6.24 On-Campus Housing Policy
The educational value of campus residence living has long been established. To this effect, the area of Student Affairs administers an on-campus housing policy. Following are the rules and regulations of this policy:
1. All entering unmarried freshmen under twenty-one years of age, officially registered for twelve (12) or more academic hours (inclusive of the 16-week and both 8-week terms) and whose primary domicile is beyond a sixty (60)-mile radius of the University, are required to reside in the campus residence halls for four consecutive semesters.
2. Graduating seniors needing less than twelve (12) academic hours may reside on campus with verification from their academic advisor. Verification must be submitted through the Residence Life Review Committee.
3. Room and board are mutually inclusive components of on-campus residency.
4. All unmarried international students under the age of twenty-one (21) are required to reside on campus for four (4) consecutive semesters. Room and board are mutually inclusive components of such international student's contract.
5. Students who desire an exemption from this policy must file a written request to the Office of Residential Life and Housing for review by the Residential Life Review Committee.
6. Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces are exempted from this policy.
7. Transfer students under twenty-one (21) years of age with verification that they resided for a minimum of two (2) semesters in on-campus housing at another institution are exempted from this policy.
8. All unmarried transfer students under twenty-one (21) years of age, whose primary domicile is beyond a sixty (60)-mile radius of the University, who have lived in on-campus housing for less than two (2) semesters are required to live on campus for the remainder of the four (4) semester duration; e.g., students who lived on campus at another institution for one (1) semester are required to live for three (3) semesters in a University residence hall.
9. Students whose twenty-first (21) birthday occurs while living in a residence hall are required to remain in the residence hall until the end of that semester.
10. In the event rooms on campus are not available to accommodate all students affected by the On-Campus Housing Policy, a waiting list will be maintained. Those students on the waiting list will be reviewed by the Office of Residential Life and Housing for their eligibility to reside off-campus, per the On-Campus Housing Policy. Students who sign a month-to-month lease, or identify temporary housing, will remain on the waiting list and will be notified by the Office of Residential Life and Housing of on-campus vacancies.
11. Each student living off campus, due to unavailable space, must report to the Office of Student Life with their current address and phone number. These students will be notified by mail of their room assignment on campus for the following semester/year.
Notification of housing assignments are sent to students' University issued emails, and through the University housing assignment software. Registration for the next academic year will automatically include room and board costs.
Notwithstanding the University's strong commitment to the student development philosophy, the official residence hall contract explicitly states the mutual rights and responsibilities of the University and its residential students. In the spirit and intent of the University Oath, it is the position of the University that on-campus living is a privilege, not an obligation, for students. Consequently, the University reserves the exclusive right to negotiate and/or terminate contractual arrangements between its students at any time it deems appropriate.
1. All entering unmarried freshmen under twenty-one years of age, officially registered for twelve (12) or more academic hours (inclusive of the 16-week and both 8-week terms) and whose primary domicile is beyond a sixty (60)-mile radius of the University, are required to reside in the campus residence halls for four consecutive semesters.
2. Graduating seniors needing less than twelve (12) academic hours may reside on campus with verification from their academic advisor. Verification must be submitted through the Residence Life Review Committee.
3. Room and board are mutually inclusive components of on-campus residency.
4. All unmarried international students under the age of twenty-one (21) are required to reside on campus for four (4) consecutive semesters. Room and board are mutually inclusive components of such international student's contract.
5. Students who desire an exemption from this policy must file a written request to the Office of Residential Life and Housing for review by the Residential Life Review Committee.
6. Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces are exempted from this policy.
7. Transfer students under twenty-one (21) years of age with verification that they resided for a minimum of two (2) semesters in on-campus housing at another institution are exempted from this policy.
8. All unmarried transfer students under twenty-one (21) years of age, whose primary domicile is beyond a sixty (60)-mile radius of the University, who have lived in on-campus housing for less than two (2) semesters are required to live on campus for the remainder of the four (4) semester duration; e.g., students who lived on campus at another institution for one (1) semester are required to live for three (3) semesters in a University residence hall.
9. Students whose twenty-first (21) birthday occurs while living in a residence hall are required to remain in the residence hall until the end of that semester.
10. In the event rooms on campus are not available to accommodate all students affected by the On-Campus Housing Policy, a waiting list will be maintained. Those students on the waiting list will be reviewed by the Office of Residential Life and Housing for their eligibility to reside off-campus, per the On-Campus Housing Policy. Students who sign a month-to-month lease, or identify temporary housing, will remain on the waiting list and will be notified by the Office of Residential Life and Housing of on-campus vacancies.
11. Each student living off campus, due to unavailable space, must report to the Office of Student Life with their current address and phone number. These students will be notified by mail of their room assignment on campus for the following semester/year.
Notification of housing assignments are sent to students' University issued emails, and through the University housing assignment software. Registration for the next academic year will automatically include room and board costs.
Notwithstanding the University's strong commitment to the student development philosophy, the official residence hall contract explicitly states the mutual rights and responsibilities of the University and its residential students. In the spirit and intent of the University Oath, it is the position of the University that on-campus living is a privilege, not an obligation, for students. Consequently, the University reserves the exclusive right to negotiate and/or terminate contractual arrangements between its students at any time it deems appropriate.
Effective Date
Approved by Board of Curators: January 15, 2026