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| August 22 | New students move-in |
| August 26 | Returning students move-in |
| December 1 | Last day to submit meal plan change for spring term |
| December 7 | Residence Halls close at 5:00 pm |
| January 2 | Residence Halls re-open at 8:00 am for students registered for J-term |
| March 1 | On-campus Housing Agreement form (to be eligible for housing selection) for Traditional and Theme Community Housing due |
| May 17 | Residence halls close at 5:00 pm for all students that are not participating in Commencement (must be graduate or volunteer) |
| May 18 | Residence halls close at 8:00 pm for Commencement participants |
Forms
Housing Options
Housing Selection Process
The Hartwick College Housing Selection Process is a credit-based housing system. The more completed credits you have at the time of selection, the higher ranked you will be for housing selection. For the Fall Housing Selection, the cut-off date for completed credits is November 1, 2017. For the Spring Housing Selection, the cut-off date for completed credits is March 1, 2018. Any changes to your official transcript must be made prior to these deadlines. To submit changes to your transcript, please see the Office of the Registrar.
All students who will reside in Hartwick College owned housing must submit the Housing Agreement to be eligible for housing selection. Agreements are due by November 6, 2017 for the Fall Housing Selection. Agreements for the Spring Selection are due by March 1, 2018.
Failure to submit the Housing Agreement by the specified deadline may result in your eligibility for Housing Selection to be revoked.
Credit ranges to determine class year
During the selection process, when class year needs to be determined, the following breakdown will be used: (Total credits are the combination of total earned credits and current term enrolled credits)
Credit ranges – fall selection
0-29 – Rising Sophomore
30-65 – Rising Junior
66+ – Rising Senior
Credit ranges – spring selection
0-45 – Rising Sophomore
45-80 – Rising Junior
81+ – Rising Senior
Right to Remain Policy
This policy applies to any student who is interested in remaining in their current housing for the following academic year, as long as the space has not been re-designated for the next school year.
Any student who is interested in remaining in their current housing for the following academic year, must:
For Fall Housing Selection:
Right to Remain is only available for students in Leitzell suites, Pine Lake Cabins, Townhouses, Apartments and rising senior students (66 or more credits) for the Fall Housing Selection. Right to Remain Application is due by November 6, 2017.
Right to Remain rankings will be based on the following priorities, using housing points to rank within each priority.
For Spring Housing Selection:
Right to Remain is available to students participating in the Spring Housing Selection, based on available space. Right to Remain application is due by March 1, 2018.
Right to Remain rankings will be based on the following priorities, using housing points to rank within each priority.
Priority #1 – Staying in the same room (single, double and triple rooms)
Priority #2 – Partially filled rooms (double and triple rooms)
Each individual student in a room/cabin/suite/townhouse/apartment must submit the Right to Remain Application for the group to be eligible for both the Fall Housing selection and the Spring Housing selection.
Fall Housing selection
Fall Housing selection is open to students applying for Leitzell suites, Pine Lake Cabins (a Theme Community), Townhouses, Apartment Community and for rising seniors. A rising senior is a student who has 66 credits or more, based on their completed credits plus current enrolled credits for the fall term.
Students who wish to apply for a Leitzell Suite, Pine Lake Cabin, Townhouse or Apartment, please follow the steps under the Fall Housing Selection Timeline below.
Seniors, with 66 or more credits, who wish to select traditional housing (single, double, super single or triple room) will be invited to selection by a housing appointment email.
Fall Housing Selection Timeline
Spring Housing Selection
Spring Housing selection is open to students applying for traditional housing spaces, including Theme communities. Housing points will determine selection order. This selection will take place in early March.
Students who wish to apply for traditional housing spaces, please follow the steps below.
Spring Housing Selection Timeline
Housing points
Are calculated by your Earned Credits multiplied by 10 + GPA (to the thousandths) multiplied by 10 + additional/subtracted points based on the list below.
Examples
Student A has…
82 credits, a 3.154 GPA, leadership roles in two clubs, active in two other clubs and has one violation. (82 credits x 10) + (3.154 GPA x 10) + 4 pts. (Two leadership roles) + 2 pts. (1 points for each active club) -50 pts. (violation) = 820 + 31.54 + 4 + 2 – 50 = 807.54 total points
Student B has…
45 credits, a 2.546 GPA, captain of athletic team, active in one club and three violations. (45 credits x 10) + (2.546 GPA x 10) + 2 pts. (leadership role) + 1 pts. (active in club) – 150 pts. (three violations) = 450 + 25.46 + 2 + 1 – 150 = 325.96 total points
Room Selection Proxy
A Room Selection Proxy (for current students only) is submitted by a student that cannot make their housing selection appointment. The student must complete a Room Selection Proxy Form and identify who will be the Room Selection Proxy. This can be another student (intended roommate) or the Office of Residential Life and Housing.
