Following are guidelines used by the Office of Residential Life when processing early arrival requests. Please review them as you begin to plan your staffing for the spring 2004 opening.
- Early arrivals are any students whom you will require to arrive on campus prior to the regular check-in dates of Saturday, January 17, 2004. Please include only the names of those students whose early arrival is necessary for the operation of your department during spring opening and who are on-campus residents.
- To schedule a student for early arrival, please complete the form, Request for Student Early Arrival Spring 2004. Please provide this information by Friday, December 19, 2004.
- Early arrival requests must be submitted to the Office of Residential Life by 5:00 p.m., Friday, December 19. Late requests will not be considered.
- Check in for all early arrivals will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 14. Students may not return to their rooms before this time. Early arrivals scheduled to change housing assignments must return to their fall assignment. They will be able to move into their new housing assignment on Thursday, January 15.
- We encourage departments to provide meal arrangements for any employees you are bringing back early. If your department wishes to make meal plan arrangements, please contact the Office of Conference and Event Services. Otherwise please notify your students that they can purchase an individual meal plan through the Office of Conference and Event Services. Students who do not have special arrangements cannot eat in the dining hall until brunch on Saturday, January 17.
- The department requesting early arrival of a student is responsible for notifying the student of his/her check-in date and meal arrangements. We recommend that students notify their RA of their early arrival upon return. However, there is no formal check-in process for students returning early. Please note that students should find their room in the condition in which it was left unless a new student is moving into the space for the spring semester. Housekeeping and physical plant staff do not enter students' rooms during the winter break unless they are responding to an outstanding work order or a new student is assigned to a vacancy.
For additional information or if you have any questions, please contact the residential life office in the East Tower at 274-3141.
Contributed by Jenny Pickett
