Returner Student Housing Application Process

• Current residents will have approximately one week to find preferred roommate(s), communicate with each other to determine where they want to live, and prepare for the opening of the residence hall and room selection process.
• Residence Life will open the room selection process in stages, based on the number of completed class hours, after they have completed the housing application on the portal.
  • Seniors – February 1 through February 2
  • Juniors – February 5 through February 6
  • Sophomores – February 7 through February 9
  • Freshman – beginning February 12
• Students will log in to the housing portal and choose a residence hall and room then complete the contract process. Students will have to complete the process and sign the housing contract in order to be guaranteed housing.
• If you have an accepted roommate, you will be able to place them in a room with you at this time on a space available basis.
• There will be a limited amount of beds for seniors and juniors and Residence Life has taken into consideration preferences for upperclassmen.

If you are a full-time student who has not earned 60 semester hours you must live on campus.

Students may live off campus if:

• students live with and commute daily from the permanent legal residence of parent(s) or
• grandparent(s) within a fifty-mile radius from campus
• married or divorced
• 21 years of age or older
• have completed two years of successful active military service

If you do not meet one of requirements listed above you will need to apply for a waiver of the residence policy. In order to be eligible you will need to be able to document your unique hardship.

If no bed is available at the time you apply, please contact Residence Life via email, and let us know your preferred type of bed. We will place you on a waiting list and will work to offer you housing as cancellations occur.

The greater the number of credit hours you have completed, the higher your chances of selecting your preferred housing. Historically, we understand that there is a high demand of housing for upperclassmen students in Owen Hall, and the majority of these beds will be reserved for current upperclassmen.

You are not required to match with a roommate if you choose not to do so. However, you would not be eligible to choose a bed until the time stated above.