Housing & Residential Life encourages all upper class students, who want to live in the residence halls, to participate in Priority Room Selection The advantage of participating in Priority Room Selection is that students have the opportunity to pick the exact room they want to live in, and, if a student knows who they would like to live with, they can sign up with their roommate. If you choose not to participate in priority room selection, don’t worry! Individuals can apply online! Remember, apply early as there is a limited number of spaces available on campus. The dates of Priority Room Selection vary by year but normally occur in late February or early March. If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at housing@wayne.edu or call us at 313-577-2116.

Priority Room Selection (2013-2014 Academic Year)

License Agreements for Priority Room Selection will be available online at housing.wayne.edu, February 1, 2013.

Residence Halls/Furnished Apartment Residents

All students participating in Priority Room Selection, wishing to live in any of our residence halls or furnished apartment spaces, must complete the Priority Room Selection Residence Hall/Furnished Apartment License Agreement online.

Students who are interested in returning to live in their currently assigned space may complete the process online and do not need to attend a Priority Room Selection day. To return to your current space, simply indicate you would like to reserve your current space, when filling out your online license agreement prior to February 29, 2013. Due to some changes in floor designations you may not be eligible for your current space. If you are ineligible to return to your current space, you will be contacted via your WSU email. If you are unable to return to your current space, but want to sign up for the same type of room you are currently living in, you will want to attend Same Room Type Selection Day on Tuesday, February 26th, 2013 from 10am-12pm in the Towers Residential Suites.

If you are interested in signing up for a residence hall room or furnished apartment space other than where you are currently living, please review the dates and times below to see when you should attend. Sign-up is based on your class standing. Class Standing is determined by the number of your currently completed credits at WSU. If you are currently living in the residence halls or furnished apartments, you will receive an email in the beginning of February to confirm your class status. If you do not receive the email please contact the Housing office at 313-577-2116.

In Person Priority Room Selection Dates and Times

Same Room Type Sign-Up

• 10 am – 12 pm Tuesday, February 26th, 2013 in the Towers Activity Room.

Special Interest Community Sign-Up

• Graduate Students, Seniors and Juniors: Noon – 2 pm Tuesday, February 26th, 2013 Towers Activity Room.
• Sophomores: 2 pm – 4 pm Tuesday, February 26th, 2013 Towers Activity Room.
• Freshmen: 4 pm – 6 pm Tuesday, February 26th, 2013 Towers Activity Room.

General Room Sign-Up

• Graduate Students and Seniors: 10 am – Noon Thursday, February 28th, 2013 Towers Activity Room.
• Juniors: Noon – 2 pm Thursday, February 28th, 2013 Towers Activity Room.
• Sophomores: 2 pm – 4 pm Thursday, February 28th, 2013 Towers Activity Room
• Freshmen: 10 am – 1 pm Tuesday, March5th, 2013 Atchison Activity Room.

Last Call Open Room Sign Up

• All Class Standings: 1 pm – 6 pm Tuesday, March5th, 2013 Atchison Activity Room.

If you are unable to attend at your designated time, please contact the Assistant Director for Housing Operations, Tasha Warfield at Tasha.Warfield@wayne.edu prior to March 5, 2013.

Students looking to live with one or more roommates who may have different class standings will participate in Priority Room Selection by attending the day and time of the person with the lowest amount of credits.

Example: A sophomore, and two juniors want to sign up for a D suite.
They will attend Sophomore General Sign-up.

Example: Two seniors and a freshman want to sign up for a DeRoy Two Bedroom Furnished Apartment.
They will attend Freshmen General Sign-up.

IMPORTANT REMINDER: Be sure to complete your online license agreement prior to the day you are attending Priority Room Selection. Students will again have the opportunity to either pay their $100 application fee online when submitting their license agreement or select the option to have it billed to their student account for Fall 2013 semester. Limited numbers of computers will be made available during sign up times for students to utilize, if they have not already filled out their Priority Room Selection License Agreements.

