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The Residence Life experience at Union University offers many opportunities to develop in faith, learning, and life. Residence Life is a unique blend of top rate residence facilities and a Christ-centered, people-focused community. While academics are the priority, we understand that students' experiences outside the classroom are also significant to their development in college.

The Residence Life team is focused on providing a cohesive living-learning experience, and each team member is committed to serving students. The Residence Directors (RDs) and Assistant Residence Directors (ARDs) live on-campus in the residence complexes and are regularly available to students. Each RD and ARD focuses on a designated group of residential students and leads a team of Resident Advisors. The Resident Advisors (RAs) are student leaders who are chosen to invest in their peers through relationships and programming.

A Residence Director (RD) is a professional staff member who lives on campus in the Residence Complex and plays an essential role on the Student Life team. Each RD supervises a complex of residential students and leads a team of Resident Advisors (RAs), student paraprofessional staff who are available to their residents.

Assistant Residence Directors (ARD) provide support to the RDs focusing on creating and maintaining a culture among the residential student body through relationships and programming.

The purpose of a RA is to serve as a peer resource, role model, counselor, and friend who encourages resident student development and community life consistent with the mission and policies of Union University.

Union University is a residential campus that requires all unmarried, full-time, undergraduate students to live on-campus. The residential experience is a valuable part of a student's education. It provides students with unique opportunities in the areas of educational, social, cultural, spiritual and service-oriented development.

Students who wish to live off-campus must be in good standing with the University and the Office of Student Services, meet one of the following qualifications, and complete an Off Campus Request form (available on our website, under the Resources tab):

• I have completed 96 credit hours prior to the first day of the Fall semester.
• I will be at least 22 years old as of the first day of the Fall semester for which I am requesting to live off-campus.
• I am getting married before the semester begins.
• I am a part-time student taking less than 12 hours this semester.
• I will be living at home with my parent(s) or guardian within a 40-mile radius of Union University. My parent(s) or guardian will verify I will be commuting from home.

All Off-Campus Applications should be submitted by the deadline shown on the application. If the request is submitted after the deadline, students who are approved to move off campus will forfeit their $100 housing deposit and be assessed a late fee. No off-campus requests will be considered for approval after July 15.

Yes. Students are welcome to request a desired complex. Due to limited space available, freshmen are placed in housing based on the date of their Housing Deposit. Transfer students will be placed in the Quads or with students of like age or college classification, unless they request otherwise. Residence Directors place returning students in the Quads, unless otherwise notified.

The residential experience at Union has been designed to foster community among groups of students. Freshmen are housed in the Heritage Residence Complex. Transfers and upperclassmen are housed in the Quads.

Housing Sign-up forms are available at the Commons or the Office of Residence Life in the Barefoot Student Union Building. Housing sign-ups are generally toward the end of the spring semester.

If you are interested in moving on campus before the next academic year begins, email reslife@uu.edu. We will be aware of any vacancies on campus and can connect you with the appropriate Residence Director at that time.

Students may return early from the summer and January breaks for an early arrival fee of $50, plus a $20 charge for each night you will be on campus prior to the complex opening for regular operation.

There is no charge for students who are returning early for University purposes. Faculty and staff are responsible for submitting the names of all students in their groups at least two weeks prior to their return on the Early Arrival form (.xlsx).

Each student signed a Housing Contract upon entering University housing. This is a legal and binding contract stating the rights and responsibilities of the University and the student responsibilities for the full-academic year. Therefore, students will be held to the Housing Contract and will not be able to make changes to their housing assignment or move rooms after housing sign-up or at a semester break unless approved by the Director of Residence Life.

If a student would like to discuss the possibility of changing rooms because of roommate conflict, please contact your RD after you have made an effort to resolve the situation among your roommates.

Each residential student will receive a box in the mail room during Welcome Week, at this time their address will be the following:

Student's Name
Box ______
1050 Union University Dr.
Jackson, TN 38305

There is ample parking for residential students. There are three main parking lots near the Residence Complexes: one to the West of the Quads on Walker Road, another connects the Quads and Heritage Complexes, and the last is to the East of Heritage Residence Complex.

For additional information about parking on campus, please refer to the Safety & Security website.

Welcome Week is Union's New Student Orientation that helps new students learn about the Union community and get acclimated to campus life. New students (including freshmen and residential transfers) arrive on campus a few days prior to returning students. During this time they participate in helpful and entertaining sessions.

For more information about Welcome Week, please refer to the New Student Orientation website.

The Health Services clinic is located in the Barefoot Student Union Building and is equipped to assist students with minor illnesses and injuries. For more information regarding services, please see the Health Services website.

