2013–2014 UNIVERSITY CATALOG - Florida Institute of Technology

Students who sign Florida Tech Housing and Meal Plan Contracts
are obligated for the entire academic year. All university housing
contracts are for the full academic year. Neither buyouts nor substitutions
are allowed. Students cannot cancel their housing and meal
plan contracts after the deadline dates as outlined on the Housing
and Meal Plan Contract.
First- and second-year, and new transfer students who withdraw before
the start of the fall semester must notify the campus services office
in writing, no later than July 1, if they want to have their housing
deposits refunded. Students not attending or returning spring semester
must notify the campus services office in writing, no later than
December 1, if they want to receive a refund.
Upper-division students who want to change the meal plan portion
of their contracts must submit a written request to the campus services
office. Deadline dates are outlined on the Housing and Meal
Plan Contract.
Changing meal plans after the cutoff dates is not permitted except
for non-enrollment, official withdrawal, graduation or dismissal from
school for the remainder of the academic year. However, a student
may opt to increase a meal plan or add Flex Credits at any time.
Residence Halls
Students desiring a specific housing assignment may submit requests
to the campus services office. Requests for room assignments are
honored on a first-come, first-served, space-available basis. Campus
services makes every attempt to grant requests for assignment to certain
rooms and roommates. However, the university does not guarantee
assignment to a specific type of accommodation, building, room or
roommate. In all cases, students are billed based on the number of
occupants registered for the room (double, single, etc.).
Because of the high demand for on-campus housing, the university
reserves the right to place three students in any residence hall room.
If the university exercises this option during the semester, the room
occupants receive a prorated adjustment for the semester based on
the number of days that triple occupancy occurred.
Brownlie Hall: Houses transfer, upper-division and graduate students.
Each room has a private bathroom. All rooms feature built-in
desks, closets, drawers and extra-long twin beds. Each room features
two connections to the campus fiber-optic network, free cable TV
and a microfridge.
Columbia Village: Features four-bedroom, fully furnished suites
with efficiency kitchens. Four students are assigned to each suite.
Evans Hall: Houses transfer, upper-division and graduate students on
the third and fourth floors. All rooms either have a private bathroom
or are connected by a bathroom. All rooms feature built-in desks, closets,
drawers, wall-to-wall carpeting and extra-long twin beds. Each
room features two connections to the campus fiber-optic network,
free cable TV and a microfridge.
Harris Village Suites: Features one-, two- and four-bedroom, fully
furnished suites with full kitchens (refrigerator, range and dishwasher).
Occupancy ranges from one to four students per suite, depending on
the unit size.
The Quad: Includes Campbell, Shaw, Grissom and Wood halls,
traditional-style residence halls with community baths and a shared
common building layout. Houses both upperclassmen and freshmen.
All rooms are spacious with built-in desks, closets, drawers and extralong
twin beds. All rooms feature two connections to the campus
fiber-optic network, free cable TV and a microfridge.
Roberts Hall: Houses only freshmen and is the largest residence
facility on campus. A traditional-style residence hall, it features community
bathrooms. All rooms are bright and spacious with built-in
desks, closets, drawers and extra-long twin beds. Each room features
two connections to the campus fiber-optic network, free cable TV
and a microfridge.
Southgate Apartments: Feature studios and, one-, two- and threebedroom
apartments, and are reserved for students with 24 or more
earned credit hours. Occupancy ranges from one to four students per
apartment, depending on the unit size.
Meal Plans
Meal plans are offered by the university to make access to food service
convenient and cost-effective, using the student ID card as the
access card. Meal plans are contracted with individual students and
the benefits are not transferable. All plans are contracted for the
entire academic year. Meal plans consist of two major components:
Meal Credits: Used for entry into Panther Dining Hall, our “all you
care to eat” dining room. As the meal credits are used, the balance
available declines until it reaches zero or is reset for the following week.
Flex Credits: Allows the meal plan holder to access goods and services
from any dining location, including vending machines, pizza
delivery and Groceries4U. Flex Credits represent available access
and have no residual cash value. Flex Credits balances carry forward
from fall semester to spring semester. Any balance remaining at the
end of spring semester is forfeited.
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