Student Life

Vacancies and Consolidation of Space

Each semester a number of students find themselves without a roommate for a variety of reasons. Students living in multiple occupancy rooms (doubles, triples, suites, quads, modular housing units and apartments) where vacancies exist should expect a new roommate at any time during the year. Students living in multiple occupancy rooms where vacancies exist are required to ensure that the space is clean and continually available for a new roommate.

At times, students may be given the option to buy out the vacant space for an additional fee. Generally, this option is not available during the fall semester. Those students electing not to buy out vacancies must be prepared to receive a new roommate at any time or be consolidated into an existing vacancy on campus.

Housing Services reserves the right to implement consolidation to allow for full utilization of residential facilities. This requires that a student living in a double, triple or quad occupancy room move to another room, accept a roommate assigned by Housing Services or find another roommate to move into the vacant space. Should consolidation be implemented, affected students will receive notification explaining options and deadlines.