Living on Campus

One of the most important aspects of your first year at WashU will be your living experience. Our residence halls will provide many opportunities for you to live comfortably, study and build friendships that will last throughout your college career and lifetime. You will be encouraged and supported in your intellectual development by forming relationships with students, faculty and staff.

Residential Living As A New Student

First-year students live in one of the 10 residential colleges in a section of campus known as the South 40, located at the southwest end of the Danforth Campus. Each residence hall has a Residential College Director (RCD), a full-time staff member who lives in residence and facilitates community engagement within the college, assists in day-to-day operations, and manages the team of resident advisors (RAs). RAs are trained upper-division students who live in residence and serve as leaders and peer mentors. In addition, WashU faculty members also work closely with first-year student communities, providing significant faculty-student interaction outside the classroom. Each residential college has its own dedicated custodial and maintenance personnel. Residence halls throughout campus feature lounges and dedicated spaces for study, personal computing and collaboration.

Floor Plans And Virtual Tours

Floor plans for each building can be found online at reslife.wustl.edu (search for “South 40 Residential Colleges”). An interactive map of the South 40 can also be found at that web page. Virtual tours can also be found online at reslife.wustl.edu (search for “virtual tours”).

Packing List

All rooms include the following for each resident:

• Bed and mattress (extra long twin, 36” x 80”)

• Desk and chair

• Dresser and closet space

• Central air conditioning

• Small trash and recycling bin

• Blinds

• Carpeting

A suggested packing list can be found at newstudents.wustl.edu under the Before You Arrive tab.

Wayman Crow

Residential College

Robert S. Brookings

Residential College

Shanedling, Dauten, and Rutledge (JKL)

Residential College

Lee and Beaumont

Residential College

Umrath and Zetcher

Residential College

Liggett and Koenig

Residential College

William Greenleaf Eliot

Residential College

Thomas H. Eliot

Residential College

Park and Mudd

Residential College

Hitzeman, Hurd, and Myers (HIG) Residential College

Shipping Items To Campus

USPS, UPS, FedEx and other parcel services deliver to your WashU campus address. Remember to include your full address, which varies depending on where you live on campus, and your full name. Full and accurate shipping information will prevent delays in receiving packages. See guidelines below for creating your address label:

First and Last Name

MSC Number XXXXXX

Street Address

City State Zip Code mailservices.wustl.edu

Your MSC number and mailing address can be found with your housing assignment on WebSTAC. We are able to accept packages for you 14 days before your move-in day.

Utrucking

UTrucking has been serving WashU students since 1977, providing a convenient and hasslefree move-in experience for hundreds of incoming students each year. As a proud partner of WashU, UTrucking offers early-access delivery for all its move-in services, meaning that your items will be delivered to your residential room ahead of your move-in date and be ready and waiting for you when you arrive. By choosing UTrucking, you can be confident that your move-in process will be stress-free. Join the one in two WashU students who trust UTrucking every year to take care of their belongings. UTrucking offers the following movein services.

1. Appliance Rental: With UTrucking’s most popular move-in service, you can enjoy a chilled fridge in your residential room on Move-In Day. Choose from a range of sizes and enjoy a full-year service guarantee on all appliances.

2. Ship to School: UTrucking offers a complete solution for shipping your belongings to WashU from anywhere in the country. We send boxes, packing materials and prepaid UPS labels right to your door. Simply drop off your boxes at any UPS store or arrange for a pickup, and we’ll handle the rest. Your items will be waiting for you in your room on campus.

