Returning Student Residence Hall Room Selection
Minnesota State Mankato on-campus room sign-up for the 2008-2009 academic year will take place from Monday, October 8 to Friday, April 4. There are many new and exciting options available for next year. The brand new Julia A. Sears Residence Hall Community will open next fall with semi-suites for two and four students. Newly renovated spaces in Crawford D Hall have contemporary closets, great lighting, and the ability to control your heat, among many other updates to the rooms and public areas. Plus, similar renovation projects are scheduled for Crawford A and B halls next year.
Freshman Lottery
The opportunity to sign up for a room or semi-suite during Freshman Week (October 26-November 2) will be distributed to interested freshmen through a lottery process.
How the Freshman Lottery Works:
- Freshmen interested in signing up for a room during Freshman Week should visit the Department of Residential Life Office between Monday, October 8 and Friday, October 26 to draw a timeslot.
- The timeslot determines the first date and time during Freshman Week you may choose a room or semi-suite. If you are not available during that date and time, you may choose to select your room at any later date or time, through April 4.
- You do not need to contract to sign or payment to make in order to participate in the lottery—you will make your prepayment when you choose your space.
- Bring your MavCard with you—only one number may be drawn per student, please.
- Timeslots are not transferable and cannot be sold or traded.
- Freshmen participate in this lottery only. Sophomores, juniors, seniors, and graduate students may apply starting at any time during their eligible week.
Hurry, Quantities are Limited!
A limited number of each room type is available. A maximum of 1000 current students may apply for housing through this process. Don’t miss your chance to be the first to live in Julia Sears!
Signing Up for a Room
As you move through the process of choosing your room or semi-suite for next year you will need to:
- Provide a picture ID
- Make a $250 prepayment
- Complete a room selection survey
- Sign a residence hall contract
Remember to carefully read the 2008-2009 Residence Hall Contract before you agree to it. You are signing a legal contract in effect for the entire academic year. Once Residential Life has accepted your contract, the terms both within the contract and the Residence Hall Student Guide apply.
Single Rooms
Beginning the 2008-2009 academic year, approximately 130 specific rooms will be designated as single rooms throughout Crawford, Gage, and McElroy. Most floors will have two single rooms, and each room will have one set of furniture. Plus, 30 residents are able to sign up for a two-person semi-suite in Julia Sears. All rooms, including single rooms, are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Nine Room Types Available
In Crawford, Gage, and McElroy
- Double
- Suites
- Super Double
- Single
- Renovated Double in Crawford D Hall
- Renovated Suite in Crawford D Hall
- Renovated Single in Crawford D Hall
In Julia Sears
- Four-Person Semi-Suites
- Two-Person Semi-Suites
Opportunities to Live in Newly Renovated Space in Crawford
To live in newly renovated space, choose one of these two options:
Choose a room in Crawford D Hall.
While the room charges are slightly higher, the renovated space is definitely worth it!
To live in renovated space for the second half of the year, at no additional cost, choose Crawford B Hall.
Both Crawford A and B Halls will be renovated next year, resulting in halls much like Crawford D. The Crawford A Hall project will occur during fall semester while students live in Crawford B Hall. Then, at the beginning of Spring Semeseter students living in Crawford B Hall will move to a corresponding room in Crawford A Hall. Then, the Crawford B Hall renovation project will begin.
The $250 Prepayment
To secure your space for next year, you will need to make a $250 prepayment when you sign up. The payment will be applied to your 2008-2009 fall semester room and board charges. You may make this payment by cash, check, money order, or credit card (Visa, MasterCard, or Discover). If your plans change, $200 of the $250 prepayment is refundable until July 1, 2008. See Cancellation Deadlines for more detail.
Cancellation Deadlines
If, for some reason, your plans change after you sign up for a room next year, you may cancel your housing contract through August 19, 2008. If the contract is canceled on or before July 1, 2008, $200 of the $250 prepayment is refunded. No prepayment will be refunded after July 1. Cancellations will not be accepted after August 19.
All cancellations must be in writing, completed online, or sent through e-mail. Cancellation forms are also available at the Department of Residential Life Office.
Live With Your Friends
To sign up to live together next year, you should, when possible, come to Room Selection together. Spaces in a room or semi-suite may also be held for other current students not yet eligible to sign up. The resident eligible to sign up during the time period may hold the second space in the room for another student by providing their name. A student signing up for a Julia Sears semi-suite may hold up to three additional spaces in the same semi-suite.
For example, if a sophomore and three freshmen would like to sign up to live in a Julia Sears semi-suite, all four residents may sign up together, or, during Sophomore Week, the sophomore may request to hold the spaces for the freshmen. The same situation applies during Freshman Week timeslots—one freshman eligible to sign up on Monday at 9:00 a.m. may hold a space in the same room for another current student not yet eligible.
Spaces may be held only for current Minnesota State Mankato students. A held space will be released on Friday, November 16 if the student has not yet signed up for the room.
We encourage you to sign up with a roommate or suite-mates of your choice. After the Room Selection process, Residential Life staff will assign students to rooms and suites with empty spaces.
Can’t Sign Up When You First Become Eligible?
One student may also sign up for another by proxy if necessary. The proxy must have the other student’s prepayment, TechID, and a signed letter giving permission to sign the student up.
Special Accommodations
Applying for special on-campus housing accommodations based on medical need:
In compliance with Section 504 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Minnesota State University, Mankato students with documented disabilities may request special housing accommodations. These requests will be evaluated within the context of current housing policies, students' needs, and available facilities.
In order for such housing accommodation requests to be considered, students must first be registered with the Minnesota State Mankato Office of Disability Services. To register with ODS, submit your own brief written explanation of your particular disability and why it requires some form of specialized housing consideration to the Office of Disability Services, 132 Memorial Library, Mankato, MN 56001. The Disability Services staff will then instruct you on the documentation process and determine what accommodations you are eligible to receive. For full consideration, requests for special accommodations based on medical need must be received by:
- May 15 for housing beginning fall semester,
- December 1 for housing beginning spring semester,
- April 1 for Summer Session housing.
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Included
- Heat
- Electricity
- Cable TV Installation
- Cable TV Service
- Telephone Installation
- Local Phone Service
- Internet Installation
- High Speed Internet Service
- Wireless Internet Service in Public Areas
- Trash Removal
- Video Rental (at each main desk)
- Furnishings
- Meals
- Flex Dollars
- Red-Eye Shuttle
- Access to Ice Machines
- Laundry
- Newspapers
- Residence Hall Computer Labs
- Cleaning of Public Areas
- Planned Social Opportunities
- Trained Staff to Help You
- Security Deposit (None)
All Residence Halls Are Smoke-Free
All floors in the Minnesota State Mankato Residence Halls are smoke-free. Residents will still have the opportunity to indicate if they are smokers or if they object to rooming with a smoker. Every attempt will be made to room smokers with other smokers and grant objection requests.
