Spring 2024 Semester Housing
The information below is designed to answer any questions you might have about living on campus at 杏吧直播app. 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 杏吧直播app. 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鈥檚 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:
- Log in to the .
- On the new screen, select the Application tab on the side menu bar.
- Select the housing application most appropriate for you.
- First year student: admitted as a first year student, with no previous (or limited) college experience.
- Transfer student: admitted as a transfer student, with several semesters of previous college experience.
- Returning student: someone currently a student at 杏吧直播app, despite whether you have lived on campus before.
- Follow the flow of the application, starting with an electronic signature and completing all questions, including selection of a meal plan.
- 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), 杏吧直播app 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
- 1 twin bed (mattress and bed frame)
- 1 desk
- 1 desk chair
- 1 dresser
- 1 armoire or closet, depending on the room
- Everything that a student finds in a room must stay in the room. Furniture may not be moved from the room, as there are no available storage spaces.
Mattresses in our residence halls are extra-long (36"x80"). Extra-long sheets are the best choice to ensure a good fit!
The Office of Residence Life has partnered with DormCo. to provide our students with a convenient, affordable way to purchase extra-long sheets and bedding items. Proceeds from this program go to the Inter-Residence Hall Council and are used for programming in the residence halls. Please visit the RHL website for more information!
The following appliances are permitted in our halls:
- Alarm Clock
- Coffee Maker (automatic)
- Computer
- Desk Lamp (non- halogen)
- Fan
- Microwave
- Radio/ Stereo
- Refrigerator (5.0 cu. Ft. maximum)
- Television
Students are not permitted to bring the following:
- Crock Pots
- George Foreman Grill
- Halogen lamps
- Heating coils
- Mini grills
- Toaster Oven
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.
- Daily schedule 鈥� sleeping times, quiet hours, TV viewing, mealtime, study conditions
- Housekeeping 鈥� making beds, vacuuming, picking up clothes, interior decoration
- Locks and keys 鈥� getting locked out, leaving the door open
- Visitation 鈥� friends in the room, parties, privacy, overnight guests
- Personal habits 鈥� exercising, watching tv while studying, etc.
- Phone use 鈥� taking phone calls in the room and what that is okay.
- Sharing 鈥� territorial imperatives, saying 鈥減lease,鈥� respect for other鈥檚 property
- Moods 鈥� grouchiness, silliness, depression, taking things out on your roommate, early morning person
- Values 鈥� 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:
- The right to read and study in one鈥檚 room without unreasonable noise and other distractions
- The right to sleep without undue disturbance from guests of roommates, noise, etc.
- The right to expect that a roommate will respect one鈥檚 personal possessions
- The right to live in a clean environment
- The right to free access to one鈥檚 room without pressure from one鈥檚 roommate
- The right to entertain guests with the expectation that guests will respect the rights of the host鈥檚 roommate and other hall residents
- The right to be free from intimidation and harm
- 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.
Residence Hall Policies FAQs
Residential students are permitted to have visitors. All residence halls are locked 24 hours a day. Only residents of the building can gain access with their ID card or front door key. Visitors must be escorted at all times and residents are fully responsible for the behavior of their visitors. Additional information about the visitation policy is available in the Student Handbook.
In order to maintain our facilities and manage air quality for students with allergies, pets (other than fish in a 10-gallon or smaller tank) are not permitted in the residence halls.
In support of student health and safety, smoking and vaping are strictly prohibited in all buildings on campus. Smoking outside of University buildings must be a minimum of 6 feet from any entrances.
First-year students are permitted to bring a vehicle to campus. Students may park only in the lot assigned to them. Parking permits are required and applications will be available during Summer Orientation. We suggest parking at Ralston Field your first year! Parking is NOT guaranteed and students should not bring a car to campus if they are not issued a parking permit. Please visit our Parking Services webpage for more information.
Yes! All full-time undergraduate students in their first two years at 杏吧直播app, who do not commute from the home of their parent or legal guardian, must reside on campus. Students who have been at 杏吧直播appfor more than two years may reside off campus. A commutable distance is defined as being no greater than 50 miles away from campus.