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William Paterson University of New Jersey is a public institution that offers an outstanding and affordable education to a diverse traditional and nontraditional student body through baccalaureate, graduate and continuing education programs. The University's distinguished teachers, scholars and professionals actively challenge students to high levels of intellectual and professional accomplishment and personal growth in preparation for careers, advanced studies and productive citizenship. Faculty and staff use innovative approaches to research, learning and student support to expand students’ awareness of what they can accomplish. The University’s graduates embody a profound sense of responsibility to their communities, commitment to a sustainable environment, and active involvement in a multicultural world.
At the core of everything the University does, the following five values define its ethos and fundamental beliefs:
Academic Excellence As individuals and as an institution, we seek to model and to impart to our students the highest standards of knowledge, inquiry, preparation, academic freedom and integrity, as well as an expanded sense of what an individual can accomplish.
Creating Knowledge We strive to expand the boundaries of knowledge and creative expression in and outside of our classrooms. We help students think imaginatively and critically and encourage innovative solutions to social issues, the challenges of ecological sustainability and economic growth and ethical dilemmas confronting our communities, regions, nation and world.
Student Success Students are our reason for being. We judge our effectiveness, progress and success in terms of how well we provide a platform for their personal, intellectual and professional development, enabling them to transform their lives and become civically engaged.
Diversity We value and promote the expression of all aspects of diversity. We maintain a campus culture that welcomes diversity of personal circumstances and experiences and prepares students to become effective citizens in an increasingly diverse, interdependent and pluralistic society.
Citizenship We challenge our students, faculty, staff and alumni to recognize their responsibility to improve the world around them, starting locally and expanding globally. We offer critical expertise to New Jersey and our region, while our scholarship and public engagement address pressing community needs in the region and beyond in keeping with our public mission.
Approved by the William Paterson University Board of Trustees March 19, 2012.
Residential Community Values Statement
In the WP residential community, we:
Residential Community Civility Statement
William Paterson University is a community composed of students, faculty, and staff of different genders, religious affiliations, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, sexual orientation, and levels of differing abilities. We all must do our part to encourage positive interaction and relationships among members of our residential community. There is a great deal to be learned and shared by each of us. We encourage you to become involved in campus life and to have an open exchange of ideas, beliefs, and values with other students, faculty, and staff.
The Office of Residence Life fully supports the University’s goal to help create, maintain, and foster an environment where all people can come together to live, learn, and enjoy life within a supportive and positive campus environment.
The Office of Residence Life asks the following of our resident students:
Promote a positive residential community To respect those who live in our community and their freedom to express their views. To discourage intolerance, hatred, and injustice, and promote constructive resolution of conflict in our residential community. To address and report all behaviors and actions that subtract from our positive residential community. To take responsibility for personal behavior as this behavior not only affects oneself but the community as a whole. To acknowledge the holistic learning opportunities offered by Residence Life and the University. To respect the physical buildings and areas that are all residents’ home away from home.
Be open to growth and development Respect your own mental and physical health, and to be supportive of fellow community members in their journey of development.
Contribute to the community's overall success Do your personal best to be a positive contributor and active member in our residential community and our University.
The Office of Residence Life Mission Statement and Philosophy
The Office of Residence Life supports the mission of William Paterson University and the Division of Student Development by providing an atmosphere that enhances the academic success and personal growth of our students. We provide opportunities for students to develop through participation in programs, and assuming responsibility for themselves and their living environment. We work to foster a community that values diversity and promotes mutual respect. It is our intention to provide co-curricular experiences that are essential to the development of our current and future students.
Our Philosophy
To ensure that the mission of the Office of Residence Life is achieved, our philosophy is:
The residential campus at William Paterson is made up of the following areas: Century Hall, High Mountain East, High Mountain West, Hillside Hall, the Apartments (Heritage and Pioneer Halls), and Skyline Hall. All residence halls are non-smoking communities. All resident students are required to have a meal plan, with the exception of those residing in the Apartments complex.
