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Housing Office (100 SASB, PO Box 21820, [801] 378-2611)
Quality residential living is an important, indeed an integral, part of the total educational experience at BYU, and students should carefully consider the accommodations available in view of the type of living experience they desire, the time they have available for activities within their housing situation, and their economic needs. Housing is available on campus and in the surrounding communities, and programs have been established within campus residence halls and with off-campus landlords to integrate living experiences with the total university educational program.
On-campus housing includes room-and-board residence halls for men and women, each directed by a competent resident adult; apartment-style living for women and men; and family apartments. Assisting the hall advisor in the room-and-board areas and the apartment-style living are several resident assistants—mature, advanced students who reside with the student group. Students are known personally by the staff and have someone available to assist with normal student problems.
The residence hall program is designed to provide experiences in self-government, sharing relationships, and other responsibilities that encourage maturity and independence.
Residence Halls for Men and Women
Board and room in Helaman Halls and Deseret Towers is provided for both men and women. Each hall contains student lounges; study rooms; shower and restroom areas; laundry and storage facilities. Reading and writing labs, as well as math and computer labs, are also provided in the central buildings and are staffed by teaching assistants. The central buildings for each complex feature spacious cafeterias, dining rooms, reception areas, offices, and mail service for the entire residence area. Recreational facilities include a swimming pool, sports courts, and large lawn areas.
Apartment Living for Men and Women
Heritage Halls provides apartment-style housing for both men and women. Most apartments have a combination kitchen-dining-study room, three bedrooms (designed for two people each), and a bath. Each building has a large lobby/living area, recreation room, laundry, and storage facilities. Apartments are furnished, except for bedding and kitchen items.
The Heritage Halls Central Building includes a resource center, staffed with specialists who are available to provide information and equipment for residents, and a computer lab, staffed by teaching assistants.
Accommodations for 898 student families are provided in the housing development known as Wymount Terrace. Because of the demand for these facilities, applicants should submit their applications at least one year before anticipated placement. The waiting list varies depending on time of year and availability.
Wymount Terrace consists of family apartments arranged around lawn and play areas where children may enjoy themselves away from busy streets. Each apartment is furnished with an electric or gas range, refrigerator, window coverings, and garbage disposal. A limited amount of furniture is available for rent from the university. Apartments in Wymount Terrace are not plumbed or wired for washers and dryers, but the area is served by five self-service laundry centers. Four apartment sizes are available, and, as in other family housing, these are assigned according to family size.
Wyview Park , which originally consisted of one-, two-, and three-bedroom mobile homes, is being replaced with a new two- and three-bedroom family apartment complex. Its completion is scheduled for sometime in 1998.
Foreign Language Student Residence
The College of Humanities sponsors the Foreign Language Student Residence, located near the Missionary Training Center. Students pledge to speak only the foreign language in their apartment while they live and study together under the supervision of a faculty advisor and a native speaker.
All rooms are double rooms, and male and female students eat together, with the cost of some meals included in the fees. For details, write to one of the foreign language departments listed in this catalog or to the coordinator of the Foreign Language Student Residence, 1102 JKHB, PO Box 26114, e-mail flsrsec@jkhbrc,byu,edu.
Applications for Campus Housing
Students who plan to enroll at BYU and live in a university residence hall are advised to contact the Housing Business Office (100 SASB) about a year in advance. As soon as the housing agreement is received, students should complete it, enclose the $50 housing application fee and $100 security deposit, and mail it back. The application fee is nonrefundable unless the student is not admitted to the university or campus housing. The security deposit is refundable (1) if the student is not admitted to the university or campus housing, (2) if cancellation is received before the deadline shown on the agreement, or (3) at the end of the agreement if there is no debt owing the university.
Agreements are processed according to the date they are received by the Housing Business Office. Students should be prepared to live by the terms of the agreement once they have acquainted themselves with its terms, signed it, and returned it to the Housing Business Office; this will avoid any possible misunderstanding or financial loss. Agreements are made for the academic school year.
Acceptance into the University: Validation of any campus housing reservation is contingent on the student's official acceptance and admission to the university.
Time of Arrival: Residence halls are not open to students before the announced opening date, which is usually the day before Orientation begins. The university does not advise students who are going to live on campus to arrive before that date.
(255 ELWC, PO Box 27905, [801] 378-5066)
Brigham Young University is committed to creating an atmosphere conducive to intellectual and spiritual development for all of its students, including those who live off campus. The BYU Off-Campus Housing Office was established to assist in this task by:
To help achieve these ends, single BYU students are required to live in university-approved housing (see below). At present, more than 18,000 rental spaces have been approved by the university for single students living off campus. For further information concerning off-campus rentals and BYU regulations, contact the Off-Campus Housing Office between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The BYU Off-Campus Housing Office maintains a referral service for all university-approved rental facilities. Thousands of rental units of all types have been approved. There are large apartment complexes, condominiums, duplexes, houses, basement apartments, and sleeping rooms. Family housing is not subject to university approval, but rental listings are maintained for married students.
Information about current vacancies is available at the Off-Campus Housing
Office. Copies of the latest vacant rental listings and a guide with essential
rental data on the large apartment complexes are available in a display
case outside the office door. These lists and the guide are also available
for mailing upon request. The vacancy lists can be faxed. The “Housing
Hotline” provides daily updates of newly listed vacant rentals—call (801)
378-3440. These listings are also available on the Internet. Visit our
web site at http://www.byu.edu/
sasb/hs/offc/offc.htm. Counselors are also
available to help students who have exceptional problems finding suitable
off-campus housing.
All BYU students are required to provide the local address where they reside (not a post office box) as part of the registration process. Unless specifically excused by the Off-Campus Housing Office, all single BYU students are required to live in university-approved housing either on or off campus. The requirement may be waived by the Off-Campus Housing Office for the following students:
Hotels, motels, and studio apartments are not approved housing for single students. A studio apartment is a living unit that does not provide a separate bedroom but combines the living and sleeping area.
Students who do not provide their local address or who live in housing not approved by the university and who are not excused by the BYU Off-Campus Housing Office are subject to the following sanctions:
When a student has contracted to live in a facility not approved by the university and has not been excused from the university housing requirement, these sanctions will be applied even though the student's tenancy extends beyond the current semester or term in which the student is enrolled. A student in this situation will have to either move from the unapproved housing unit, regardless of the consequences, or forego registration and other privileges at the university until complying with this policy.
The university approves off-campus living units whose owners have agreed to:
The university cannot guarantee that owners and managers are employing their best efforts to maintain our standards, that all residents are complying with BYU standards, or that approved living units always meet our physical criteria. Thus, students are individually responsible to carefully choose an acceptable apartment and compatible roommates. Students should, of course, inform the BYU Off-Campus Housing Office if they suspect that the standards and the physical criteria are not being maintained.
Because a student's living environment has a profound influence on academic performance and spiritual growth, BYU promotes an environment in approved off-campus housing facilities that is consistent with its mission and with the moral virtues taught by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Specifically, the BYU off-campus housing program sets guidelines for landlords and students, which, if followed, will cultivate that desired moral climate. BYU Housing personnel attempt to rectify any deviations from these standards and policy guidelines.
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