All Residence Halls and Academic Year (August-May) Apartments

1.聽聽聽聽聽Students must check out within 48 hours of their last exam, unless they have signed up at Residential Life for Winter/Summer Housing. Only students who have exams on Friday or Saturday morning are authorized to check out on Saturday by 2:00 pm.

2.聽聽聽聽聽Sign up for a checkout time with your Resident Assistant (RA) or Hall Director (HD) starting the weekend before finals.聽Please do so at least 24-hours in advance. Remember staff members are also taking exams.聽If you fail to sign-up, you must wait for the next available staff member.聽If all times are taken for your floor鈥檚 RA or HD, you need to go to another staff member for an available time.聽The Residential Life office will NOT be able to complete your check out.

3. 聽 聽 Checkout for all residents includes cleaning and cleansing their room and bathroom, remove all items from the room (except when returning to the same room from Fall to Spring semester), having their side of the room in order, and surrendering your keys to a RA or HD. Your room/apartment and bathroom must be clean and free of all trash. All personal belongings must also be removed聽before聽you checkout of your room. The RA/HD will not accept your key(s) nor check you out if you still have belongings in the room and the room is not clean. The main office cannot perform check-outs and will not accept keys. Do聽not leave your keys in your room, slide your key(s) under a door, leave them with your roommate, suitemate, or a friend鈥攄oing so will result in an improper checkout charge.

4.聽聽聽聽聽Checkout for graduating students聽is Sunday, following graduation, by noon. Please remember to schedule a time with a staff member.聽If you fail to sign-up, you must wait for the next available staff member. The main office cannot perform check-outs and will not accept keys. Do聽not leave your keys in your room, slide your key(s) under a door, leave them with your roommate, suitemate, or a friend鈥攄oing so will result in an improper checkout charge.

5.聽聽聽聽聽Students who are approved to remain on campus for Winter/Maymester Housing will be relocated at the earliest possible time. You will be contacted as soon as your Summer assignment is ready. Relocation will not affect the students in Bayou Village Apartments. Please note that all University policies and procedures are still in effect during Winter/Summer break housing.

6. 聽 聽 Winter/Summer Housing is available however, you must apply using an application, found at on our website or in the main office. Space is limited.

Please contact our office, at the information below, if you have any questions or concerns.

Academic Contract plus Summer (August to July) Apartments

1.聽聽聽聽聽If you currently live in Bayou Village Apartments and have a 12-month contract (ending August 1st), you are聽not聽permitted to sub-lease your apartment, provide temporary housing, nor provide storage for a friend鈥檚 belongings during the Winter/Maymester/Summer break.

2.聽聽聽聽聽Students must check out by August 1 by 2:00 pm, unless you are returning to the same apartment for the next academic year. If you are transferring to another unit on campus, you must be packed and ready on this date, as you should be moving in the following days.

3.聽聽聽聽聽Sign up for a checkout time with your Resident Assistant (RA) or Hall Director (HD) starting a week before August 1st.聽Please do so at least 24-hours in advance. If you fail to sign-up, you must wait for the next available staff member.聽If all times are taken for your floor鈥檚 RA or HD, you need to go to another staff member for an available time.聽The Residential Life office will NOT be able to complete your check out.

4.聽聽聽聽聽Checkout for all residents includes cleaning and cleansing their room and bathroom, remove all items from the room and unit, and have their side of the room in order. Your room/apartment and bathroom must be clean and free of all trash. All personal belongings must also be removed聽before聽you checkout of your room. The RA/HD will not accept your key(s) nor check you out if you still have belongings in the room and the room is not clean. The main office cannot perform check-outs and will not accept keys. Do聽not leave your keys in your room, slide your key(s) under a door, leave them with your roommate, suitemate, or a friend鈥攄oing so will result in an improper checkout charge.

Please contact our office, at the information below, if you have any questions or concerns.