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Student Living Videos

Learn how to strengthen roommate relationships and create a Student Living apartment.

Finding Common Ground and Expressing Gratitude

Watch to see how students find common ground and make instant connections. How can finding common ground better connect you to your roommates and create lasting friendships?
4:01
Feel the power of expressing gratitude to roommates. What will you do to say “thank you”?
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Roommate Scenarios

Whether you are new or returning, settle into your space with respect and grace.
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Sharing is great! Make sure you talk about it first.
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Curfew is important. Your roommate is even more important.
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Schedules vary in an apartment. Be the roommate who thinks of others.
0:32
Enjoy your guests – just not at the expense of your roommates!
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In most every case, a clean apartment is a happy apartment. Do your part.
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Student Living Application

Applying Student Living will add light to your apartment.  
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When motivated by love, getting involved can change a roommate’s life.
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Be the roommate you want for yourself.
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A single decision to include a roommate can change the culture of the apartment.
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How can you make your apartment a home?
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It’s the small things that make a big difference.
1:04
Home is a way of life.
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BYU-Idaho Presidents Discuss Student Living

Testimonials of Guiding Principles

Love strengthens obedience to the Honor Code.
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A student shares how his roommates helped serve his grandfather.
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By loving others you can help those who are lost.
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Serving others as Christ did is a personal responsibility.
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A student shares how his roommate helped fix his car.
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Roommates look out for each other.
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A student shares how he helped his struggling roommate.
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Roommates refer for help when needed.
0:45
You can be a positive influence with a little kindness.
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Magnifying your talents in the service of others is an important expression of Christ-like living.
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A student shares how a roommate uses open, positive communication.
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Roommates value and respect one another as children of God.
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Instructional

BYU-Idaho approved housing managers discuss the importance of genuinely loving residents.
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BYU-Idaho approved housing managers share how they teach and exemplify Student Living in normal and natural ways.
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BYU-Idaho approved housing managers discuss their role in helping students resolve problems in their apartments.
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BYU-Idaho approved housing managers consider best practices in responding to angry residents.
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President Kim B. Clark emphasizes the role of wards and stakes in teaching and fostering the principles of Student Living.
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Learn how to elevate what happens in your home evening group.
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Roommate councils can transform relationships and create greater strength and harmony in an apartment.
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