Community Development Coordinator
Sandra Summers
Quad Office: Usen,
Ground Floor
Phone: 781-529-5042
Welcome to Massell Quad

Massell Quad, encircling the Anne J. Kane Reflecting Pool and the Albert Yakus Meditation Area, consists of four residence halls: Shapiro, Usen, Deroy and Renfield. Massell Quad is comprised of first-year students and is home to the Beit Midrash Jewish study and prayer room. This space, located on the ground floor of Shapiro, is coordinated by students and provides a location for them to study and pray.
Staffing- Eighteen Community Advisors (CAs) are present to help develop a positive living/learning environment for all residents. CAs facilitate programs for their floor and the quad, address student concerns and assist with problems.
- The Community Development Coordinator (CDC), a live-in full time professional staff member with an advanced degree, supervises the CAs and manages the residence halls.
- The Community Development Coordinator holds regular office hours in the quad office.
Rooms
- Floors in Massell are same sex or mixed-gender.
- Rooms in Massell are all singles, doubles or lofted triples. All rooms open onto a main hallway.
- Singles range in size from approximately 130 square feet to approximately 160 square feet.
- Doubles and lofted triples are the same sizes. They can range from approximately 180 square feet to 200 square feet.
Features
- Shapiro Lounge, located in Shapiro Hall, is open 24 hours. The space has couches and seating for 40 and a large screen tv. The lounge is available for reservations.
- Floor lounges inside of Deroy, Renfield and Usen Halls for student use.
- Community kitchens scattered throughout the quad.
- Laundry facilities in each building.
- Beit Midrash Jewish Study and Prayer room in Shapiro.