Greetings from Housing and Dining Services,
With the recent world events involving the COVID-19 pandemic, Housing and Dining Services’ top priority remains providing you with housing and meal plan options designed to support student success.
Balancing the quality of the student experience along with fiscal responsibility and utilization of our finite resources, we have made the very difficult decision to not offer housing options in Putnam and Van Zile halls. Because Boyd Hall is also closed for renovations, meal plan service in Van Zile Dining Center will be suspended as well.
If these halls reopen to meet occupancy demand, you will be contacted and given priority to return to your original assignment in the Strong Community.
Our original intent was to call each individual student to share this news personally and to be able to immediately help them pick a new room during the phone call. Unfortunately, our best prepared plans did not go as intended. On Wednesday, a prepared test page in our Resident Portal was accidentally made live. We sincerely regret that some students were made aware of this situation in a way that was not directly from our staff.
There is no need to contact our office at this time.
We will be calling each of you today to talk through this change and help you make a decision on the best new room option for you.
Changing Your Room Selection
We understand that students living in suite-style and small single rooms might be living in a room type not currently showing as available in the
Resident Portal
. When our staff calls you later today, we will work directly with you to evaluate your options and find the best comparable housing option for you.
Students who do have a comparable room type available in other halls, i.e., a traditional double room, are welcome to enter the
Resident Portal and select a new space prior to our call if you'd like. We'll be happy to answer any questions that arise when we speak with you later.
For the residents of Putnam's floors 1-4, we anticipated that some of you may want to relocate as a community and
have designated the sixth, seventh and ninth floors in Moore Hall for that purpose. These floors will not be exclusive to Putnam residents, but they currently have the availability to accommodate everyone who planned to live close to one another.
- Moore Hall Floor 6: co-ed option
- Moore Hall Floor 7: all-male option
- Moore Hall Floor 9: all-female option
Again, we appreciate your patience and understanding in this situation. We look forward to talking with you later today and welcoming you back to campus this fall.
Sincerely,
Housing and Dining Services
