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Eastern Mennonite University is a Christian university committed to the education of the whole person. Higher education is a 24-hour experienceResidential institutions of higher education are committed to the perspective that learning happens anytime anywhere. Some of this experience takes place learning happens in the classroom; an equally important part of the experience occurs in other settings, including the residence hall. Here halls. In residence halls, students are provided opportunity to develop, learn, and be transformed individually while also building community amongst a group of supportive peers. The residence experience fosters social, emotional, intellectual and spiritual growth and development as students learn about themselves and others. The EMU residence life team strives to build a campus community in which students are welcomed and supported, while also be challenged and held accountable when necessary.
Residence Hall Staff Organization
There is a full-time director of housing, a part-time assistant directorassociate dean of students: residence life, student accountability, and restorative justice, an assistant director of housing and residence life, and two full-time lead residence directors (RDs) that fill out comprise the residence life leadership team. The rest of the residence life professional team includes five part-time residence directors.There is
There is a professional staff member (residence director) living in each residence hall. All residence directors are staff members of the department of housing and residence life and the Student Life division. They have appropriate educational background and experience and are carefully selected on the basis of their ability to provide leadership and facilitate interpersonal relationships and build community in the residence hall.
Community Advisors (CAs) are student paraprofessional staff members of the residence life staff. There is a CA designated to live on each floor of the residence halls. Each residence hall is divided into units with student community advisors as leaders. CA’s are carefully selected and trained to serve as community builders and facilitators.
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Off-campus housing is not approved for students on academic probation, conditional readmission, and probationary status.
Students who meet the above criteria OR who believe themselves to have a special circumstance not listed in the above criteria must submit a request for off-campus housing documenting their eligibility during the semester prior to living off campus. This form is available on this web page: https://emu.edu/studentlife/residence-life/forms/#off-campus
It is strongly recommended that international students live in on-campus housing during the first year of their enrollment in order to receive adequate orientation for cross-cultural adjustment and in order that majority students may be enriched by their acquaintance
Special circumstances not referred to in the above criteria may be presented in writing to the director of housing. A housing committee reviews the requests before a final decision is made. Registration may not be finalized until the housing status is approved.
Housing Options
The University Living off-campus without completing the Off-Campus Housing Request Form could result in the student being charged for housing. The Off Campus Housing Request Form is found at the following link: https://goo.gl/forms/f0MUWeLlPwQBjrAm1
Housing Options
EMU makes available a variety of living arrangements in an attempt to meet the developmental and social needs of students. Each residence hall houses men and women separated by floors. One exception to this is Northlawn, 4th floor. The following options are available.
- Cedarwood – houses 120 students; double and triple rooms.
- Hillside Suites – houses 84 upper-class men and women in twenty-five 2- or 4- person suites. Eligible students must be 20 years of age or older or be classified as a junior or senior. Application required.*
- Maplewood – houses 84 students; double rooms and 6-person suites and 4 singles.
- Elmwood – houses 84 students; 4 singles, double rooms, and one 4-person suite.
- Northlawn – houses 180 students; single rooms, double rooms, and 4-6 person suites available by application; dining room on ground level. *NL 4th - pre-professional floor for seniors (and some juniors in special situations), single rooms and two suites (up to 4 students); Application required.*
- Parkwoods Apartments – houses 90 students in two bedroom furnished apartments. Eligible students must be 20 years of age or older or be classified as a junior or senior. Application required.*
- Theme Group Houses - 2-3 houses available for 5-8 students upon request/proposal during spring semester prior year, must be 20 years of age or older and be classified as a junior or senior. Proposal required.*
*EMU reserves the right to take prior student life and residence life violations into consideration when reviewing applications and proposals for Hillside Suites, Parkwoods Apartments, and Theme Group Houses.
Single Rooms and Room Consolidation
There are a limited number of rooms on campus that are designated as single rooms (i.e. not having a roommate). Students are only guaranteed single rooms if they are in one of these designated singles. Occasionally, it is possible for students to live alone in a non-designated single room. Students choosing to live alone in a designated double room are charged an additional fee per semester for this privilege. This charge is billed in September for fall semester. Room fees for designated single rooms are billed initially during the summer for fall semester and during the fall for spring semesterper semester for this privilege.
Room consolidation is a procedure that allows the housing office to provide the maximum amount of space to students in the residence halls. The process affects students who live alone in a double occupancy room , which occurs when a roommate does not arrive or withdraws. Students are may be required to pay a single room fee (an additional fee per semester), move into another student’s another room, or have another student move in with them. The residence life staff will assist in making decisions about who changes rooms if the students cannot agree. Room consolidation are generally completed by the second week of each semester, or in the case of mid semester changes, by the fifth day after a roommate has left.
Theme Group Housing: When houses are available
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For current students who are continuing their enrollment into the following year, room selection procedures begin early in the spring each year. Each student is required to pay a non-refundable, housing down payment (which is credited to the room charge the following spring) before he or she can reserve a room on campus. Students who pay their deposit may participate in the procedures begin early in the spring each year with the housing lottery. The housing lottery according to their fall classification. The housing lottery is conducted in March each year and is the time when students and roommates may sign up for rooms for the next academic year.
Hillside Suites, Parkwood Apartments, suites in Northlawn, and Theme Group housing require an application. These applications are due in February of each year for the following year. The non-refundable down payment and a contract are required. A contract (between the student and the university) is required for these suites, apartments, and houses.
New Students
The director of housing makes room assignments for new students. Students are given housing assignments in accordance with their preferences whenever possible. Assignments are made by entering information from the “Housing Questionnaire and Request Form”, completed by all new students on the EMU website. Persons with the most similar responses are assigned as roommates. Late applicants may be assigned on a space-available basis.
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Roommate Assignments for Returning Students
The assistant director of housing and residence life coordinates roommate assignments for new students only. Returning students are responsible for finding their own roommates. If they have trouble finding a roommate they must notify the director of housing. If there are other students needing roommates, this information will be passed along to the returning student.
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