Spring Semester Housing

Spring 2024 Semester Housing

The information below is designed to answer any questions you might have about living on campus at Wilkes University. If you have a specific question and cannot find the answer here, please feel free to contact us at (570) 408-4350 or reslife@wilkes.edu.

All incoming first year students are required to live on campus for their first two years at Wilkes University. International and Transfer Students are not required to live on campus.

Should you choose to join our residential community, we are more than excited to welcome you! Below are steps for completing your applications. Please note that all residential students are required to select a meal plan. Find out more about Dining Services on campus on the University’s website.

Completing Your Housing Application

In order to receive housing accommodations for the Spring 2024 semester, you will need to complete a housing application. This application will require you to affirm the 2023-2024 Housing & Dining Contract. You may review the 2023-2024 Housing and Dining Contract prior to filling out the online application by selecting the button below:

2023-2024 Housing and Dining Contract (.pdf)

Please follow these step-by-step instructions on how to complete your housing application:

1. Log in to the Housing Self-Service page external website.
2. On the new screen, select the Application tab on the side menu bar.
3. Select the housing application most appropriate for you.
   1. First year student: admitted as a first year student, with no previous (or limited) college experience.
   2. Transfer student: admitted as a transfer student, with several semesters of previous college experience.
   3. Returning student: someone currently a student at Wilkes University, despite whether you have lived on campus before.
4. Follow the flow of the application, starting with an electronic signature and completing all questions, including selection of a meal plan.
5. When your application is complete, select Submit. You should receive an email confirmation. Save this email in the event there is an issue with your application!

Wherever possible, we will attempt to honor any requests for housing types for transfer students. In addition, we typically will try to pair transfer students with other transfer students or returning students to assist with your transition to the Wilkes community.

Disability Housing Accommodation Requests

In accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Wilkes University has established procedures to ensure that students with documented disabilities have equal access to housing resources and receive housing assignments that reasonably meet their needs as required by law. We will do our best to honor any housing accommodations that we receive, but please be aware that we are limited to what spaces we have open for the Spring semester. Please contact Katy Betnar, katy.betnar@wilkes.edu, with any disability housing accommodation requests.

Residence Hall Amenities and FAQs

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Roommate Survival Check List

Listed below are a few common sources of roommate problems. Roommates should discuss these issues at the beginning of the semester, thereby avoiding communication breakdowns during the school year. Roommates must remember that compromise is essential and only by communicating with each other will roommates solve any problems.

1. Daily schedule — sleeping times, quiet hours, TV viewing, mealtime, study conditions
2. Housekeeping — making beds, vacuuming, picking up clothes, interior decoration
3. Locks and keys — getting locked out, leaving the door open
4. Visitation — friends in the room, parties, privacy, overnight guests
5. Personal habits — exercising, watching tv while studying, etc.
6. Phone use — taking phone calls in the room and what that is okay.
7. Sharing — territorial imperatives, saying “please,” respect for other’s property
8. Moods — grouchiness, silliness, depression, taking things out on your roommate, early morning person
9. Values — prejudice, religion, philosophy, politics

The relationship you develop with your roommate will have a significant effect on your experience of residence hall living. Each residence hall student has the right to expect the following from his or her roommate:

1. The right to read and study in one’s room without unreasonable noise and other distractions
2. The right to sleep without undue disturbance from guests of roommates, noise, etc.
3. The right to expect that a roommate will respect one’s personal possessions
4. The right to live in a clean environment
5. The right to free access to one’s room without pressure from one’s roommate
6. The right to entertain guests with the expectation that guests will respect the rights of the host’s roommate and other hall residents
7. The right to be free from intimidation and harm
8. The right to discuss grievances

A resident student must accept the responsibility for confronting other residents when those residents have violated his/her rights. If a student has difficulty in doing so, the Residence Life Staff will gladly assist in such matters.

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Residence Hall Policies FAQs