Online Room Selection Viewing
This feature allows students the opportunity to see available rooms before their appointment time. You will need your Hartwick username and password for access. This is only available for the Spring Housing Selection.
Please remember to refresh often to ensure you are looking at the most up-to-date information.
You are able to filter and sort rooms by building, capacity, gender, and availability using the available filters on the top of the page. You also can click on the “Floor Plan” link to see an image of the layout of the floor and where the room is in the building.
Online Viewing Tool
How to Filter Rooms
By Availability
By Building
By Capacity
How to Sort by Rooms
Examples
Ex. 1: You are looking for a double in Oyaron House
Ex. 2: You are looking for a single in Saxton Hall
If you have any problems or issues using the system, please see your Area Coordinator or come up to the Residential Life Office on the 4th Floor of Dewar Union.
Theme Communities
Theme Communities offer students who share educational, social, and/or extracurricular interests the opportunity to live together. Students will be able to explore their passions with a cohort of like-minded students and enjoy an increased sense of belonging.
The benefits of living in a Theme Community are:
The expectations of living in a Theme Community are:
Six Theme Communities at Hartwick
Pine Lake Environmental Campus – at Pine Lake
Pine Lake Environmental Campus provides students with opportunities for hands-on research, academic study, and self-discovery. Students can live in and learn from a primarily natural setting. Pine Lake is a place where challenge, reflection, and recreation can lead to personal renewal, growth, appreciation of nature, and responsible environmental stewardship. If you like the outdoors and living in a natural setting, Pine Lake is for you!
Physical and Life Sciences – 2nd floor van Ess Hall
Are you a nursing or science major? Will you be spending a lot of time in Johnstone Science Center in classes and labs? Want to live with like-minded, academically-focused students? Are you a student who has an interest in science, technology, engineering, math, and physical and health sciences? If you answered yes, then this Theme Community is for you. Be around students who value the sciences, just like you.
P.R.I.D.E. – People Respecting Identity, Diversity and Equality – 4th floor Oyaron House
Hartwick is supportive of LGBTQ & Ally students. This Theme Community intentionally allows for students who are LGBTQ-friendly to live together in a positive, supportive community. In addition to creating a safe space for students of all identities, this theme community embraces honest dialogue about gender, gender expression, sexuality, and interpersonal relationships as a means toward self-awareness. All members of this community participate in Safe Space Training. This community offers gender-inclusive housing.
Wellness Living: Mind, Body, and Soul – 3rd floor of Wilder Hall
This community fosters balanced living through personal journeys of wellness. Students will work to cultivate and maintain a healthful lifestyle as it applies to self and community. Through programming efforts, students will become more aware of their strengths and challenges in the dimensions of wellness such as fitness and physical health, community wellness, emotional wellness, and mental wellbeing. Residents will commit to living substance-free.
Fame: All About the Arts – 1st floor of Wilder Hall
Hartwick has a variety of ways that students are involved with the arts, whether or not they’re majors. If you enjoy creating art in any medium or if have a passion for all the performing arts, then this is the place you want to live. Plus, the floor is close to Anderson Center for the Arts!
Honors Housing – 4th floor of Wilder Hall
Honors Housing provides students with a special experience by fusing residence hall living with honors learning, and provides a stimulating intellectual and social atmosphere for you to enjoy. Honors Housing can allow for students to interact with other members of the honors community, contribute to an environment of mutual respect by recognizing differences in individuals, and allow learning to be ongoing.
Off-Campus Housing
All students who are eligible (fraternity/sorority, commuters, exemption students) to live off-campus must submit the appropriate application by the stated deadline.
*Students approved for off-campus living will not be considered for on-campus housing.
Summer Housing
Whether we are hosting large wedding parties in our 20 renovated townhouses or waving at the youth summer camp attendees as they walk briskly into Dewar Union to escape the midday sun, life is vibrant at Hartwick College during the summer months on Oyaron Hill! Our various housing options offer amenities and living styles for every need, and we hope to make your Oneonta experience positively unforgettable.
To apply for summer housing, please complete the Summer Housing application in Hartlink.
Note: The deadline for submitting the application is May 1st.
Bed and Linens
All residential rooms at Hartwick College are furnished with extra-long twin beds (an extra-long twin mattress measures 36″ x 80″). Beds are adjustable to various heights and configurations, including bunking of beds.
Except for certain rooms in Hilltop and Oyaron Houses, lofting of beds is not permitted.
Rather not pack towels, pillows and bed linens for your stay with us? That’s fine! Hartwick College works with a residence hall linens company to provide linens for purchase.
Need storage for the summer months? See here.
We invite you to explore what Hartwick College can do for you this summer. We know you will like what you see!
Guiding Eyes for the Blind Program in Residence Halls
Hartwick College proudly partners with the Leatherstocking Region of Guiding Eyes for the Blind puppy raising program. This partnership provides selected Hartwick College students the unique opportunity of raising one of 10 puppies for an academic year in respective residence halls. For additional information on the program, please visit the Guiding Eyes for the Blind page in Hartlink.
