Housing registration begins April 14

By Meg Beerling
Guest Writer

On-campus housing registration for the 2009-10 academic year begins April 14. Students can begin to prepare by ensuring they take care of any obligations that could prevent them from registering, said Jessica Bare, Saint Mary’s University’s associate director of residence life.

As students begin to plan where they will be living next year, the office of residence life asks that students take care of any outstanding obligations they may have on their account. These obligations could include: a $500 deposit for all returning students that was due March 5, registration for a minimum of 12 credits for the fall semester and any health forms missing from the Wellness Center.

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Bare said failure to meet the obligations of these and other matters will result in a hold being placed on students’ accounts and prevent them from registering for classes and housing.

Each student is assigned a registration time that corresponds to his or her class. Registration will take place on April 14-16 and 21, and will begin with students who have a minimum of 87 credits.

If students plan on living with another student, they may register using the higher of the registration numbers. Bare said students should be prepared to submit pin numbers (available on Webtools) for each of the students planning to live in a housing unit.

All students are required to live on campus for the their freshman and sophomore years. Students who live in the Winona area, are married, are over the age of 21 or will be 21 by midterm of their first semester are exempt from this policy.

“The housing rule has not changed for next year, despite rumors,” said Bare.

Students are reminded that the Ek Family Village (Old Village) and the New Village are for students who will be juniors, seniors or 21 years old at the start of the year.