Living in Your Unit - Wesleyan University

You are not permitted to grant occupancy to anyone who is not a party to this or another lease of the premises, your children excepted. If you wish to provide access for additional residents of your apartment, you must first make the request to the Assistant Director of Residential Life. Permission will be determined based on reasonable capacity for the unit.

Furniture

A limited number of furnished units are available to the graduate community. Students wishing to change their housing to a type that does or does not provide furniture must come in to the Office of Residential Life to request a room change into an assignment that accommodates those particular needs. Rental Properties will not move furniture in or out of a unit.

Group Housing – all bedrooms are furnished with a bed, a dresser, a desk and a chair. Common areas are also furnished by the University.
Park Washington (256 Washington Street) – a small number of the apartments are furnished with a bed, a dresser, a desk, a chair, a sofa, a table and chairs.
These furnished spaces are extremely limited in number.

Beds are twin sized, extra long. Linens are not provided.

Any damages to University furniture will be the responsibility of the resident(s) of the unit. Questions regarding furniture may be directed to the manager of Rental Properties at 860-685-3758 or extension 3758.

The University does not provide kitchen or bathroom supplies.

Keys

Keys are distributed through the Office of Residential Life. Students will receive one set of keys for their assignment and are not authorized to make copies of University-issued keys. Students requiring additional keys for partners/family members must contact Residential Life. Additional keys will only be issued to people registered with Residential Life. Students who have lost their apartment/house keys must report the loss to the Office of Residential Life. Charges for lost keys will be billed to student accounts.

For lock-outs, students may get a spare key at the Office of Residential Life, Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm. During non-business hours, students should contact Public Safety at 860-685-2345, located at 208 High Street, to gain access to their unit. Public Safety cannot provide students with additional keys. You will be charged $10 for Public Safety to come and unlock your door.

Work Order Requests

Damages and repairs must be reported to Customer Service via telephone at 860-685-3400 or email at work_order@wesleyan.edu. When reporting a work order request, students should include their name, phone number, address, and specific repairs needed.

Trash and Recycling

For students living in group or other housing, trash and recycling are picked up on a weekly basis according to the following schedules.

Trash Pick-up*

Students living here…	…have trash picked up at this time:
Cross Street Fairview Avenue Knowles Avenue	Tuesday mornings
Brainard Avenue (west side) Church Street Court Street High Street Lawn Avenue (south side) Miles Avenue (east side)	Wednesday mornings
Brainard Avenue (east side) Lawn Avenue (north side) Miles Avenue (west side)	Friday mornings
Park Washington Apartments	Daily; dumpster located in the rear of the parking lot
*Trash containers must be brought to the curb the night before the scheduled pick-up and the containers must be returned to the rear of the house the same day as the pick-up.

Recycling Pick-up*

Students living here…	…have recycling picked up at this time:
Cross Street Fairview Avenue Knowles Ave & Ext	Tuesday mornings
Church Street Court Street	Wednesday mornings
Brainard Avenue High St (south of Church St) Lawn Avenue Huber	Friday mornings
Park Washington Apartments	Daily; recycling dumpster located in the rear of the parking lot.
*Items available for recycling: glass bottles, metal cans, #1 & #2 plastic containers, drink boxes, milk cartons, aluminum foils & pie plates, mixed paper, magazines & catalogs, newspaper, junk mail, paperboard (i.e., cereal boxes). Please make sure all items are clean before setting them out for recycling. Recycling containers must be brought to the curb the night before scheduled pick-up and returned to the rear of the house the same day as the pick-up.

Pets

Pets are not allowed in graduate housing.

Renters’ Insurance

Wesleyan is not responsible for theft, loss or damage to personal property of its students or guests. The Office of Residential Life highly recommends that each student at Wesleyan consider purchasing personal property insurance through a renter's policy or a homeowner's policy rider. An example of such a company would be National Student Services, Inc. found at http://www.nssi.com.

Community Standards

Community standards have been developed by students, faculty, staff and Middletown neighbors in order to better facilitate neighborly relations. All graduate students are bound to these standards and are responsible for knowing and understanding them. A copy of those community standards are located at within the Policies & Procedures section of the Residential Life website at www.wesleyan.edu/reslife.

Parking

All students, faculty and staff must register their vehicles if they park on campus, including driveways. Student lots are located in several locations and require a student parking sticker. You will be ticketed if you park in a lot and you do not have a parking sticker. Public Safety enforces parking rules and regulations by ticketing, immobilizing and towing. Copies of parking regulations are available at the Public Safety website at http://www.wesleyan.edu/publicsafety/vehicles.html.

There is limited parking available on campus and around residential units. Units at Park Washington are limited to one vehicle per apartment. All other graduate housing units have limited availability; students whose units share a driveway with others are encouraged to negotiate an acceptable parking agreement with members of those units. Street parking is available; however, during times of heavy snow, the City of Middletown may declare a snow ban, requiring that all cars be removed from the streets. The Office of Public Safety, upon notification of such a snow ban, will inform all students, faculty and staff via email and bulletin broadcasts on voicemail.

Smoking

In order to limit exposure to environmental smoke, the University prohibits smoking in all graduate housing, as well as within 25 feet of university residences.

Effective implementation of this policy depends upon the respect and cooperation of all members of the Wesleyan University community. Students are encouraged to discuss problem situations regarding smoking in residential areas and outdoor areas with fellow students. Complaints and disputes that are not resolved through discussion should be brought to the attention of the Assistant Director of Residential Life. If a satisfactory resolution is not reached, the Director of Residential Life should be consulted. Students who violate the smoking policy will be fined, as well as charged with violating the Code of Non-Academic Conduct.

Mail Service

Students living in:	Mailing Address	Example
Park Washington Apartment	256 Washington St (Apt. Number) Middletown, CT 06457	Jane Doe 256 Washington Street #401 Middletown, CT 06457
Group Houses	Your street address Middletown, CT 06457	John Doe 43B Home Avenue Middletown, CT 06457

The University has a small post office located in the Usdan University Center. Graduate students who have an assistantship with a department on campus may inquire at their department as to receiving mail there. This is the most popular option for graduate students.