Each residential area has an office that serves as the ”communication center” for that area. The staff in the hall office is responsible for coordinating all activities within the residential area, from planning activities to distributing keys and accommodating room change requests. If anything occurs in the residence halls that should be reported, students should go to their hall office and speak with the residence hall staff.
The Century Hall office is located on the first floor of Century Hall room 104.
The Heritage Hall office is located on the first floor of Heritage Hall room 103.
The High Mountain East office is located on the ground floor just across from the main entrance to the building in room G-07.
The High Mountain West Hall office is located on the ground floor of High Mountain West room G-14.
The Hillside Hall office is located on the first floor of Hillside Hall room 104.
The Pioneer Hall office is located on the first floor of Pioneer Hall room 106.
The Skyline Hall office is located on the ground floor of Skyline Hall room 231.
Office hours for each hall office will be posted in each community at the beginning of each semester.
Substance Free housing is available for students to indicate as a housing preference. All students who choose to live in substance free housing must sign a written agreement committing themselves to living a healthy, substance-free lifestyle. Being part of a substance-free suite provides students with an opportunity to live with others that also support a substance free living environment. For more information, visit the Central Residence Life Office on the lower level of White Hall.
The Central Residence Life office is located on the lower level of White Hall and is open 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Located within the Central Office are the following staff members:
The director of residence life is responsible for the overall management of residence hall activities, policies and administrative processes, and additionally supervises the professional and graduate staff and student staff. In addition, the director oversees the departmental budget and the scheduling and supervision of the professional security guards. The director is also responsible for overseeing summer conference programs. The director serves on various student life committees.
The associate director of residence life for operations serves as the chief operations staff member for the department. Some specific responsibilities include network and data base management for all of Residence Life, hall and room assignments, room selection, facilities management, student record keeping and demographic reports, and the posting of bills for room and board. This person also oversees summer school assignments.
The assistant director of residence life for student success and engagement oversees all residential academic support programs and services. In addition, the assistant director is responsible for the recruitment, selection, training, and evaluation of all graduate and undergraduate staff. All residence life community development, programming and civic engagement responsibilities are managed by this position. The assistant director may also serve on various student life committees and acts as the residential liaison to the University's Academic Support and Development Offices. The assistant director also serves as student conduct hearing officers.
The assistant director for staff management directly oversee the graduate resident directors and indirectly oversee the resident assistant staff. The assistant director is responsible for ensuring that all aspects of the residential operations for the communities that they oversee are completed as needed. The assistant director may also serve on various student life committees. The assistant director also serves as student conduct hearing officers.
The graduate resident directors are responsible for the overall management of the hall and all activities within their respective halls including supervision of the resident assistant staff, programming, and student behavior. They are part-time staff members who work 20 office hours per week. Graduate resident directors live on campus in order to respond to the needs of the students in emergencies.
Resident Assistants
The resident assistant (RA) staff is a group of trained student leaders responsible for their floor or wing. They plan activities and programs, provide advice to students, assist in resolving conflicts and work to foster a community atmosphere on the floor that is conducive to academic success and social interaction.
The RA is the student's first contact for any questions or concerns. RAs are on duty rotating every evening and during the weekend to assist students with any issues. Students are encouraged to contact their RA or any member of the Residence Life Professional staff to report any concerns. The residence life staff is trained to help students with many issues.
Office Managers
Each building has an office manager (OM) responsible for overseeing and managing the front desk and hall office. They work to assist students with receiving mail/packages, entering work orders, resolving key/access problems and/or a variety of other tasks.
Desk Assistants
The desk assistant (DA) staff are a group of trained student leaders who are responsible for enforcing the security desk operations and guest and visitation policies as part of a collaborative effort to provide a safe community within the residence halls. They work at the security desk area at each residence hall's entrance.
The Desk staff requires students' and their guests/visitors' knowledge of and cooperation with the policies listed below in order to be successful in providing a safe residential community.
