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RESIDENCE HALLS
How do I apply?
1. As soon as you have been officially admitted, you automatically receive a residence hall application card and a brochure with information about the residence halls. This process begins in late fall and continues throughout the year as people are admitted to K-State.
2. Return the application card with the $30 application fee. This can be done before you're officially admitted.
3. Housing and Dining Services sends you an academic year contract packet.
4. Return the office copy of the contract and the assignment information form with your payment. Assignments are made on a first come, first serve basis, so return your contract, assignment form, and payment as soon as possible.
5. You receive an e-mail postcard confirming receipt of your contract, assignment form, and payment so you know everything is in order.
6. In early July you receive a letter with your hall and roommate contact information.
7. Contact your roommate(s) so you can discuss what to bring. After all, you don't need multiple TVs, stereos, or microwaves.
Why choose residence halls?
Benefits
You'll be part of a dynamic, supportive, and responsive community right on campus. Studies show that students who participate in residence hall programs:
- Earn higher grades than students who commute or live off campus.
- Have a greater chance of remaining in college.
- Become more involved in university activities.
Lifestyle options
- Both single-gender and coeducational residence halls
- Traditional rooms and suites
- Continuous housing spaces
- Quiet floors
- Cluster floors include leadership studies, community service, agriculture, architecture, business administration, engineering, and pre-health
- Apartment-style living for graduate students, upperclassmen, married students, and students with children
Academic support
- Tutoring sessions, computer labs, multimedia classrooms, and quiet study rooms
- Trained staff in the academic resource centers in Derby and Kramer Dining Centers
Dining services
- K-State's dining program has been recognized by the National Association of College and University Food Services for having the best daily menus in the nation, special event dinners, and nutrition education.
- If you need to study or have a class over lunch, a grab-and-go option is available in all dining centers.
- Three meal plans are available.
Future options
- Jardine Apartment Complex has begun a major redevelopment on campus. Preference will be given to residents of the residence halls and Jardine apartments.
Employment opportunities
- Studies show that students who are employed while in college generally perform better in their classes.
- Students who live in the residence halls have access to approximately 750 jobs in such areas as dining services, maintenance, and residence life.
- These jobs appeal to our residents because of the convenient, safe, campus location and flexible scheduling.
Involvement
- Residents are influential in determining the policies and quality of life in the residence halls.
- Community living standards are set and upheld by students through hall governments and peer judicial boards.
- Volunteer students plan social and educational activities in keeping with tradition and new student interests.
You decide
You can plan social events, set hall policies, and suggest changes in dining services menus. Here are some of the groups you can get involved in:
- Association of Residence Halls
- Hall governing boards
- Dining services committees
- National Residence Hall Honorary
- Hall judicial boards
- Floor governing councils
- Diversity teams
- Hall tour teams
- Housing and Dining ambassadors
Residence hall basics
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The basics |
9 residence halls and Smurthwaite Leadership/Scholarship House. Double occupancy rooms and suites, with some larger triples and suites available. Most halls are accessible to students with disabilities. | 2 100-bedroom residence halls. Double occupancy rooms, fully furnished. Price includes phone, Internet access, and cable television. |
Semester costs for 2007-2008 (standard room, meals, and all utilities) |
$3,042 for 20-meal plan $3,002 for 15-meal plan $2,972 for 10-meal plan Does not include technology fee |
$2,707 for 19-meal plan $2,527 for 14-meal plan |
Payment plans |
Semester prepay or university billing and receivable system | Per semester or 4 installments |
Application process |
Return the enclosed application for residence hall contract with your nonrefundable $30 application fee. Housing and Dining Services sends you a residence hall contract packet, which reserves a space in the residence halls when returned with the appropriate payment. |
After you are admitted, you will receive instructions in the mail directing you to fill out the housing contract online. The completed contract will reserve your space in the residence halls when returned with the appropriate payment and the $30 nonrefundable application fee. |
Contact information |
Housing and Dining Services |
Office of Residence Life Kansas State University at Salina 2310 Centennial Rd. Salina, KS 67401-8196 1-800-248-5782 (toll free) 785-826-2957 E-mail: reslife@salina.k-state.edu |
What your dollar buys
- Food (multiple options) prepared for you
- Utilities
- Campus telephone service and 911 feature
- Cable TV in lounge areas
- On-campus convenience
- Front desk checkout of cookware, vacuums, etc.
- 24-hour maintenance service
- Access to computer rooms, laser printers, and copy machines
- Leadership opportunities
- Staff on duty 24 hours
- Social events
- Kitchenette
- Academic or special living floors
- Exercise rooms
- Laundry facility in each hall
- No kitchen clean-up
- A wired or wireless ResNet ethernet connection with an appropriately configured computer allowing unlimited access to the Internet
- Academic resources, free tutoring sessions, and quiet study rooms
Secure for you
- Halls have 24-hour front desk service
- Staff are on duty around the clock in each residence hall
- A computerized access system using your K-State ID card lets you into your specific hall and the dining centers
- During limited access hours a door assistant is stationed at the main entrance door. This person verifies that only residents and their registered guests enter the residence hall.
- Emergency telephones are outside the front doors of each hall
- Campus-sponsored escort program
- A K-State police officer walks the perimeter of all halls on a scheduled basis
See K-State's campus safety report
Questions about housing options?
Contact your admissions representative