Hello Bulldogs!
As the semester comes to a close, we want to share some important information regarding the housing selection and placement process, spring closing, late departure, check out.
Consolidations
Residence Life and Housing continues to reconfigure housing assignments to optimize placements and facilitate the Waiting List requests. Students will be notified via their Redlands email account if / when they have been assigned a new space.
Singles & Waiting List
This application is available on your My Redlands Housing Portal under Applications and Forms. As changes to housing assignments take place throughout the summer, if you would like to be considered for an alternate housing assignment (e.g. your building preference was full on your Room Draw selection time), use this application. Students will receive an email in August letting them know their status on the wait list.
Spring Closing
The residential communities will close on Saturday, April 27th at 2pm. The spring semester meal plan will end with brunch on Sunday, April 28th.
The only students allowed to remain in housing during May Term are students enrolled in an on-campus May Term course, student athletes in competition, and students enrolled in a travel May Term with an on-campus component. All other students must depart by Saturday, April 27th at 2pm.
Late Departure
To request a one-night extension to your applicable move-out date, please complete the Late Departure Request under Applications and Forms on the MyRedlands Housing Portal. For a cost of $100, charged to your student account, you will be permitted to remain until 2pm the following day.
Ensure a Proper Check Out
Please clean your entire space including your bedroom, bathroom(s), and kitchen and living area (if applicable). This includes:
- Remove all personal belongings. Double check that your drawers and closet areas are empty.
- Restore your room to its initial condition at check-in, including furniture set-up.
- Take all trash and recycling to the dumpsters. Please put trash inside the dumpsters and do not leave near or around the dumpsters.
- Wipe down all surfaces including furniture and walls.
- Vacuum and sweep the floor, including under the bed.
- Leave your drawers and closet doors open in preparation for your RA inspection.
- Remove any adhesive substances from walls and doors.
- Remove trash and unwanted items from the room to the dumpster and remember to clean and leave behind the trash can and recycling bins.
- Organizational Houses will receive a separate supplemental communication on ensuring a proper organizational house check-out.
- Organizational Houses - Non-Residential Exterior and Gate Key Return all organizational members who do not reside in an organizational house, but who checked out a key for the house/gate/closet, must return the key to Student Affairs by Monday, April 22nd at 5:00pm.
Check Out Process
This academic year we will be offering two ways of checking out of your housing assignment, a Regular Check-Out and an Express Check Out.
Regular Check-Out
During your check-out appointment, your RA will inspect your space, collect all keys and check you out of your assigned space. This appointment is important because it can potentially save you from getting billed for an improper check-out. A secondary inspection will be completed by your Community Coordinator and Facilities Management to assess any fees for trash, cleaning, and damages.
- Contact your RA to schedule a check-out inspection at least 48 hours prior to your move-out date.
- Remove all of your belongings and clean your space prior to the inspection.
Express Check-Out
Express check-out is for students who do not complete a check-out inspection with their RA. By completing an express check-out, students waive their right to contest any damage charges.
- Once you have removed all of your belongings and cleaned your space, utilize the Express Check Out Envelope provided by your RA.
- Deposit your keys inside the check-out envelope then seal and sign it.
- Turn in your envelope to your Resident Assistant or the front desk of Student Affairs.
- Fees for cleaning and/or damage charges will be processed by Facilities Management and Residence Life and Housing after move-out.
To avoid hall and closing fines
- Improper Checkout Fines ($25+) are given to students who do not follow the proper check out guidelines. Make sure to use and leave the End of Year Checklist on your door, including removing all items and trash out of the room by your check out time.
- Collective Hall Fines ($???+) are distributed to students in a community when specific people are unable to be identified as responsible for extra cleaning, damage, or replacement of community items. To help your community, clean up your personal belongings from any community spaces, take out trash and unwanted items to the dumpster, and report any damages or vandalism to a Resident Assistant as soon as you learn of the need.
May Term
Students who are enrolled in a May Term course, are a student athlete in competition, or have an on-campus component for their May Term travel course are permitted to remain in University housing during May Term. During May Term many of the communities will close and the halls that will remain open are Anderson, Grossmont, Melrose Hall and the Johnston Complex. Residents in our closing communities will be provided with new housing assignments and will move to their new assignments between May 1st-3rd.
- Athletes with continued competition Student athletes who continue to compete are permitted to remain in University housing and will receive a separate supplemental communication on their housing assignment if they are living in a community that will close for May Term. Student athletes are expected to check-out of their room within 24 hours of their last competition or return to campus after travel.
- Travel May Term Students who take the travel courses that have an on-campus component, are permitted to remain in University housing until their departure date that has been approved by Study Away and Residence Life & Housing. All other students taking a travel course will need to complete their check out by April 27th at 2:00pm.
May Term Housing Assignment
- Housing assignments for May Term have been finalized as of April 12th enrollment. Should you enroll in an on campus May Term after April 12th we can not guarantee that your May Term assignment will be the same as your Spring assignment if you currently live in Anderson, Grossmont or Melrose.
- Visit the MyRedlands Housing Portal to see your housing assignment by clicking on MayTerm2024 under Assignments.
- May Term residents will move into their new assignments from May 1st to May 3rd. Students will pick up their new keys at the Student Affairs Office from May 1st to May 3rd during business hours. The Student Affairs Office is open Monday -Friday 8:00AM-5:00PM.
- Residents from Brockton, East, Merriam, Williams, Founders, California, and Cortner need to move to their new assignments by 5:00pm on May 4th. Failure to move out by this time will result in an improper check out.
- When you pick up the keys to your new May Term room assignment you will be given an express check out envelope and will have until May 7th to return your Spring assignment keys to the Student Affairs Office, located on the second floor of Hunsaker. The Student Affairs Office is open from 8:00am to 5:00pm. Failure to turn in keys by this deadline will result in a room recore at your expense.
May Term Meal Plan
Your May Term Meal Plan includes 50 meal swipes plus $75 in dining dollars (that are forfeited if not used by the end of the term). May Term Meal Plans will begin with brunch on Sunday, May 5th and the final meal at The Table will be brunch on Saturday, June 1st.
Interested in Summer Housing
The application to apply for Summer Housing is available on the MyRedlands Housing Portal under Applications and Forms.
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