Email is an official William Paterson University form of communication. The University reserves the right to send official communications to students by email with the full expectation that students will receive email, read these emails, and respond accordingly in a timely fashion.
Students are expected to check their WPU email frequently and consistently to stay current with university-related communications. They must ensure that there is sufficient space in their email accounts to allow for email to be delivered. Students are responsible for recognizing that certain communications may be time critical. Emails being returned due to "mailbox full" or "error forwarding" messages are not acceptable excuses for missing official University communications via email.
Students who choose to have their email forwarded to a private (unofficial) email address outside the University network address do so at their own risk. The University is not responsible for any difficulties that may occur in the proper or timely transmission or access of email forwarded to any unofficial email address, and any such problems will not absolve students of their responsibility to know and comply with the content of official communications sent to students' official William Paterson University email addresses.
Rave Guardian is the University’s Emergency Notification System (WP Alert). Rave Guardian is a mobile app that consolidates important Campus resources and provides two-way critical communication between students and campus officials including Campus Police.
To use the app, Emergency Notifications must be set up for your account. If you have not set up Emergency Notifications, do so by accessing the link under general services in the student’s tab in WP Connect.
When you are enabled for emergency notifications, you can download the Rave Guardian App from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. Open the app and enter your cell phone number then enter the confirmation code you receive. Follow this same process using your William Paterson email.
When you have Rave guardian open, you will have access to a wide array of campus information and resources by pressing one of the six icons shown.
Room Assignments are made based upon legal sex. Students are assigned a space in either a room, suite or apartment. Most of the rooms in all residence halls are designed for double occupancy. Students do have opportunities to apply for single rooms, which are available in some of the residence halls on campus.
Students may not allow residents or nonresidents to occupy a room/space to which they are not assigned. In addition, switching room assignments without administrative approval or subletting in the residence facilities is strictly prohibited. Each room is furnished by the institution and furnishings may not be disassembled or removed from the room by the resident.
All provided university furniture must remain in the associated space and cannot be removed or redistributed throughout the space unless done so by a university staff member.
The Department of Residence Life establishes room selection and assignment procedures for the fall semester early in the preceding spring semester. All current residents are told of this procedure to prepare for room selection for the following academic year.
Resubmission of the Residence Life Housing Application and non-refundable housing deposit is required to participate in the room selection process. Students are responsible for adhering to all established room selection timelines and procedures.
Students may request friends as roommates on their housing application; if requests are mutual and submitted by the required dates established by Residence Life, they will be honored if availability allows. Late submissions for housing may have requests placed on hold.
The keys to having a successful roommate relationship are cooperation, communication, compromise and mutual respect. At the beginning of each academic year, or when a room change occurs, each room can complete a living in community agreement. This process assists individuals by providing the opportunity to communicate expectations, concerns, and needs for a comfortable living environment. Through the assistance of the RA, residents are encouraged to discuss their needs and feelings as related to their room/suite/apartment living arrangement. When conflicts arise, students are expected to work together with the assistance of the residence life staff to resolve roommate issues in a positive and productive manner. The living in community documents will be used by the residence life staff should a conflict arise.
Students are encouraged to work out roommate conflicts among themselves or with the help of their resident assistant and/or graduate resident director. The living in community documents are the tools used to facilitate a mediation process if one is needed.
The Department of Residence Life works with students to try and resolve any issues focusing on the areas of cooperation, communication, compromise and respect. Should the mediation process not result in changes that benefit the roommate pairing, then the residence life professional staff will intervene to assist and possibly arrange for a room change, if spaces are open. Room changes are not made based on race, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation.
A student’s room assignment is for a specific room space. Room assignments may not be changed without discussion and approval from a residence life professional staff member.
Room changes are not made into fully open rooms or suites, in accordance with the Residence Life Room Consolidation procedures. The University reserves the right to deviate from the room change practices when required to do so by applicable law or University policy.
