Housing and Dining

Yes! All students can request gender-inclusive housing through the application in their housing portal, and all of our residence halls feature gender-inclusive restrooms. In Bruske, Newberry, and Mitchell Halls, these bathrooms are single-user bathrooms that are shared by a floor. In Gelston Hall, there are a limited number of single-user bathrooms on the second floor. All suite, house, and apartment-style housing can be gender inclusive with the consent of all residents. See our full gender inclusive housing policy in the student handbook.

Our single rooms are first reserved for students with a documented accommodation through our Academic Support and Disability Services Office. 

If we have any remaining single rooms available after meeting these accommodations, we open up these rooms to students on the single room waitlist. The waitlist opens in the housing portal with the rest of our housing process in late March, and any student can sign up for the waitlist at any time after it opens. Please note that there may be an additional cost for a single room. We strongly recommend that any student on the single room waitlist still go through the regular housing process, since single rooms are not guaranteed.

Our disability services staff work individually with students through the accommodation process.

You can change your meal plan through your housing portal up to one week before the start of each semester. After the meal plan change deadline passes, you will need to wait until the next semester to change your meal plan.

For the most part, yes! Sophomores, juniors, and seniors can live together in Newberry, Mitchell, Carey, Bonbright, Brazell, and Brazell West Halls.

Returning students are not able to live with new first year students because there are limited spaces available in first year experience, and first year students must live in a first year residence hall. Exceptions are only made for family members or individuals who have lived in the same household previously.

If you lose your room key, please contact your RA, another member of the residence life staff, or email residencelife@alma.edu. We will work with Facilities to replace your lock and key to make sure your room is safe and secure. If you lose your ID card, dining services can print a new one for you, and Campus Safety can provide temporary IDs while the dining office is closed. Keys and ID cards both have a replacement fee. If your ID card breaks, dining services can print a new card for free; please bring the broken card with you to receive a replacement without charge.

You can access the work order system through Inside Alma. Any student can put in a work order. Your RA or house manager can help with work orders as well.

All of the furniture that is present in your room at move in must remain in your room. Due to limited storage space, we are unable to store room furniture in other spaces on campus. Removing the furniture may result in a fine or student conduct charges.

We encourage you to bring items that will help your room feel like home. Many students will bring a comfy chair or futon, but we always encourage students to coordinate this with their roommates to make sure there is enough space for everything you both bring!

All of our furniture is stackable and can be arranged in many different ways.

All full-time students are required to live on campus, unless you meet specific criteria.

Believe you qualify and want to apply to live off campus? Just fill out the application in your housing portal. We will review your application and respond within a few weeks.