Summer Housing

SUMMER HOUSING IS FULL FOR SUMMER 2009.  Feel free to contact us at 901-843-3241 if you have questions.

Summer Housing Registration and Information

Summer housing will be available to Rhodes students who were enrolled full-time in the spring of 2009 and who will be enrolled full-time in the fall of 2009. Submission of an application does not guarantee an offer for housing. If demand is higher than space available, priority will be given according to these considerations:

1.  Students working in the CARES program or on a faculty-sponsored internship on campus or in Memphis.

2.  Students employed for the summer by Rhodes.

3.  Students who wish to live at Rhodes, but do not meet the above criteria.

ROOMS, ROOMMATES AND SINGLES: Apartment and room assignments will be made after the priority deadline. Because of the short timeframe, the Residence Life Office will make summer assignments. 

Students participating in the summer CARES programs will be assigned to apartments in East Village-A. They will be assigned to live with other students participating in the CARES designated programs. You may, and are encouraged to, list three roommates with whom you would like to live. Apartments will be assigned to students who currently live in the apartment, or who will live in the apartment next year and, then in random order thereafter. An apartment will be filled before another one is opened.

All other students will be assigned to a room in Trezevant Hall. Rooms will be assigned with these considerations: first, students who currently live or who will live in a particular room and secondly, on seniority. Rooms will be filled before additional rooms are “opened”. If you do not have a roommate in mind – or if your intended roommate does not receive summer housing – the Residence Life Office will help you locate a roommate. As a last resort, we will make roommate assignments.

HOUSING AGREEMENT AND HANDBOOK: Students are responsible for reading all information in the summer housing agreement prior to signing it. Students in summer housing must follow all policies outlined in the 2008-2009 student handbook located on-line.

PAYING RENT:  All rent charges for the summer will be posted on accounts by June 1, 2009. These bills must be paid prior to Enrollment Clearance in the fall. When a student checks out of a room, all belongings must be removed, and the key returned to the Residence Life Office. Any items left behind will be discarded. The three ′months′ of summer housing are:

May 11-June 14, 2009

June 15-July 12, 2009

July 13-August 22, 2009

Summer Housing will be $175 per ′month.′ Housing costs will not be pro-rated. If you reside in or have belongings in College housing for any portion of a month, you will be billed for that month of summer housing. Students may not apply for summer housing as a way to achieve an early arrival into fall semester housing.

STORAGE: According to the College′s storage policy, a student may not use a College residence to store another student′s belongings. If you ′babysit′ a piece of furniture in your apartment/room for another student over the summer, you are responsible for moving it to your assigned room at the end of the summer. A resident is prohibited from storing his/her own belongings on campus without being in residence.

MOVING INTO SUMMER HOUSING: Students will stay in their current room until the halls have closed for commencement. Students who rent for the first month will move into summer housing May 23-24, 2009. Given the number of seniors in East Village and Trezevant and the amount of time needed to clean the building, these dates are not flexible. Indicate any conflicts on your application. If possible, the Residence Life Office will work with the conflict. Students currently living in Trezevant or East Village may need to move early to allow for cleaning. If this is the case, you will be contacted individually. Students who do not currently reside on campus will be able to move into summer housing no earlier than May 25th.

MOVE OUT AT THE END OF SUMMER: Residents will move out of summer housing and into fall housing on August 1-2, 2009. Belongings left in summer housing after August 2, 2009 will be discarded. Because of cleaning and early arrivals, Residence Life and Physical Plant cannot be flexible on these dates. Under no circumstances will students be permitted to move into their fall housing assignments before August 1, 2009. Students who are not scheduled to live on campus for the fall 2009 semester will need to move out of campus housing by August 2, 2009.

INFORMATION ABOUT SUMMER HOUSING:

·         Cleaning and Maintenance. Residents of Trezevant will have the common bath cleaned at least once a week. Residents are responsible for cleaning their individual rooms. East Village residents are responsible for cleaning their apartments including bathrooms, although Housekeeping staff maintains foyers, hallways and the Lodge. Residents are also responsible for trash removal. The dumpster is located between Building B and the parking lot. Do not leave trash in hallways. Work orders may be placed online for routine maintenance.

·         Laundry rooms are for campus residents only, same as during the school year. Laundry rooms will be coin-operated for the summer. Our ′no additional charge′ laundry contract is only for the academic year. Quarters are available in Rhodes Express. Summer residents are to use the East Village or Trezevant laundry rooms only.

·         The East Village Lodge and patio are available for your use, except when previously reserved. Refer to the College Handbook regarding appropriate social behavior.

·         A Kitchen is available in the Conservatory (attached to Trezevant) and each East Village apartment.

Please send questions regarding summer housing to Regina Simmons at simmonsr@rhodes.edu.  

 

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