Housing Contract Information

The University Housing Office is located in the Student Life Building. The staff is available to assist you with room assignments, bills, and other housing matters from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. The telephone number is 644-2860. Housing bills may be paid in person at the Cashier’s window in the Housing Office from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Payment also can be made at the Student Financial Services Office in the University Center between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Or you can make a payment online.

Length of Contract -

Submitting a housing agreement and required advanced payment legally commits the student to living in a university residence hall through the end of the spring semester of that contract year. The Housing Appeals Committee may release students from the housing agreement if there is an unforeseen financial or medical hardship that has occurred since the beginning of fall semester. As stated in the Housing Agreement, this committee does not have jurisdiction over the refund policy. Information regarding Housing Appeals procedures is available from your Coordinator or Hall Director beginning in November.

Hall Closings -

The University Calendar as published in the University Bulletin specifies the date and hour the residence halls will close at the end of each term and at Spring Break. Failure to vacate at the specified time may result in judicial action. You do not need to remove all of your belongings from the room during the breaks. To avoid disturbing fellow residents during finals week, the staff encourages you to leave the hall within 24 hours of your last exam.

Payment -

The academic year contract obligates students to financial responsibility for both semesters. It is the student’s responsibility to insure satisfactory payment of housing fees. FINANCIAL AID DEDUCTIONS ARE NOT AUTOMATIC! Additional payment information is mailed with the assignment invoice.

Room Occupancy -

Only those students assigned to a room may occupy the room. Residents may not sublet their rooms to another person.

Term of Agreement -

University Housing reserves the right to cancel, change or terminate room assignments in the interest of order, health, discipline, disaster or maximum utilization of facilities, after due notice to the assigned students. Disregard for the rights, responsibilities and duties of others, as well as the creation of circumstances which could jeopardize life, limb or property, are conditions that are not acceptable in University Housing and may be cause for termination of the housing contract. For additional information regarding the Terms of Agreement, please refer to the University Housing Undergraduate Agreement Booklet.

Room Changes -

After the beginning of each new term, residents have the opportunity to change their room assignments on a space-available basis.
*Moves within the hall that the student is currently assigned to must be requested from the Residence Coordinator or Hall Director.
*Moves to other residence halls are requested through the University Housing Office. A student whose request to move to another hall has been authorized, but who subsequently decides not to move, may have to move to another room in the currently assigned hall.
*Students who make unauthorized room changes may be subject to judicial action and/or required to move back to their original assigned room.

Room Entrance -

Authorized university personnel may enter student rooms for regular health and safety inspections and for maintenance purposes. Staff may also enter rooms when a reasonable belief exists that the room is being used for an illegal purpose or for a purpose that would interfere with discipline and/or personal safety.