Cumberlands Q & A

Our first priority is the health and safety of our students and facilities. For this reason, we don't allow things that can cause a fire such as toasters, air fryers, candles, heating pads. Also, the only animals allowed on campus are those who are approved service animals and emotional support animals. UC, does not allow alcohol, drugs or weapons of any kinds.
To see a full list. Please check out our what to Bring list on the housing portal.

Students who live on campus receive a variety of benefits, including a full service meal plan, full coverage on all utilities maintenance, internet access and free laundry facilities. Not to mention you're within walking distance of all of your classes. With rising prices on food, transportation and housing, living on campus will definitely save you money over the course of your college career.

Health and safety inspections or HSIs for short are conducted by your resident life staff. Every other week we check for things like trash, properly stored food, properly stored laundry, fire alarms, windows, window screens and room accessibility. If you have any questions, will be glad to answer those when you get here and we will let you know when they happen at the beginning of each semester.

So depending on room size and availability, each student will be assigned to a room with either one or two roommates. Triple rooms when three students share a space are more common in first year halls, but are less common than double rooms. Each student will receive a key to their room and will share the space. Our residence halls that you see vary in size, ranging from 80 to 300 students.

So open House is what we call our visiting hours in our residence halls. Open House is a designated time every evening where guests of the opposite gender can visit each other's dorm rooms. Overnight. Guests of college age are welcome to stay with residential students as well, with approval in advance by the Housing Residence Life Office. If you have any more questions, a full description of the policies regarding Open House and overnight guests can be found on the residents Life section of the UC Student Handbook.

So each student gets their own dresser, either a wardrobe an open clothes hanging area, a desk, a chair, and an adjustable twin sized bed.

Absolutely. The main entrances to all residence halls remain locked 24/7. The only way to gain entry into a residence hall is to present your UC student ID to the ID scanners beside the front door to each hall. For residence halls with suites, residence or issued keys to lock both their suite and room doors. Just in case a resident does not have their key to access either their room or their building.
Campus security and residence life have their numbers shared with residents, so there's always someone to contact.

The difference between community and suite style halls is mainly where the bathrooms are located and which students share them. In a suite style hall Residents share a bathroom with up to nine other residents living within their suite. A suite contains 3 to 4 rooms with 2 to 3 students in each room. A community style hall can be thought of as more of a traditional college experience, with multiple students living on a single floor with multiple bathrooms placed throughout the hall.
All of our residence halls have complimentary amenities such as laundry rooms and community microwaves.