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Campus Residency Requirement

RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT
Like many private liberal arts colleges, Roanoke College (RC) is a residential college. That is, campus living environment is an integral part of the college experience and is highly valued by the campus community as a complement to the classroom experience. We believe that living together in community provides residents opportunities to interact with other students, faculty, and staff and to enhance their social and interpersonal growth as citizens through shared living experiences.

In support of this philosophy, RC policy requires students to live on campus unless they meet one or more of the following criteria:

  • have lived in the Roanoke Valley area (within 30 miles of campus) for at least 6 months preceding the date of first enrollment and continue to reside with their parent/guardian;
  • are married;
  • are 23 years old (as of December 31st of the year before requesting to live off campus);
  • are a military veteran;
  • have a dependent child or children;
  • are enrolled part-time (students who claim off-campus status due to part-time enrollment and who return to full-time status during the current or a subsequent semester, will be charged the current room and board rate);

Students who meet any of the above criteria may choose to live in the residence halls. However, the agreement is binding for the full academic year.  Request for Change in Residency Status forms are due in June each year for the entire academic year. If after residing on-campus you are interested in living off-campus, you must submit an appeal to the off-campus appeals committee to explain the reasons for the change in status. Only extreme circumstances will be reviewed.

HOUSING ELIGIBILITY
Housing is provided only for currently enrolled students. The College does not provide housing for non-student family members. The College reserves the right to deny campus housing to students for just cause, as determined by the Residence Life & Housing staff.

PART-TIME STUDENTS
Students who enroll for or drop to part-time status during a term are permitted to live on-campus.  However, priority is given to those students who are enrolled full-time.  In the event housing capacity is insufficient to accommodate all those requesting rooms, part-time students will be required to find alternate accommodations.

HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS

Students requesting on campus housing accommodations based on a documented disability should contact Academic Services for Accessible Education at aes@roanoke.edu.

CONTRACT PERIODS
Rooms in residence halls are rented only for those periods of time when the College is in regular session, during the Intensive Learning Term, and during summer sessions. Residents' belongings must be removed from all residence hall rooms at the end of each spring term, at the end of the Intensive Learning term, at the end of the second Summer Session, or upon termination of the Housing Agreement. At the end of each term residents must leave 24 hours after their last exam.