The Department of Residence Life reserves the right to assign or re-assign a student occupant, assign roommates, consolidate vacancies, and change occupants as needed before or during the occupancy period. The Department of Residence Life will notify any/all students affected by incoming assignment and/or assignment change via WP email.
The overall condition of student rooms is monitored throughout the year. Building upgrades are strategic and cyclical for replacement and repairs. Each room is inspected by Residence Life staff before the fall semester starts, and repairs are requested and noted as needed.
At the start of a student's occupancy within an assigned space, residents can review the room's condition and submit any concerns in writing. In addition, students should submit work orders for any repairs or concerns that need to be addressed during occupancy.
After a student formally checks out of the room, the staff will complete an inspection of the room and determine if there is any damage that should be billed to the student or if the damage is accepted as normal wear. Students should make every effort to return the room to the condition they found it at check-in to avoid being charged for damages.
Residents are responsible for the cleaning and upkeep of their room and/or apartment, especially their bathroom and kitchen areas, during the academic year. Many residents find it helpful to rotate this responsibility with the students living in the suite/apartment to evenly distribute this responsibility.
Periodically during each semester, Residence Life staff members make announced room/apartment checks to verify room/bathroom conditions and cleanliness. If a room is found to be in an unacceptable condition, the students residing in the room/apartment will be notified so that they may make the needed changes. Should a room be in an extreme condition of uncleanliness or if damage is found, a damage assessment fee may be imposed, or other accountability measures taken. If an individual does not resolve the concerning conditions, a student conduct report may be submitted.
Rooms are also checked prior to each break period for safety purposes. During all inspections, prohibited items will be documented and confiscated. Confiscated items will be returned at the beginning of break periods or when the student checks out of the residence hall.
Students leaving one room assignment for another, or moving out of the residence halls, must check out properly by cleaning their area and completing all necessary paperwork, and returning any keys issued. Any student who does not follow through with the established checkout procedures is subject to a $50.00 improper or late checkout fine. Upon checkout, any items left behind are discarded.
At the end of each semester, a structured checkout procedure is established through the hall offices. Students receive an official checkout notice with specific instructions on how to check out of their respective hall prior to the end of each semester.
All residents participate in Express Checkout. Please follow the instructions below to ensure that your checkout is done correctly.
Damages that are clearly beyond normal wear and tear are billed to the individual(s) responsible. Also, extraordinary cleaning charges due to the abuse of the facilities, failure to clean or excess trash left in a room are charged to the residents.
Public area damages or property losses that are preventable (broken windows and light fixtures, graffiti, stolen furniture, etc.) and are not assignable to individuals are billed in equal amounts to the group having responsibility for that public area. It is the community responsibility of all residents to notify the residence life staff if they have information about individuals who damage community areas or property.
Damage fees for individual and public area damage are assessed against the student’s damage deposit upon checkout. The student is notified of the amount assessed, generally within a few weeks of completing the checkout process. If damages assessed are greater than the damage deposit, a charge will be applied to the student’s account in the amount of the difference between the damage deposit and the damage fees assessed. If damages assessed are less than the damage deposit, a credit will be applied to the student’s account. Please note that if there is any unpaid balance on the student’s account, the credit will be applied to that balance.
Students living in the Century Hall, High Mountain East and West, Hillside Hall, and Skyline Hall are required to be on a meal plan. More information about the meal plan can be obtained through Hospitality Services on the first floor of the Student Center, 973-720-2671.
Housing is available during Summer Session for those students registered for classes at William Paterson University. A housing contract for summer housing can be completed online via the Residence Life housing portal. Resident students are not required to submit a housing deposit with their summer housing contract. There are no meal plan options during the summer session housing.
All the residential areas are fully furnished, but many items need to be brought by each student, below are some suggested items. (please see Move In Guide for more complete list)
Due to general and fire safety standards, there are many items that are not permitted in the halls. The list below is not complete; please read the Residence Life Handbook to become familiar with other prohibited items.
*Service and ESA can be accommodated with documentation, please contact Accessibility Resource Center. Students must receive written approval from both the Accessibility Resource Center and the Office of Residence Life before the animal can be brought to campus.
