The following items will be useful to you as you move into your residence hall:

  • Tarp(s) - These will be useful in the event of rain to unload belongings into the residence hall and to protect them during drop off.
  • Compact Hand truck - This will be helpful to transport boxes from the vehicle to the residence hall. We have a limited supply of moving carts.
  • Additional helpers: Having a few additional hands makes your move in experience even easier. They can assist in unloading your vehicle and carrying any large items.

Items to Bring to Campus/Leave at Home

Personal Items

We partner with SWAKU to provide many room essentials, all in one place!

  • Clothing and hangers
  • Small Fan
  • Toiletries and container to carry toiletries to shower and sewing kit
  • High Efficiency (HE) laundry detergent
  • Backpack, Carrying bags, fold-up boxes and Laundry bag
  • Plastic bins, containers to store open snacks and food
  • School supplies
  • Flashlight, umbrella and raincoat
  • Waste paper basket/recycling bin
  • Dishware
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Personal electronics, games, entertainment
  • Hobby supplies
  • Environmentally safe cleaning supplies and air fresheners
  • Energy efficient beauty equipment (for example: hair dryer, flat iron and more.)
  • Identification needed to secure campus or local employment
  • Thermometer for personal use
  • Acetaminophen (Tylenol) and/or Ibuprofen as a fever reducer
  • Robitussin or Guaifenesin (cough medicine)
  • Throat lozenges/cough drops
  • Kleenex
  • Hand sanitizer (at least 60% alcohol content)
  • Insurance card
  • Name and phone number of primary care health care provider
  • List of allergies
  • Prescription medication(s): at least a three-week supply of each medication
  • Antibacterial bar or pump soap and paper towels
  • Cleaning supplies (Lysol or Clorox type wipes)

Bedroom Items

  • Blankets, bedspread, bed pillow, towels, washcloths, sheets (to fit twin extra long (XL) mattress (80"x38"). If residing in a single bedroom at 1 Merrimack Plaza, beds are full size (54"x75").
  • Wall decorations (we recommend using small pushpins as they cause less damage to walls than adhesives)
  • Small carpet or floor rug (8'x10' or smaller)
  • Energy Star rated Refrigerator (up to 4.4 cubic foot fridge per 2 residents). For your convenience, we partner with Microfridge to provide combination fridge/microwave rentals delivered right to your room.
  • Energy Star rated microwave or micro-fridge, 1100 Watt maximum.
  • Energy Star rated light bulbs, lights and lamps with only one bulb
  • Power strips with automatic shut off and surge protection (look for Energy Star rated strips)

Suite and Apartment Items

  • Coffee maker with an automatic shut-off
  • Toilet Paper, some locations do not provide this
  • Depending on location, your apartment or suite may already have a refrigerator and microwave – no need to bring one if you live in 1 Merrimack Plaza, Riverview Suites, University Suites, or River Hawk Village. Community kitchens with full-size refrigerators and microwaves are also located in Bourgeois Hall and Leitch Hall (first floor) and throughout Fox Hall (various floors)

What to Leave at Home

  • Cooking appliances such as a hot plate, griddle, toaster, air fryer, deep fryer, or any other appliance with an open coil or exposed hot surface, such as George Foreman grills. (Toasters and air fryers are permitted in apartment kitchen areas in Riverview West and River Hawk Village.)
  • Pets other than fish in a ten-gallon tank (or smaller). Maximum dimensions: 20 length x 10 width x 12 height
  • Candles (even if unlit), incense and/or incense burners are not permitted
  • Space Heaters
  • Air conditioners
  • Excessively loud speakers and amplifiers
  • Personal Furniture - Sofas, mattresses (unless approved for medical reasons and documented and approved by the Office of Residence Life), desks, wardrobes, upholstered furniture and more.
  • Drug paraphernalia of any sort, EVEN if it is considered decorative.
  • Cinder Blocks
  • Decorative bottles or other alcohol paraphernalia in the room of any resident under 21 years old (such as bottle caps or six pack cardboard boxes)
  • Weapons/firearms/knives
  • Recreational: Dart Boards, Hover boards, Nerf guns, and slingshots.
  • Large scale and potentially dangerous sporting equipment (track and field equipment or paintball guns, etc.) Arrangements should be made for storage off campus. Please contact Athletics, your coach, or the Office of Recreation Services/Club Sports Coordinator for assistance
  • Halogen lamps and multi-bulb or octopus lamps
  • Wired/Wireless routers, WiFi hot-spots, printers with WiFi technology enabled, switches/hubs and other networking equipment
  • 3D printers
  • Using and/or possessing shisha, hookah, or similar pipes in the residence halls; these pipes involve the burning of smoldering ashes, which present a fire hazard.
  • Any items hung from the ceiling
  • Vaping device usage is prohibited inside the residence hall
  • Holiday light strings should not go across the ceiling or above doorways or windows (against the wall is acceptable)
  • Tapestries or any material used as a canopy or wall decoration cannot cover more than 25% of any wall space
  • Lava lamps
  • Hover boards, self-balancing scooters, battery-operated scooters and hands-free Segways are not allowed to be charged or operated inside University property.
  • Gas, electric, and charcoal grills
  • Fireworks or explosives
  • Gasoline and other flammable liquids
  • Gas-Powered equipment
  • Highly combustible materials
  • Lighted smoking materials
  • Noxious chemicals
  • Smoke and fog machines