Residential Life

New Students: new students are directed to their assigned building/area after completing all registration/onboarding tasks on arrival day, typically in during registration in the Click Center Gym. Upon arrival at their assigned building/area, students go to the RA office/common room to pick-up their room key and complete the RCR (room condition report).

Returning Students: returning students go directly to their assigned building/area to pick-up their keys and complete the RCR (room condition report) on the posted arrival day.

Single rooms are assigned on the basis of seniority, and there are a limited number available.

• If you are a new student, it is unlikely that you will be assigned single room.
• If you are a returning student and you would like to request a single, it is very important that you make this request on the Online Housing Application and that you submit your application before the deadline. While we’ll do our best to honor all requests, we can’t guarantee that you will get a single room.

Transition to a shared living setting requires open communication and flexibility. Therefore, Residential Life has a Roommate Mediation Process to help support the students involved to reach a resolution. The basic steps are outlined below:

• Step 1: Create together a roommate agreement at the start of every term. 
• Step 2: Roommates discuss issue(s) to see if they can resolve it on their own.
• Step 3: If the roommates cannot reach an agreement on their own, roommates can speak with residential life staff to schedule a roommate mediation to work on resolving the issues and review or re-establish a Roommate Agreement. Residential Life staff will check in soon after the mediation to see how the roommates are doing on their concerns and the agreement. Roommates are expected to actively participate in the process.
• Step 4: If above steps have taken place and there are still irreconcilable issues, the next steps may be a) student with concerns moves; b) student not following agreement moves, or c) both students move. All room changes during the semester are solely at the discretion of the Director of Residential Life.

• During the Fall Break in October and the April Long Weekend, students can remain on campus.
• During Thanksgiving break in November, and Spring Break in March, students are required to depart campus unless they have applied for and been approved in advance to stay on campus. NOTE: there is a fee to remain on campus, and the student is expected to check-in daily.
• During Winter Break, ALL students must depart campus, but their belongings may remain in their assigned room.
• At the end of the academic year in May, ALL students must fully move out and depart campus for Summer Break.

We are unable to accommodate room changes during the semester. Only due to exceptional circumstances, and at the discretion of the Director of Residential Life, can a room change occur during the semester. Resident Deans actively work with roommates to support the transition and settling process.  

Yes, the transition from one semester to the next is a great time to request a change. It is very important to put your request on the Online Housing Application and submit your application on time. We will do our best to honor all requests. Students who have requested and have approval for a room change for Spring Semester are required to remove all belongings at the end of Fall Semester.

Yes, please see Residence Hall Rates.

Access to the resident halls is restricted 24/7. Residents can use their student ID to open the building's exterior doors, but a key is needed to open the door to the resident's room. Additionally, Campus Safety staff are available 24/7 to respond to student safety and security concerns.

There are laundry rooms in Aiken, Frost, Davis, and Chumley B. Bridges apartments have their own laundry machines. Students may also subscribe to weekly laundry delivery service provided by E&R Laundry Services.

The residence halls are not air-conditioned. Housing recommends students purchase fans for their comfort. Residents may not install air-conditioners. Students who need air-conditioning for medical reasons can fill out an accommodation form found here.

The Bridges are apartment-style living with two to four rooms per suite (four singles, two singles and a double, or two doubles), a kitchen/common area, a coin-operated laundry room, and a split bathroom (one room with a shower, one room with a toilet and sink). There are four Bridges apartments per building, two on the top floor and two on the bottom.

• Residents in the Bridges are responsible for cleaning their own apartment common areas, bathrooms and kitchenettes. Residents are to provide their own toilet paper and cleaning supplies.
• College housekeeping services cleans the kitchen, common area, and bathrooms during Winter Break; students are required to remove all their personal items. Items not removed will be thrown away.

Chumley Complex offers suite-style living with a bathroom for each suite of three rooms. Room combinations are two singles and a double (four students). There is a large, shared kitchen on the top floor for use by the Chumley community, and there is a downstairs lounge area with TV and couches. Chumley B houses a laundry room.

• Chumley residents are responsible for maintaining cleanliness of the shared kitchen and to provide their own cleaning supplies. Kitchens are cleaned during Winter Break; hence all students must remove all personal belongings as items that remain will be disposed of by staff.
• Residents receive College housekeeping support for maintaining cleanliness of bathrooms and common lounge. All personal belongings must be stored in assigned rooms to allow for cleaning.

Aiken Hall is semi-suite-style living with a bathroom and common area shared between two student rooms. Room combinations are usually a double with a double, or a double with a single room (three to four students). The Aiken building has a common lounge, a laundry room, a workout room, and vending machines; these features are accessible by all students.

• Aiken residents are responsible for cleaning their own common areas and bathrooms. Residents provide toilet paper and cleaning supplies.
• Residents receive College housekeeping support for maintaining cleanliness of bathrooms and common areas during Winter Break. All personal belongings must be stored in assigned rooms to allow for cleaning. Items not removed will be disposed of by facilities staff.

Bridges kitchens and the shared Chumley kitchen contain a microwave, stove, refrigerator and sink. Bridges kitchens are “mini-kitchen” areas and have a couple of cabinets, shelving, and a small countertop. The shared Chumley kitchen is a large kitchen with full-size countertops as well as cabinetry.

Kitchens are not supplied with kitchen utensils or dinnerware.

Animals allowed in the residential halls are certified service animals, ESAs, and fish.

• Service Animals are not considered pets. They are defined as any dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability.
• ESA, or Emotional Support Animals are defined as an animal (not limited to dogs) that is necessary to afford a person with a disability an equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling and provides identifiable support or assistance that alleviates one or more identified symptoms or effects of a person's disability.
  • For the complete description of service and emotional support animals, how to request permission, owner’s supervision and control, licensing, and vaccinations related to animals on campus, please refer to the Request for Accommodations website.
• Fish that can live in a single tank of 10-gallons or less are also allowed in the halls. 

There are no curfews and no specific visitation hours. There are some important rules about guests staying on campus overnight:

• If the resident has a roommate(s), the resident must obtain permission from each roommate(s) for the guest to stay overnight.
• The resident must give their roommate(s) advanced notice that a guest will be staying in the room.
• Residents must escort their guests at all times.
• Residents will be responsible for their guest's behavior.
• Guests must register with the building's on-duty RA or Campus Safety.
• Guests cannot stay in the residents' room for more than three nights in a 14-day period.

Maintenance issues should be reported to Residential Life staff immediately. Landmark College will respond to the report at the earliest possible time. Outside of regular business hours, only emergency issues will be addressed and fixed.

Residents are responsible for any damage beyond the normal "wear and tear" that comes with living in the residence halls. Facilities and Housing will charge students for excessive cleaning or removal of any belongings that the resident has left behind after moving out of the hall. Those cleaning charges will be placed on the student's account. If damage to an apartment or suite cannot be linked to a particular resident, then the charges will be evenly split between the two residents.