**Small Cooking appliances are permitted in the kitchen areas of Pioneer and Heritage halls. Keurig coffee makers and Nutri-bullets (and other similar makes/models/brands) are permitted in all residence halls. All appliances must be UL listed and approved.
**Deep fryers and/or air fryers of any kind are not permitted in any residence hall.
Residents are encouraged to create a comfortable living environment within their rooms by bringing items for decorative purposes. Fire safety standards prohibit students from hanging tapestries, flags or other large cloth items from the ceilings, windows or walls.
Only battery-powered string lights or LED lights are permitted in the residence halls. Any string lights that have an AC adapter or plug are prohibited.
Due to the possibility of damage to walls, ceilings, doors, furniture, or windows, the following are prohibited: Nails, wallpaper, paneling, glue, decals, adhesive materials, painting rooms, painting murals on walls, writing on walls, hanging items from windows or ceilings.
Students are encouraged to use painter’s tape; 3M putty or Command strips to hang/post materials in their residence hall rooms. When moving or removing items from the walls, students need to use care and caution to avoid damaging the walls. Students are responsible for any damage to walls created by room decorations, even if the damage is unintentional.
The University provides all necessary furnishings for the residence halls. Due to fire safety standards, students are prohibited from bringing outside furnishings, including mattresses into the facilities. Any additional furniture items are subject to removal. The construction of lofts, bed-lifting mechanisms, room dividers, or bars and any alterations to residence rooms are prohibited.
Beds on cinderblocks or milk crates are unsafe and are, therefore, prohibited. Students are permitted to use manufactured bed risers to increase the under-bed storage space. The product's maximum height is eight inches. Please note that bed risers cannot contain electrical outlets/plugs.
A clear egress (or path) from the room door to the windows in the room is required to meet fire safety regulations. Closets must remain in an upright position and cannot be positioned near sprinkler heads. Closet doors are not to be removed. All furniture should be used for its intended purposes only, and it may not block the doorway to the room or the room's sprinkler head.
For academic purposes, students are allowed to bring items such as a bookcase (one per resident) approximately 36" x 36" or a standard two drawer file cabinet.
In the Apartments, a stove and refrigerator are supplied.
In all other residence halls, students are permitted to bring a refrigerator (limited to 4 cubic feet) and microwaves (limited to 1,000 watts).
Cooking appliances are prohibited for all students residing in Century Hall, High Mountain East and West Hillside Hall, and Skyline Hall.
The residence halls close during Thanksgiving, winter, and spring semester breaks. Students must vacate all residence halls during these periods unless they are in a 9-month contract. Students will be emailed break closing information regarding the exact date and time the buildings will be closed and locked. Students who do not vacate their residence hall by the communicated date and time may be assessed a $50 late check out fee.
Before leaving for break, students should dispose of any perishable garbage, turn off all lights, lock windows, unplug all appliances, close curtains, and lock their doors. Residence Life staff will enter rooms to check for compliance with closing instructions.
The Department of Residence Life is not responsible for items left in the halls during break periods. Students are encouraged to take home all their valuables during these break periods.
Resident students who need accommodation during the break period closings should follow the Extended Stay Request process.
The Office of Residence Life and William Paterson University assume no responsibility or liability in the event of water, smoke, fire damage to or theft of an individual’s personal belongings or property. Because William Paterson University does not provide personal property insurance, we recommend that students determine if they are covered under their parent’s renter’s/homeowner’s insurance policy or obtain a separate personal property insurance policy to protect their personal property such as laptops, tablets, books and furniture, while they are living in the residence halls.
William Paterson University is an agency of the State of New Jersey and as such, is covered by the New Jersey Tort Claims Act. The State of New Jersey does not carry public liability insurance, but the liability of the State and the obligation of the State to be responsible for tort claims against its employees and property are covered under the terms and provisions of the New Jersey Tort Claim Act. William Paterson University is represented by the State in legal matters. Resident students can contact the Office of Residence Life for more information regarding the Tort Claim process.