Due to the impact that a dog may have on a student with allergies and/or fear of dogs, these puppies, their raisers, and puppy sitters will be limited to the following residence halls and floors of residence halls:
** Students with allergies and/or fear of dogs should note that these floors and residence halls could have dogs.
** Students that are raising, sitting, or interested in becoming a raiser or sitter for the Guiding Eyes for the Blind program, should select housing accordingly.
Hall Council
Hall Councils are the student-led, committee-based groups of students in each of the Residence Areas. Hall Councils address quality of life issues and help build community by sponsoring Residence Area-wide programming. Each Hall Council is comprised of Residents, one or two RAs, and the Area Coordinator as the Advisor.
Hall Council members are residents of that area who attend meetings, help create programs, spread the word about programs happening and attend programs. The goal is for each floor or block to have a representative who attends the meetings who can share information to their floor or block.
There is a Hall Council for each Residence Area though some areas may be combined:
Resident Student Organization (RSO)
Resident Student Organization (RSO) is the overarching term for the group that represents students living on campus.
The RSO is a group of students who live in residence at Hartwick College and work together to represent the interests and needs of all resident students. The RSO will embody the mission of the Office of Residential Life & Housing. The RSO is comprised of the each building’s Hall Council Representatives and any resident student who would like to join. The RSO works toward providing support in establishing equitable community standards to improve life in the residence areas. The members of RSO are very involved and take an active role in making residence living, safe, fun, supportive, engaging, and comfortable. The RSO will increase the sense of individual and group responsibility among resident students and will plan and implement social, educational, and community-based programs across campus.
The RSO has an executive board comprised of a President, Vice President, Historian/Recorder, Public Relations Coordinator, and two RSO Senate Representatives with active members and general members. The Advisor to RSO is the Assistant Director of Residential Life & Housing.
The RSO meets weekly on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. in Dewar Union, Room 401.
Email: ResidentStudentOrg@hartwick.edu
Roommate Bill of Rights
Roommate Expectations
Community living is an exciting opportunity to meet new people and develop your own independence. Sharing a room and living in close quarters with other students on a residence hall floor requires compromise and consideration 24 hours a day. Roommates must develop a clear understanding of their expectations of one another that assures fairness and consideration.
When situations arise that cause disturbance in community living, such as disrespect for others, noise, or abuse of physical surroundings, students are encouraged to work together as roommates, suitemates, a floor, or hall to achieve a healthy balance in their shared living environment. If interpersonal or roommate conflict reaches a level at which communication becomes challenging or residents feel uncomfortable, we encourage them to reach out to their Resident Advisor (RA) first to work together to find a soluntion.
Roommate Agreements
To ensure a positive living environment, each group of roommates/suitemates must complete a roommate agreement together. The roommate agreement must be reviewed with the RA of the floor in which the roommates reside. During roommate disagreements, the roommate agreement will be revisited and adjusted. If the agreement is violated, Residential Life and Housing staff have the ability to change housing assignments if appropriate and necessary.
Roommate Tips
For some students, living with a roommate will be a new experience. While you and your roommate do not have to be close friends, you do have to live together and share in many aspects of college life. The best way for you and your roommate to get to know each other and avoid unintentional conflicts is to talk about your likes, dislikes, sensitivities, and attitudes.
Your roommate most likely grew up in a different family, was educated in a different school, formed a different set of friends, and developed a set of values, beliefs, opinions, and habits that are different from your own. Most of us often overlook that our own habits, behaviors, and attitudes may cause unintended aggravation to others.
Some find it awkward at first to explore each other’s backgrounds, goals, motivations, and lifestyles. Others have little difficulty finding these conversations. However, the patterns of cooperation, communication, and mutual trust can help make your room an enjoyable and comfortable place to live. We encourage you to sit down together and work out a living environment that is mutually agreeable. Your RA is available to assist you in getting to know your roommate and to help you complete a roommate agreement.
Hartwick residence halls provide you with a bed, dresser, closet or wardrobe, desk and chair, window blinds, and comfortable living space.
As most occupants of typical residence hall rooms would tell you, being creative with the space you have is the key to success. Plastic stackable storage items are useful for organizing your belongings. You also might want to invest in space-saving hangers (you can find them in most stores that sell home goods) that are meant for more than one item.
It’s a good idea to get in touch with your future roommate before move-in day. This will give you an opportunity to coordinate who will bring what. It will save space in your room later on, and also provide an opportunity to break the ice with your future roommate!
Keep in mind:
After you’ve gathered the basics, there may be a few comforts of home that you’ve forgotten.
It may make move-in day easier if you wait to purchase some of these items when you get to campus once you see what your room still needs or is missing.
Items to consider:
