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ROOM ASSIGNMENT POLICIES
Admission to the university does not guarantee a residence hall assignment. The
procedure for securing on-campus housing is following:
1. Application and acceptance to the university; payment of enrollment deposit.
2. Application for on-campus housing completed and submitted to the Office of Residential
Life.
3. Payment of housing deposit.
Assignments are processed as completed applications are received. An application is
complete only when it is completely filled out and accompanied by the housing deposit.
Students residing on campus during the spring semester are given the first opportunity to
select a room for the following fall semester in accordance with spring lottery procedures.
Room lottery takes place sometime in April. Room lottery procedures can be found on the
student web during the spring semester.
The department reserves the right to move or reassign a student, assign roommates,
and/or consolidate vacancies by requiring residents without roommates to move into other
rooms with vacancies. All freshmen students must have a roommate.
Residents may not make room changes prior to the room change period announced for
each semester; room changes will be processed only during that time. It is university policy
that the dissatisfied roommate is the one who must seek the change of room.
If for any reason a student breaks their residential life contract they will forfeit their right
to get back the room deposit.
Check-in Procedures
Residence halls open on an announced date prior to the beginning of each term and no
student may move into a residence hall prior to the stipulated date. Students may not place
belongings in a residence hall prior to the official move-in date. Students who fail to abide by
this policy will be charged $25 per day and/or the cost of removal of belongings by university
personnel.
Each resident must check-in at the Office of Residential Life in order to sign in and
obtain room keys. Your resident Assistant will check you into your room with a completed
room condition report (RCR).
Room Change Week
Residents are permitted to change rooms during Room Change Week, which occurs
during the third week of classes each semester. Residents are required to follow the following
procedures in order to change rooms.
1. Speak with your present roommate about making a room change.
2. Secure a “Room Change Request” form from the Office of Residential Life. Review the
list of available room spaces.
3. Complete the form, including obtaining the signatures of present and new roommates,
and return the form to the Office of Residential Life.
4. You will be informed when to come back to the Office of Residential Life to find out if
your request has been approved. If you have been approved, you will be given keys to
your new room on the designated “move-over” day(s). Your move must occur within 24
hours of the date you are informed of approval.
5. Check-out of your present room with your R.A., and hand in the keys to that room,
making sure your sign off on the Room Condition Report (RCR).
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