All students interested in signing up for a room/suite/apartment together need to attend the in-person selection days together. If all participants cannot attend at their designated time, please contact the Assistant Director for Housing Operations, Tasha Warfield at Tasha.Warfield@wayne. prior to your sign-up day, but no later than Tuesday, March 1st.

Unfurnished Apartments

Not interested in a furnished space? You may sign up for an unfurnished apartment with your WSU friends during Priority Room Selection. You must be at least 21 or have junior standing by your move in date to live in an unfurnished apartment. If you are interested in an unfurnished apartment, complete the online license agreement for the Unfurnished Apartments. Students signing up for an unfurnished apartment will need to pay the $50 application fee and $200 security deposit. These fees for the unfurnished apartments cannot be billed to your student account. Assignments for unfurnished apartments will begin to be made in May 2013. Questions about unfurnished apartments can be directed to the Apartment Coordinator Debbie Mical at dmical@wayne.edu.

All students interested in signing up for a room/suite/apartment together need to attend the in-person selection days together. If all participants cannot attend at their designated time, please contact the Assistant Director for Housing Operations, Tasha Warfield at Tasha.Warfield@wayne.edu prior to your sign-up day, but no later than Friday, March 1st.

If you have any other further questions about Priority Room Selection, please contact the Office of Housing and Residential Life at (313) 577-2116 or at housing@wayne.edu.

Unfurnished Apartment Residents

Current unfurnished apartment license agreements will expire on April 30, 2013 and the renewal date to keep your current apartment is quickly approaching. We enjoy having you as a resident of our community and we hope that you continue to live with us on campus!

We know rental rates are an important factor as you decide where to live next year. The Board of Governors will meet by early March to review and approve our proposed 2013-2014 rental rates. While still tentative, we anticipate typical increases of around 3% for some apartments types with rent reductions proposed on other apartment types.

Below is information regarding the renewal process. Please read this information over carefully. If you have questions regarding this process you can always call the Housing Office at 313-577-2116 or visit us in room 598 of the Student Center Building. You must renew or terminate your contract by no later than Friday, March 30, 2012.

To renew your apartment for 12 months (May 2013 through April 30, 2014) you must complete a 2013-2014 apartment license agreement online at housing.wayne.edu under apply now. Unfurnished Apartment License Agreements for 2013-2014 will be made available on February 1, 2012. Click on the Current Resident Renewal Unfurnished Apartment License Agreement Option if you are renewing your current apartment for 12 months. This option can only be used if you are renewing your current apartment from May 1, 2013 through April 30, 2014.

If you do not wish to renew your contract for 12 months and choose to move out, please complete a Withdrawal Notice indicating your move out date. You can find the form on our Forms page of housing.wayne.edu. Your move out date cannot exceed July 31, 2013.

For students who are renewing, we are also offering our current residents the option to sign a summer hold contract; May 1, 2013 through August 27, 2014. This means that you plan to leave your apartment for the summer, but wish to return in the fall. As a condition of your summer contract, you can leave all of your belongings in your room, during the duration of the summer contract. In order to take advantage of this offer, you must sign a summer contract, pay one month’s rent and renew your current apartment online for the upcoming year. You must come to the Housing Office to sign your spring/summer contract or come to the sign up dates in your building on the dates specified below. The last day to arrange a summer hold if April 30, 2012.

You must do one of the above by Friday, March 30, 2012 or you will forfeit your current housing assignment.

If you are moving out and coming back in the fall but you do not want to take the summer contract option, you must complete an Unfurnished Apartment License Agreement for the Fall 2013 online at housing.wayne.edu and pay the $50.00 application fee and $200.00 security deposit. Please click on Unfurnished Apartment License Agreement Fall under Fall 2013-Winter 2014.

For your convenience housing staff will be available at the following locations to assist you with the renewal process and answer any questions you may have:

• Tuesday, February 19th in the DeRoy Activity Room from 4 pm to 7 pm.
• Wednesday, February 20th in the University Tower Lobby from 3 pm to 6 pm.