Housing and Residence Life
MISSION STATEMENT
Housing & Residence Life provides a healthy and safe living and learning community that embraces and promotes all forms of diversity, where students are challenged and supported in their development of values, personal responsibility and integrity through programs, staff engagement and leadership opportunities.
HOUSING INFORMATION FOR NEW STUDENTS
Welcome to the NDNU Family! Included in this section are links for all of the forms and information you will need as you prepare to move to your new home at Notre Dame de Namur University. This includes your Housing Application and Health Insurance Form, which you should complete and send back to the Admissions Office with your $400 deposit between May 1 and June 15. Please be thorough on your application, as we use the information you provide on the back of the form to match roommates and place you close to a group of students who share some similar interests.
You will receive a letter via the mail in July that includes information regarding your housing assignment, your roommate and her or his contact information, as well as details regarding your arrival in August. You will also receive information in this letter regarding what to bring, and what not to bring when you check-in. This list is also available here if you would like to start your planning and packing early!
HOUSING SELECTION INFORMATION FOR RETURNING STUDENTS
Follow the guidelines below to:
- Live beside your friends;
- Wake up 5 minutes before class and still make it on time;
- Have easy access to professors, offices, and food all within walking distance!
TIMELINE
- February 27: Medical Needs (click here) and Green Floor (click here) Applications available from the Housing Office or on this site
- Floor Meetings beginning March 16 (see your RA for exact date and time)
- March 18: Medical Needs and Green Floor Applications are due to the Housing Office by 4pm
- March 20: Medical Needs and Green Floor placements sent to student email accounts
- March 24: Housing Selection for all current Graduate students and Seniors: 3pm-6pm, JB 1st Lounge
- March 25: Housing Selection for all current Juniors: 3pm-6pm, JB 1st Lounge
- March 26: Housing Selection for all current Sophomores: 3pm-6pm, JB 1st Lounge
- March 27: Housing Selection for all current First Years: 3pm-6pm, JB 1st Lounge
FAQ's - FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q: Do I need to fill out any forms before I come to housing selection?
A: YES!! You must fill out a Returning Student Housing Application and a 2008-2009 Health Insurance form (available online and in the Housing Office) prior to arriving to housing selection.
Q: If I’m applying for a room based on my medical needs, can I also have a roommate?
A: Yes. Students applying for Medical Needs assignments may choose roommates. Those roommates must submit a Returning Student application by March 18.
Q: What if I work/have class during the time I’m supposed to go through the selection process?
A: Don’t miss class! Students may use a proxy (you must use the back of the Housing Application) to go through Housing Selection if they cannot be present during open hours.
Q: What if I show up late to the selection process?
A: Assignments will be given on a first come-first serve basis according to the designated population for the day.
Q: What if a current senior comes to selection on the day for juniors?
A: If a student misses the designated day (ex. a senior student comes to the selection day for juniors), he or she will be able to select housing along with all of the other students but will not receive priority for selection.
Q: Can anybody live in the apartments if they request to?
A: No. Any student wishing to live in the apartments must be in good judicial standing AND have at least 45 credits as of December 31, 2007.
Q: Can I sign up for an apartment by myself or with one other friend?
A: No. All three students must be accounted for (present or have proxy) when signing up for an apartment.
Q: If I sign up for a New Hall room, can I request that the other rooms remain open for my friends?
A: No. If your friends are not accounted for at Housing Selection (either present or have a proxy), you cannot hold a space for them. Coming together and standing in line together is the only way to select a space together.
Q: What other forms do I have to fill out in order to live on campus?
A: All students must fill out and turn in a Housing Application and a 2008-2009 Health Insurance form prior to housing selection.
BUILDING CONFIRGUATIONS FOR 2008-2009
Traditional Residence Halls
- JB 1st: Upper Class Students
- JB 2nd: Upper Class/1st Year Students
- JB 3rd: All Women Upper Class/1st Year
- SJ 1st: Social Justice / 1st Year
- SJ 2nd: Upper Class students
- SJ 3rd: 1st Year Students
Apartment Living (students with 45 credits and in good conduct standing)
- Carroll: Graduate Students
- Kane:Quiet Study
- Wilkie : Upper Class Students
Suite Style Living
- NH East: 1st Year Students
- NH West 2nd and 3rd: Upper Class
- NH West 1st: Green Floor/ Upper Class
BED CONFIGURATIONS
For the 2008-2009 academic year, Housing & Residence Life will be requesting student preferences for bed height on the housing application. Click here for more details and pictures!
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Check-in is Monday, August 25, 2008-NO EARLY ARRIVALS, NO EXCEPTIONS;
- Consolidations will take place over the summer, so assignments will be changed accordingly;
- No Room Changes after August 1, 2008;
- Fall cancellations made after July 31, 2008 will result in a $400 cancellation fee; spring cancellations made after December 12, 2008 will result in a $400 cancellation fee.
HOUSING & RESIDENCE LIFE INFORMATION
- Housing Options| Information about each of our living environments, including pictures and floor plans!
- About the Staff | Get to know the Housing & Residence Life staff
- FAQs | Frequently Asked Housing Questions
- Housing Forms | Get all forms here, including housing applications, housing exemption requests and the housing license
- Living Off Campus | If you are living off campus, please see this information page
ON-LINE MAINTENANCE REQUESTS
Click here to complete a maintenance request for any residence hall room.
Housing and Residence Life Office
Julie Billiart Room 105
Fax: (650) 508-3492