During fall and spring semesters, the Clinic is open Monday- Friday from 8:00 am – 11:45 am and 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm (when classes are in session). The clinic is closed on Fridays between 10:00 am- 11:00 am for chapel. Summer and January term hours will be posted at the Health Clinic during those terms.

Students can also contact their RD or RA so they may check on them during their illness if necessary and assist them by bringing meals from the Dining Hall.

Absolutely! The University's apartments and bedrooms may be decorated within University guidelines and in such a way that reflects Union's five Community Values: worth of each individual, self-discipline, personal integrity, respect for community authority, and respect for property and the environment. The following are a few guidelines that enable students to personalize their apartments, while at the same time avoiding any damage to the apartment. Any questions about appropriate décor may be directed to reslife@uu.edu.

• Curtains are welcome. All curtains and shower curtains must be hung with tension rods. Union provides venetian blinds for all windows in the residence complexes. You can view the measurements for your building.
• Picture frames and other wall décor can be hung with size 4 finishing nail or smaller. No screws, putty or tape should be used on the walls at any time.
• Each apartment is fully furnished, but if you would like to bring additional furniture you are welcome to do so. Additional furniture is limited to a table and chairs, one living room chair, and an entertainment center. Please note that none of the Union furniture may be taken out of the apartment at any time. City fire codes demand easy entrance/exit to the apartment. For a complete list of furniture provided in the apartments, please see "General Information & What to Bring" on the Residence Life Website.
• Apartment walls may not be painted or wallpapered.
• Drawers may be lined with non-sticky drawer liner, although counter tops and desks are not to be covered in contact paper.
• Candles, incense, halogen lamps, and live Christmas trees/garland are prohibited due to fire hazard.
• Christmas/decorative string lights are prohibited.
• Road signs, business signs, and permanent decals are not to be placed anywhere in the apartment.

All furniture in the Quads, Warmath, and Dodd and Grey in Heritage is freestanding and moveable.

Bedroom furniture (bed, desk, shelves, and closet) in Heritage Residence Complex is built into the room (with the exception of Dodd and Grey). The four-drawer chests are freestanding in all apartments in Heritage.

Open visitation hours are the times in which male and female students are able to be in the apartment of the opposite gender. Mixed gender visitation is not allowed at any time during the week for the Heritage complex, only the hours indicated below.

Visitation is only permitted in the living room and kitchen areas.

In certain circumstances the residence life staff, upon the direction of the dean of student life, may occasionally communicate additional visitation hours beyond those stated above.

The purchase, possession, use, or distribution of alcoholic beverages, drug paraphernalia, or any substance of abuse is prohibited on and off campus, except under the direction of a licensed physician.

For more specific information about the drug and alcohol policies and sanctions, please refer to the Campus Life Handbook.

Union students are expected to maintain a standard of dress which ensures neatness, cleanliness, and appropriateness of attire. In their dress, as in their behavior, students are expected to reflect the marks of educated and mature Christ-centered individuals.

For more specific information regarding the dress code, please refer to the Campus Life Handbook.

New students may put the names of up to three students they would prefer to live with on the Residence Life Application. We will make every effort to grant your request, however requests cannot be guaranteed. If you do not have specific roommates in mind, the Residence Directors will prayerfully consider which roommate would be a good fit for you as they place students.

Returning students may sign up for housing with their preferred roommates. Housing Sign-Ups generally take place at the end of spring semester, following registration for fall classes.

During office hours (M-F, 8am-4:30pm), parents or guardians of residential students can contact the Office of Residence Life in the event of a personal emergency situation at 731.661.5432. For non-residential students, parents or guardians may contact the Dean of Students at 731.661.5090.

After office hours, parents may call the Safety and Security 24 hour cell phone at 731.394.2922.

Below is a list of all complexes indicating the gender of each building. Please know that we may need to switch the gender of some buildings in order to accommodate all of our residents.

• Freshman Year Experience Complex (Only Freshman)
  Male - Dodd, Grey, Jarman, Pollard
  Female - Craig, Paschall, Wright, Lee, Dehoney, Rogers, Sullivan
• Male Residence Complex (Upperclassmen Males Only)
  Watters 1, Watters 3, Ayers 3, Grace 1, Hurt 4
• Female Residence Complex (Upperclassmen Female Only)
  Grace 2, Grace 3, Hurt 1, Hurt 2, Hurt 3, Ayers 1, Ayers 2, Ayers 4, Watters 2, Watters 4
• Male Graduate Housing Complex (Single Male Graduate Students Only)
  Hope 2
• Female Graduate Housing Complex (Single Female Graduate Students Only)
  Hope 3
• Married and Family Housing (Married Students and Dependents Only)
  Warmath Complex