Moving In and Moving Out Process - Residence Halls

2024-2025 Move In and Move Out Schedule

Moving Into the Residence Halls

If I am having a problem once I arrive to campus, who should I contact?

The Resident Assistant or RA is the first person a student should contact if they are having problems on campus. Resident Assistants are student leaders who live with the resident students and are selected and trained to help establish a healthy residence community. They either assist directly or provide referrals for questions or concerns with academics, safety and security, physical or mental health, and other topics which are a part of living on-campus. The next level of support is the Area Coordinators (AC) and Resident Director (RD). ACs and RDs are full-time, professional staff that work and live in the buildings. They supervise student staff and are responsible for the overall management or the residence hall(s) to which they are assigned. Students having difficulty on campus can also come to the Office of Residence Life and Housing, located in DiNardo Hall, Room 100. The telephone number is 508.531.1277.

What is provided in a room?

Each room is furnished with extra-long twin beds, dressers, desks with chairs, closets and bookshelves. Rooms designated as "additional occupancy" have one extra bed.

How do I arrange for telephone, TV, and internet services?

All three services are part of the ResNet (Resident Network) program. A fee, separate from a resident student's housing fee, provides unlimited local dialing, call waiting, voice mail, reduced long-distance charges, cable television, premium sports, music and movie channels, Residence Life Cinema, high speed internet access and wireless internet access. Information about ResNet will be provided with your assignment information. Specific questions can be directed to the ResNet Hotline at 508.531.7999 or email at resnet@bridgew.edu. See Resident Services.

How do I record the condition of my room when I move-in and move-out?

Each student is required to complete a Room Condition Report (RCR) with an RLH staff member, typically an RA in the building. The RCR is a form each student has the opportunity to view as they move in, it lists every piece of furniture and the physical room structures, and see what conditions/damages are already present in the room/suite/apartment. The RCR is then used after a student moves out to determine the damages that occurred during their stay. Students are responsible for an damages that occur in the entire space during their stay, damages are assessed after students move-out by an AC or RD.

What should I bring? and What can I not bring?

View our suggested packing list.

Permitted Items

The following items are allowed in the residence halls:

• One microwave oven (under 1000 watts)
• One blender
• One coffee maker
• One refrigerator (up to 1.4 total amps or no more than 3.2 cubic feet)

Students assigned to Weygand Hall and the Great Hill Student Apartments have university provided full-size refrigerators and therefore are not allowed to bring in additional refrigerators.

The following items are allowed in the kitchen area of the Great Hill Student Apartments only:

• One toaster
• One toaster oven
• One George Foreman type grill
• One rice cooker

Prohibited Items

The following items are prohibited in the residence halls:

• All cooking and food preparation appliances (except as listed above)
• Air conditioners
• Candles
• Incense burners
• Grills
• Space heaters
• Dartboards
• Pets (except fish and those permitted under the Americans with Disabilities legislation)
• Homemade loft or bunk beds
• Cinder blocks and other bed lofting apparatus
• Upholstered Furniture (i.e. furniture covered with fabric and/or padding/stuffing)
• Hoverboards and Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices (EPAMDs)

The possession of any prohibited items may result in a referral to the Office of Community Standards.

I am an International and/or Exchange Student, what information should I know before arriving at BSU?

Undergraduate exchange students will be provided with housing on campus during both the Fall and Spring semesters, but must fill out our housing forms in order to receive a housing assignment. Students coming for the fall semester will receive information by the end of May from us detailing how to submit their Residence Hall License Agreement and a Roommate Questionnaire. All exchange students who intend to live in university housing must complete these forms. Students coming for the spring semester will receive this information by the end of November.

Please be advised that while students may submit preferences, there is a high demand for housing at BSU and options are limited. Incoming students with fewer than 24 credits are housed in the freshmen areas. Because upper-class students select their housing assignments for the following year during the spring semester, there are few spaces available in our newer facilities for incoming students. Students who plan to live on-campus should remain flexible with their housing choices.

Typically incoming exchange students have been assigned to live in a traditional residence hall with American students to better experience American culture. On campus, most students live with at least one roommate (share one room) and share bathroom facilities with numerous students. Residence hall rooms are furnished with beds (extra long twin mattresses), desks, bureaus, and wardrobes/closet(s). Residence hall rooms are equipped with one data connection per student. Students are responsible for providing bedding, towels, desk lamps, and any other items of their preference.

The residence halls are open when classes are in session and during portions of designated breaks. There will be periods of time when there is no housing available on campus and students will need to make other arrangements. This includes the two weeks between fall semester closing and the new year. Housing is available on campus during the remainder of winter break and for all of spring break for an additional fee. Learn more at International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) and Admissions Information for International and Exchange Students.

Moving Out of the Residence Halls

How do I check-out of my room?

Every student is responsible for checking out of their room/suite/apartment when they move out. Students need to check out with a Residence Life and Housing staff member, this includes RAs, RDs and ACs. RAs are on duty every night in every building in the RA office from 7 p.m.–12 a.m. If a student is moving out and needs to check-out outside of the RA duty hours they will need to make arrangements ahead of time with the RD or AC in their building. Students also have the option to complete an Express Check Out Form and return it to the Office of Residence Life and Housing in DiNardo.

How do I record the condition of my room when I move-in and move-out?

Each student is required to complete a Room Condition Report (RCR) with an RLH staff member, typically an RA in the building. The RCR is a form each student has the opportunity to view as they move in, it lists every piece of furniture and the physical room structures, and see what conditions/damages are already present in the room/suite/apartment. The RCR is then used after a student moves out to determine the damages that occurred during their stay. Students are responsible for an damages that occur in the entire space during their stay, damages are assessed after students move-out by an AC or RD.