In the Apartments, laundry rooms are located on floors 2-6. Vending machines in the Apartments are located on the first floor in the lounges.
In Century Hall, the vending machines and laundry machines are located on the ground floor.
In Hillside Hall, the laundry room is located on the first floor across from the hall office. Vending machines are located on the first floor across from the security desk.
In High Mountain East, laundry machines are located on the first floor. Vending machines are located in the lobby behind the security desk.
In High Mountain West, the vending and laundry machines are located on the ground floor.
In Skyline Hall, the laundry room and vending machine are located on the entrance floor (2nd floor) across from the public bathrooms.
Laundry machines are provided in each residence hall, although locations vary by building. Washers and dryers are free of charge. Laundry services and The Department of Residence Life are not responsible for any items missing from the laundry areas.
All correspondence to resident students should be addressed as follows:
Mail is delivered to the William Paterson mailroom and then forwarded to each residence hall – no deliveries are made to the residence halls on weekends. Please allow an additional few days for delivery of mail to the residence halls – mail noted as "delivered" in apps/email may have only been delivered to the mailroom and is waiting for processing. Proper addresses avoid delays and loss of mail. Cash and other valuables should never be sent by mail. Students should check their email daily, as they will be notified when a package arrives. Mail items/packages that can fit into student mailboxes will be placed directly into the student’s mailbox.
The Department of Residence Life does not forward mail during break periods, after graduation or when the residential contract is terminated – all mail will be returned to the sender. Students are strongly encouraged to keep using their permanent address off campus for all personal mail and/or update their mailing address in a timely manner to avoid delay in receiving personal mail.
Please be sure not to dispose of flammable items in any disposal or garbage receptacle. Residents who do not dispose of their garbage properly may be documented for a Student Conduct violation.
Apartments: It is the responsibility of each resident to dispose of their garbage regularly. Garbage is to be placed in the dumpsters located between Pioneer and Heritage Halls. Excessive trash left in hallways, lounges or stairwells is billed to students residing in those areas.
Hillside Hall, Century Hall, and High Mountain East and West: Garbage should be placed in trash bags and deposited in the trash rooms and/or trash chutes. Excessive trash left in hallways, lounges or stairwells is billed to students residing in those areas.
Skyline Hall: Garbage should be in trash bags and placed in the proper garbage disposal chute on each floor. Excessive trash left in hallways, lounges or stairwells is billed to students residing in those areas.
William Paterson University must comply with the laws of the State of New Jersey pertaining to recycling. The state has set goals and has mandated a reduction of solid waste going to landfills. To accomplish this, recycling of all recyclable materials must be increased so that the solid waste that is currently being transported to landfills can be reduced. William Paterson has responded to this requirement by implementing an aggressive recycling program. The University believes that it can make a difference by helping reduce solid waste by increasing recyclable materials. Thus, it will reduce the strain on the environment. It makes sense to recycle. It can also help reduce the University's disposal costs. These savings can then be used towards alternative expenditures.
Recycling is a multi-level program that not only changes the way we dispose of our solid waste but also changes the way we think. It is hard to change old habits, so we now must make a conscious effort to separate recyclable items before we dispose of them. As a result, training is essential for everybody, from the user to the person who picks up the trash.
A unique feature of the WPUNJ recycling program is that you can mix recycling materials in any campus recycling container. WPUNJ adopted a single-stream recycling system in 2015. Single-stream recycling is a system in which all recyclable materials — fiber (newspaper, cardboard, mixed paper, catalogs, magazines and junk mail) and containers (glass, steel, aluminum and plastic) — are placed, unsorted, in one recycling bin.
Recycling is an excellent way to reuse materials to avoid filling landfills and wastefully using valuable natural resources. We hope the campus community joins in our effort to take things even a step further by minimizing — or altogether avoiding — the use of materials in the first place. There are many other ways to prevent the use of natural resources and the only limit is your imagination.
