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What to Bring to Campus
Turning a Residence Hall room into a home is an important part of on-campus life, and it should not be neglected. Below, we have listed items that we recommend bringing. All of them fall within our saftey and health requirements. We've put it into a table, so that you can print it off as a packing list, if you so desire.
| Item | Packed? |
| 3M Command Adhesive products for posters, pictures, and other decorative items | |
| Alarm clock | |
| Backpack or book bag | |
| Basic cleaning supplies | |
| Bathrobe, shower shoes and a bucket for shower items | |
| Bedspreads, comforter, blankets, etc. | |
| Bicycle and lock (all bicycles must be registered with the university) | |
| Broom/dustpan | |
| Calculator | |
| Camera | |
| Carpeting or rugs | |
| Checkbook/Debit card | |
| Clothes hangers | |
| Clothes iron | |
| Clothing (try to avoid over-packing, but bring clothes for all weather) | |
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Computer with Ethernet cable (Open computer labs are available) |
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| Copy of personal health and property insurance | |
| Copy of property serial numbers (if any) | |
| Crock pot, toaster, coffee pot, hot pot, rice steamer, air popcorn popper | |
| Dictionary/Thesaurus | |
| DVD/VCR | |
| Environmentally friendly products to reduce the amount of waste produced | |
| Extra-long twin sheets (all beds are 80” long) | |
| First aid kit | |
| Flashlight with batteries | |
| Hair dryer, curling iron, shaver, etc. | |
| Iron | |
| Jacket or coat | |
| Kitchen items (dishes, preferably break-resistant items, can opener, ice cube trays) | |
| Laundry basket and detergent |
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| Message board and dry-erase markers (for door) | |
| Pillows | |
| Planner and/or calendar | |
| Plastic organizer containers | |
| School and desk supplies | |
| Sewing kit | |
| Soap, shampoo, deodorant, and other personal hygiene products | |
| Stereo | |
| Surge strips or surge protectors | |
| Tissues/Kleenex | |
| Toilet paper (Community-style bathrooms provide toilet paper) | |
| Towels, wash cloths | |
| TV (with coaxial cable for connection to cable service) (one per bedroom) | |
| Umbrella, other rain gear | |
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Video game system |
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| Waste basket |
As important as it is to make a Residence Hall room feel like home, it is equally (if not more) important to ensure that all items brought to campus fall within the University's policies for health and safety.
| Item | Not Packed |
| Alcoholic beverages or containers | |
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Candles
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| Deep fat fryers, Fry Daddies, or any other appliance used to fry foods | |
| Electric skillets and grills (e.g., George Foreman Grill) | |
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Fireworks
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| Halogen torchiere lamps | |
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Heater/heating units
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| Hot plates | |
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Illegal drugs or paraphernalia
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| Incense | |
| Lamps with plastic shades | |
| Open-coiled appliances | |
| Ozone machines | |
| Pets (other than fish in a 20-gallon tank or less) | |
| Pizza ovens | |
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Sandwich makers
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| Toaster ovens | |
| Tobacco products | |
| Waterbeds | |
| Weapons (or any item that may be construed as a weapon) |
If you have any questions about a particular item, please feel free to contact the Residence Life and Services offices. We will be glad to assist you.