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Student Apartment/Housing

The following information explains the 51�������� Residence Life Office, staff responsibilities and expectations of students living in campus housing. For specific information about types of housing available, visit the ISSS Housing page and the Residence Life site.

Residence Life Office The Residence Life Office is located in the main lobby of the Moore-Bartlett-Skarland complex on upper campus. This is the central office for all Residence Life related business. You can always call the Residence Life Office regarding any concern or question about your housing while you are here. The main phone number (on campus) is x7247 or from off campus (907) 474-7247. The Residence Life office is where you will go to move rooms, cancel your housing agreement, or get the necessary paperwork to receive your housing deposit back before you return home.

Hall Staff

• Resident Directors: Most residence halls have one full-time, live-in professional who is responsible for the total management of the residence hall or apartment complex. They are skilled in the areas of counseling, crisis intervention, mediation, and referral.
• Resident Assistants: Each floor of a residence hall has one resident assistant (RA) specifically trained to help you and other students learn more about 51��������, each other, and yourself.
• The Nook Concierge (NC Desk): The Nook Concierge (NC) position works to enhance the experience of students and community members by being available to answer questions in person or via phone, check out equipment and supplies, and connect individuals with the folks who can best serve their needs. NCs are responsible for offering general customer service, reporting emergency situations, and working with RAs to report policy violations or safety concerns. 

Building Safety, Visitation, and Alcohol Policy

For important information regarding building safety, visitation, and alcohol policies, we encourage you to review the community standards page on the Residence Life website. This page outlines prohibited items as well as guest and alcohol policies. You can find the full details of the 51�������� Residence Life Community Standards on their website.

Roommate Bill of Rights

As a 51�������� resident, there are certain rights you can expect and that you have a responsibility to maintain

• The right to read and study free from undue interference in one's room.
• The right to sleep without undue disturbance from noise.
• The right that a roommate will respect one's personal belongings.
• The right to a clean and healthy environment in which to live.
• The right to full access of one's room and facilities without pressure from a roommate.
• The right to host guests with the expectation that the guests will respect the rights of the host's roommate(s), other facility residents, and the 51�������� guest policy. If conflicts arise, speak with your roommate(s) first; talk a problem through before it becomes a major conflict. If this step is not successful, ask your RA for assistance.

Smoke-Free Residential Facilities
All 51�������� residential facilitates are considered smoke-free environments. This includes all apartments. Smoking or carrying any lit smoking device, including but not limited to cigarettes, cigars, pipes, and incense, is prohibited in all residential facilities. The same is true for public areas, such as bathrooms, elevators, stairwells, kitchens, laundry rooms, hallways, entryways and lounges. Students are not permitted to smoke within 30 feet of building entrances and must use the provided ashtrays. Do not toss cigarettes on the ground. Students have the right to be free of exposure to smoke and the hazards associated with or caused by smoking.

Quiet Hours
In addition to courtesy hours each residential facility has quiet hours. These hours recognize the rights of all students to have an environment that supports academic success. Quiet hours are considered sleeping time, and are strictly enforced. 

Sunday - Thursday                   Friday - Saturday

11:00 pm to 8:00 am               1:00 am to 10:00 am.

Courtesy Hours                        Final Exam Quiet Period

24 hours per day                      24 hours per day

Check-Out and Return Home

Students leaving University housing must check out of their room with a Residence Life staff member. In order to avoid fees you should schedule your checkout with your RA at least 24 hours in advance of the time you would like to check out.  Once you check out, your RA will take your room key, so you will need to already be moved out of the room  At check out your RA will fill out a Room Condition Report (RCR) and have you sign it.

If you are returning to your home country upon your check out of University Housing you can receive your student housing deposit back in cash. All you need to do is bring your copy of the RCR to the Residence Life Office in the Moore-Bartlett-Skarland complex lobby. Here the office staff will assist you in filling out a form which you will take to the Bursar’s Office; located on the first floor of Signers’ Hall. At the Bursar’s Office you will receive your deposit back in US dollars.

Please allow enough time after your room check-out and between the hours of 8am and 5pm to complete this process before your flight.

Housing Definitions

The application has terms that you may not be familiar with and do not have definitions in an English dictionary. If you have questions about the terms on the housing contract and the term is not defined below, please send your question to housing@uaf.edu so that the term(s) can be defined. 

Board (meal) plans – Food service that is provided by the University and paid for in advance. All single student housing contracts require purchase of a 51�������� meal plan, estimated to cost $1,220-$1,400 per semester depending on the option chosen.  Exceptions include room assignments in Wickersham Hall, Cutler Apartment Complex and all graduate students. 

Munch money – an optional part of the 51�������� meal plan that grants an allowance of money on the meal plan to pay for meals at any eating establishment on campus in addition to the meals included in the plan at the Wood Center.

Dorms – The dormitory buildings (also known as student housing, student housing buildings, and student residence halls) where students reside, or live, on the 51�������� campus.

Hall Preference – You request that your room be in a specific building. The housing buildings are known by name – Cutler Apartment Complex, Wickersham Hall, Moore Hall, Skarland Hall, Bartlett Hall, Lathrop Hall, Nerland Hall, Stevens Hall and MacIntosh Hall.

Apartment Style – the Cutler Apartment Complex has two-bedroom apartments (kitchen, living room, bathroom) usually assigned to four people (two per bedroom).  Wickersham Hall is a co-educational building (both men and women), but the suites are either all men or all women.

Dorm room – the room that is assigned to the student for his or her living space (bedroom).

Suite Style – Wickersham Hall suites consists of a study room between two bedrooms, assigned to four people (two per bedroom). Wickersham Hall is a co-educational building (both men and women), but the suites are either men or women.

Double occupancy – two people sleep in the same room. Unless other arrangements are requested, all room assignments are double occupancy.

Single – private room assigned to one person – notice that Bartlett Hall rooms are all singles.

Double Single or Super Single – a double occupancy room assigned to one person.

Substance Free hall – the whole building is assigned to individuals who do not smoke, drink alcoholic beverages or use non-prescribed drugs. (Nerland and Skarland Halls)

Bathing and toilet facilities – Except for the apartment or suite buildings, the bathing and toilet facilities are centrally located, near your room, but not attached to the room.

Night Owl – a person whose best study/work hours are late at night (for example: studies 9 at night to 2 in the morning) and likes to sleep late in the morning.

Early Riser (or Early Bird) a person whose best study/work hours are early in the morning (for example: wakes up between 4:00-6:00 in the morning and goes to bed early in the evening.

Smoker – smoking is not allowed in any of the buildings on campus, but is allowed outside. In respect to both a smoker and a non-smoker, the Residence Life office makes an effort to ensure that a non-smoker is not assigned to a smoking room.

What is your age? -  The Residence Life administrators ask this so that they do not put someone who is 20 in the same room with someone who is 30, as lifestyles are usually quite different.

Freshman – A student in their first year of university study (with less than 29 credits), usually age 18 to 20.

Sophomore – A student in their second year of university study (with more than 30 credits but less than 59 credits).

Junior – A Junior is a student in their third year of university study (with 60 to 89 credits).

Senior – A Senior is a student in their fourth or final year of university study (with more than 90 credits).

Graduate – A student is a “graduate” only after being officially admitted to a master’s or doctoral program.