All recycling material from WPUNJ is picked up by Waste Management and brought to a local facility for sorting. Each residence hall is set up with containers that are to be used for recycling.
There are many areas on campus where students may study, including the Library and University Commons. In the residence halls, students may choose to study in their rooms or in the student lounges throughout them. For the residents' comfort, the study areas are furnished so that these areas are conducive to study. Removing items from these areas causes an inconvenience for the residents in the halls. As a result, students who take any lounge fixtures including furniture, bulletin boards, electronics, garbage cans, etc., and place them in their rooms will be documented for a student conduct violation.
Upon check-in, students are issued a room and mailbox key. In addition, each student is assigned a William Paterson University identification (ID) card through the ID Center. Students should keep these on hand at all times. Residents must present their William Paterson University ID to residence hall front desk security staff upon entering the residence halls.
The replacement fee for a lost or stolen key is $25 per key. Please see your hall office staff for key replacement assistance; for William Paterson ID replacement costs are determined by Hospitality Services; and for a mailbox key, the replacement cost is $5.
Resident students caught passing their key or ID card for any purpose to another person will be documented for a student conduct violation and may receive a fine of $50.00. In addition, any person who presents an ID that is not their own or uses a key that was not issued to them is subject to disciplinary action and will be held responsible for any criminal acts committed.
Students are strongly encouraged to report keys and IDs that are lost or stolen. Unauthorized duplication, lending, borrowing, or possession of William Paterson keys is prohibited. Violators may be removed from the residence halls.
If a resident does not have their key, it is expected that they try to contact a roommate or suitemate to gain entrance into the room.
During office hours, residents may temporarily obtain a loan-out key to gain entrance into their room. Residents who do not return loan-out keys within the return timeline determined by the Residence Life Office staff (usually 24 to 48 hours) will be charged for any key replacement and lock change costs.
Outside of hall office hours, a resident may contact the RA on duty to gain entrance to their room. It is expected that residents carry keys at all times. Persons who are continually locked out of their rooms are subject to go through the student conduct process.
The Physical Plant Operations Office on campus has repair staff and custodians assigned to assist with maintaining each residential area. Students having a problem should report it by filling out a maintenance work request. In an emergency, please contact the hall office or the RA on duty.
Students do not need to be present for the maintenance or custodial staff to address concerns or repairs in their rooms.
Emergencies that pose an immediate threat to personal safety or major damage to buildings, equipment, or property, should be reported immediately to the hall office, the Residence Life Central Office or to Campus Police. Residence Life defines emergencies as unscheduled occurrences that imminently endanger life, health, or property, including the following examples: over-flows, broken glass, power outages, etc.
To receive network access on your devices please head to https://itwiki.wpunj.edu/index.php/Resnet and follow the instructions for your device to get connected. If you have any issues connecting a device to the network, please follow the Report a Problem link to create a helpdesk ticket.
*All students must abide by the University computing policies posted on the University webpages.
It is the student's responsibility to know and adhere to the residence life policies and procedures and to abide by them. If violated, these rules and regulations carry with them a variety of sanctions. When students are found responsible, depending upon the violation's severity, appropriate accountability actions are taken.
Every attempt is made to handle student conduct matters in-house, as privately and as quickly as possible. However, if the severity of an offense warrants the response of other agencies, they are notified immediately.
Noncompliance with any University or Residence Life staff members, policies or procedures could result in a student conduct violation, including probation, fines, eviction from the residence halls, or expulsion from the University.
As a residence hall community member, you can document any concerns you have or observations you make. There are various ways that you can report information to university administration:
The goal of residential living is to support every student’s academic success; thus each resident has rights and responsibilities. The Living in Community documents completed by roommates reinforce our expectations that roommates consider each other's needs and preferences in order to create a positive living space. The roommates of a specific room detail the expectations and actions for themselves, which determines how they will interact in accordance with their rights and responsibilities, residence life policy, and the student code of conduct.
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