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2009 Opening for Returning Residential Students Check-in Residence halls & Safety RSA General Information Calendar Campus Dining

Residence halls & Safety

• Your room is your home
• Extension cords
• Lofts and cinder blocks
• Checklist: what to bring and not
• Property insurance
• Building security
  

Your room is your home; make it comfortable and safe

Each residence hall room has an extra-long twin bed (36” by 80”), a dresser, a desk and desk chair, and a Micro-Fridge® Appliance (except in the Polo Road area houses, campus apartments and Martin Hall). Each room also has window blinds and a closet or wardrobe unit.

How you make your room your home is one of the first topics you and your roommate will likely discuss. Make your room as comfortable as possible, but use common sense when adding those extra touches; keep safety in mind.

You may rearrange the furniture, but do not obstruct smoke detectors, sprinklers or heating/air conditioning vents, and do not rearrange furniture in a way that will impede quick exit from the room in case of an emergency. You may not remove, or request to have removed, any University property from your room. If you want to bring additional pieces of furniture, these items must fit into the existing room setup. Large pieces of furniture that cannot be incorporated into the current room arrangement are not allowed.

When affixing wall hangings, do not use materials such as nails, glue, wall hooks, or masking or double stick tape which can damage the walls. “Hold-It” and push pins work well in keeping wall hangings in place and the walls intact. Wall coverings, such as wallpaper and contact paper, are not allowed. Overhead lights cannot be covered with any materials (e.g. flags, fabric, etc.).

Extension cords are prohibited

Fire regulations prohibit the use of extension cords in all residence halls and campus houses. Extension cords may be confiscated by staff, and students using them will be fined. UL-approved (Underwriters Laboratories) power strips with a circuit breaker are allowed. You must plug refrigerators directly into wall outlets without the use of a power strip.

Lofts and cinder blocks

For the fall of 2009, Wake Forest University has entered in to a new contract with Collegiate Marketing for the use of bed lofts in residence halls. Collegiate Marketing currently partners with 47 schools and rented over 24,000 lofts last year. Only lofts rented from Collegiate Marketing will be permitted in the residence halls. 

• If you had a registered loft in the 2008-2009 school year, you may continue to use that loft by registering it again with Residence Life and Housing at the beginning of the 2009 fall semester.  Please note, however, that loft registrations are not transferable and that only the student which had the loft in 2008-2009 may use it again this fall.                   

• Collins Hall and Luter Hall residents - The student room furniture in both Collins Hall and Luter Hall allows for the students to gain floor space by bunking the beds.  Therefore, the purchase of a loft from Collegiate Marketing may not be needed to gain space in the rooms.  However, students may rent a loft from Collegiate Marketing on Grand Opening day in August, after rooms are viewed by residents. 

• Polo Residence Hall and North Campus Apartments residents – These residences are already supplied with a loft as part of their current student room furniture.  Therefore, the purchase of a loft from Collegiate Marketing is unnecessary.

• Residence Life and Housing recommends that students in all of the other residence halls rent one loft per student room if the students decide that they would like to use a loft.  Please talk to your roommate(s) to discuss the use of lofts in your rooms before deciding to order.

Please contact Collegiate Marketing at www.bedloft.com for direct ordering of lofts.  Please visit the FAQ section of the website if you have any questions or contact Collegiate Marketing via e-mail at service@bedloft.com or by phone toll free at 866-651-5638.

Students may use bed risers that do not exceed 18 total inches. Cinder blocks use is prohibited within the residence halls.

Checklist

This is only a guide; the Guide to Community Living includes a complete list of allowed/prohibited items.

What to bring to campus:

• UL-approved power strips (with a circuit breaker)
• Soap, toiletries, shower bucket
• Towels, washcloths
• Bathrobe, slippers
• Hair dryer
• Twin sheets (long), blankets
• Mattress pad, bedspread
• Pillow and pillowcases
• Wastepaper basket
• Desk lamp
• Dictionary, stapler, pens, pencils
• Stationery, stamps
• Memo board for door
• Camera
• Detergent, iron, laundry bag, clothes hangers
• Alarm clock
• Television, with coaxial cable (HDTV or receiver optional)
• Flashlight
• 900 Mhz cordless or traditional telephone (voice mail is provided)
• Radio, stereo

What you cannot bring:

• Extension cords
• Plug-in air fresheners
• Multi-plug adapters
• Halogen lamps
• Candles (including those that are decorative)
• Fireworks or weapons (including paintball guns)
• Microwave ovens
• Toasters or toaster ovens
• Electric grills or George Foreman grills
• Hot plates or electric skillets
• Crockpots; waffle or crepe pans
• Electric/space heaters
• Any coil appliances
• Kerosene lamps or appliances
• Waterbeds
• Pets and animals
• Black lights
• Additional air conditioners
• Non UL-approved lighting
• 2.4 Ghz or 5 Ghz cordless phones
• Wireless computer access points (the University will provide connectivity)
• Candle warmers
• Cinderblocks

Property insurance

Neither Wake Forest University nor the Office of Residence Life and Housing can or will assume responsibility for theft, loss or damage to your personal property. Most thefts occur when residents leave their room door unlocked and/or their property unattended. Keeping your room locked at all times is your best defense against theft. The University does not cover property loss for damage due to unforeseeable facility incidents which may occur.

Before coming to campus, you should determine what it would cost to replace such belongings as your stereo, television, camera and laptop computer (issued by Wake Forest). Check your family’s property insurance policies—many policies will cover loss or theft even if the policy is in your parents’ name(s) and you are living on campus. If not, we suggest you purchase some type of renter’s insurance.

The Student Personal Property Plan, offered by National Student Services Inc., offers a competitive policy for personal property insurance. A pamphlet with an application for insurance is available at the Office of Residence Life and Housing. (Note: National Student Services Inc. is an independent organization and Wake Forest University is not affiliated with this company nor does the University receive income by providing this service for students.)

Building security

After checking-in to your residence hall, you must obtain your student ID card, if you do not already have one, at the Deacon OneCard Office in Room 101 in the Benson University Center. Your ID card is used to gain access to residence halls on the key card access security system (exterior building doors on Babcock, Bostwick, Collins, Efird, Huffman, Johnson, Luter, Martin, North Campus Apartments, Palmer, Piccolo and Polo halls) and to suite doors on Davis, Kitchin, Poteat and Taylor houses.

All doors on this system are locked 24 hours a day, but all students have access between 7 a.m. and midnight daily by using their ID cards. At midnight, these doors are programmed to allow access only to residents of the building or particular suite. Therefore, if you are visiting a friend, you should call ahead to gain access into the building or suite.

If you lose or damage your card, please come to Room 101 in the Benson Center to obtain a new one. There may be a charge for all lost, damaged or broken cards.