Residential Living

Residential Living

  • Room Styles

    Corridor-style doubles: Each room houses two students, in College-in-the-Woods and Dickinson Health and Wellness, bathrooms are shared by floor; in Newing, each set of three rooms share a bathroom.

    Suites: Four- or six-person, contains a common room, bathroom, a double and a triple or three doubles, each with a lounge, and a bathroom with a stall shower.

    Flats: Either four single rooms or two doubles and a single, shares two bathrooms and an entry vestibule.

    Designed triples: Larger room housing three students with one bathroom.

    For more information, photos and 3D renderings of rooms, visit each community’s webpage and see "Room Styles".

  • Dining

    All on-campus students are required to purchase a resident meal plan, with the exception of Apartments Community residents. The meal plan will be active as soon as your student gets to campus. Our default meal plan is Plan C.

    Apartments residents have full kitchens, but can also purchase a Commuter/On-Campus Apartment meal plan.

    Residents can eat in any of the dining halls on campus as well as the MarketPlace. To find out what's open, .

    Find more information about .

  • Safety and Security

    °®¶¹´«Ã½ strives to ensure the safety of our students. All traditional residence halls are locked and require a key-card to access the building. Blue light phones can be found throughout campus offering a direct link to University Police. NY State University police and ambulance services are on call 24/7. To increase safety and security, we encourage residents to:

    • Keep your °®¶¹´«Ã½ ID with you at all times. This is what identifies students as members of our community. If an ID is lost, it should be reported to University Police immediately.
    • Stay with guests. It is the responsibility of the student hosting the guest to be with that guest at all times while in the residence halls.
    • Keep doors locked.
    • Register for the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Alert System to receive emails and/or text messages about critical campus information and emergencies.
    • Report any suspicious activity to New York State University Police at °®¶¹´«Ã½ 607-777-2393.
  • University Streaming

    °®¶¹´«Ã½'s Residential Life offers Swank with over 500 movies and shows. This is a web-based application that any residential student in the dorms can use. 

    Go to:  

  • Computer Pods and Wi-Fi
    Our communities and most areas of campus are covered by our wireless Wi-Fi network. All rooms also contain two Ethernet outlets. All of our communities also feature public computing areas (Pods) with workstations and printers connected to the University computer network.
     
  • Receiving Mail

    Campus Mail Services handles incoming and outgoing mail for students living on campus.

    Sending mail via US Postal Service:

    Student's Name
    BU Box # (their 5-digit box number)
    PO Box 6020
    °®¶¹´«Ã½, NY 13902-6020

    Sending a package via a private shipper (like UPS or FedEx):

    Student's Name
    BU Box # (their 5-digit box number)
    4400 Vestal Parkway East
    °®¶¹´«Ã½, NY 13902

    NOTE: You will be assigned a BU box # when you check in. To find out your box #, with your username and password and click on "Your Current Assignment".

  • Laundry Facilities
    Each resident hall has a laundry facility located in the basement or on the first floor. The Hillside and Susquehanna buildings also have laundry rooms in each building. Laundry is free to all residents.
  • Housekeeping/Custodial
    Each residence hall has a custodial staff that cleans public spaces Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Limited staff is also on hand during the weekend to make sure public areas remain clean. Public areas include lounges, kitchens, hallways, floor bathrooms, stairways and lobbies. Bathrooms on each floor are cleaned daily, and suite bathrooms once a week. Staff are not responsible for cleaning bedrooms.
  • Recycling
    °®¶¹´«Ã½ has developed an extensive recycling program that includes all recyclable materials required by law in New York state. Find more information here.
  • Refrigerator Rental
    The University contracts a third party for leasing refrigerator and refrigerator/microwave units of various sizes to students. Refrigerators are leased on a semester or yearly basis but not during the summer sessions. For more information, visit the . Residents can bring their own refrigerator if it's 5.5 cubic feet or less.
  • Air Conditioning
    Cleveland Hall in Hinman College, Mohawk Hall in College-in-the-Woods, Dickinson (except for Old Digman and Old Rafuse), Mountainview and Newing buildings have air conditioning.