Resident Student Rights & Expectations

Paying attention to the following rights and expectations will help build a living learning community in your residence area.

• As a resident student, students are expected: to familiarize themselves with the policies and regulations of the student handbook, to keep their living area clean, to question people who abuse their rights and/or the rights of others, to respect the rights of others, to get to know the other residents in their living area, to get to know their roommate(s), and to keep up with their studies.
• Students are responsible for all violations that occur in their residence through encouragement or neglect.  This includes apartment, townhouse, entrance hallway, lounge or other common areas.
• In addition to these expectations, students have the right: to read and to study free from undue interference in their room, to sleep in their own room, to live in a clean environment, to redress grievances, to have a secure place for their personal belongings, to use all public hall spaces and lounges, to be heard by the residence life staff when they must voice concerns, needs, and programming ideas, to challenge prejudicial treatment and comments, to be themselves and to be proud of their background, to have guests in their room in accordance with the university’s visitation policy, to have a safe living environment, to have respect from others, to have a fair and equitable disciplinary process, and to ask for advice and/or assistance.