3. Tri-State Area Home Pickups: If you are an East Coast resident, you can simplify your move to WashU with UTrucking’s doorstep pickup service. We’ll collect your belongings from your door, transport them to St. Louis, and deliver them straight to your room. Act fast — there are only 100 spots available.

utrucking.com

Shopping On Campus Bear Necessities

Bear Necessities is the non-profit general merchandise store located on the South 40 in Umrath House on the first floor. Based in the South 40, it’s the perfect spot to stop for snacks, school supplies, personal care items, laundry supplies and exclusive WashU swag! If you need Kleenex, a pencil or a new sweatshirt, this is a one stop shop kind of place! The store is open late (8:00 PM) on most days (Mon-Sat) so you can stop by after being on the main campus all day. During move-in weekend, the store will be open extra hours. You can also pre-order swag to pick up on move-in weekend by ordering online.

bearnecessities.wustl.edu

Campus Bookstore

The Washington University Campus Store is a one-stop shop for everything WashU. The WashU Campus store carries new, used, digital and rental textbooks for WashU classes and buys back books every day. The Danforth Campus Store is an authorized Apple Educational reseller and has numerous technology items in-stock.

wubookstore.com

MOVE-IN AND FALL WELCOME

Move-in will be on Friday, August 18 and Saturday, August 19. You will select your movein date and time after you receive your housing assignment in July. Bear Beginnings: Fall Welcome is the official welcome for you and your family to the university. As you begin making plans for your move to WashU, we encourage you to visit newstudents.wustl.edu for the most up-to-date information about what to expect and how to prepare. You and your family will receive the Residential Life Move-In Guide that will provide detailed instructions and information around the logistics of Move-In Day. During Fall Welcome, you will engage with faculty, staff and students connected to your residential college; learn about the experiences you will have in your academic division; participate in social programs to help you start making friends; explore St. Louis; and prepare for the first week of classes. Parent & Family Orientation will include an opportunity for your family to hear from Chancellor Andrew D. Martin and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Anna Gonzalez, as well as the dean of your academic division. Sessions will be livestreamed and recorded for families who are unable to join us on campus. A detailed schedule is available at families.wustl.edu.

International Students

If you are a new international student on a visa, you are expected to participate in an international orientation program designed to help you transition to both the United States and WashU. The program covers issues unique to international students and provides additional time for you to acclimate to the campus and St. Louis communities.

newstudents.wustl.edu/international

STUDENT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES (STS)

STS supports WashU residential students in addressing their technology needs. Services include hardware and software troubleshooting, support for the on-campus network (both Wi-Fi and Ethernet), printing/3D printing, residential computer labs, etc. Our Student Technology Coordinators (STCs) serve within the residential colleges as the first point of contact for tech-related questions.

sts.wustl.edu

Laptop Requirements

WashU has general minimum requirements for laptops which should meet the needs of most incoming students. Some WashU schools recommend a higher level of computing power than the minimum because of special software required for programs in that school.

techden.wustl.edu/selecting-a-laptop

Network Connectivity

The recommended Wi-Fi network for students is eduroam.

sts.wustl.edu/services/network

Printing On Campus

Students can print from their own laptops to locations across campus, including in each residential college and many academic buildings. Free 3D print services are also available at STS.

sts.wustl.edu/services/printing

Transportation Options

Although first-year undergraduate students are not eligible to park on campus, there are many transportation options to help get around campus and St. Louis. WashU Rides offers many tools, like a rideboard to find others to carpool with to the airport or home over breaks, and bike commuter buddy matching. TripShot provides tools to track WashU shuttle locations, view real-time arrivals and set custom notifications, and the email list and text alerts provide shuttle updates. To protect your bike, please use our free bike registration and a U-lock. Your U-Pass provides rides on Metro buses and trains that serve the St. Louis area. CarShare offers hourly car rentals on campus for those 18+. Learn more about these transportation services on the Parking & Transportation website: parking.wustl.edu

Voting

If you are eligible and planning to register to vote in Missouri, please use the address and MSC number found with your housing assignment. You can register to vote at wustl.turbovote.org.

washuvotes.wustl.edu

JUNE

Complete Bear Beginnings: Get Your Bearings online orientation.

JULY

Check your housing assignment and register for a move-in timeslot.

Register your bike with Parking & Transportation.

AUGUST

Sign up for a U-Pass, a free transit card for St. Louis public transportation.

Pack for Move-In Day!