special thank you to Victor Fong and Justin Lee, Chinese Freemasons Athletic Club; Angela Lai and Nico Li, New York Chinese Cultural Center; and Robin Harvey, NYU Steinhard Project Developing Chinese Language Teachers (DCLT) and her graduate students Junyu Hou, Yingshan Hu, Haoxi Li, Liqi Semenov, Yuqi Wang, and Yingna Zhang.

Appreciation and acknowledgements also to Laura Chen-Schultz, NYU A/P/A Institute; Lisa Coleman, Senior Vice President for Global Inclusion, Diversity, and Strategic Innovation; Helga Yuan Larsen, NYU Work Life; Ying Lu, NYU Steinhardt; Lauren Nechamkin, Museum of Chinese in America; Kendra Tyson, NYU Constantine Georgiou Library; and Chi Yung, Chinatown YMCA for their assistance.

For recommendations about a variety of local fare, please visit the student blog NYU Eats, developed for educational purposes by the NYU School of Professional Studies.

If you have a suggestion about a local cultural tradition or celebration, please let us know: facultyhousing.events@nyu.edu.

See a video or our February 8, 2019 Lunar New Year Celebration! 

MLK Day of Service
Monday, January 21, 2019
Washington Square Village, Buildings 2 and 3 Lobbies

B2 Events offered a volunteer project to assemble arts and crafts kits for over 200 preschoolers served by the Jumpstart Program at NYU. Event attendees will also take home an inspirational workbook about the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Event in collaboration with NYU Community Engagement.

Jumpstart Program at NYU
Jumpstart is a national early education organization that recruits and trains college students to serve preschool children in low-income neighborhoods. The Jumpstart curriculum helps children develop the language and literacy skills they need to be ready for kindergarten.

NYU Faculty Housing Happenings is proud to participate in the 2019 MLK Day of Service, which is designed to empower individuals, strengthen communities, bridge barriers, create solutions to social problems, and move us closer to Dr. King’s vision of a “beloved community.”