Room Deposit

A $100 deposit is required to reserve a room. Eighty dollars, of your $100 room deposit, are considered security monies and therefore refundable. Twenty dollars, of your $100 room deposit, are considered processing and administrative fees and are therefore non-refundable.

Security monies will be forfeited if the terms of the contract are not fulfilled or if you fail to turn in keys, have damage, or have an unpaid fine resulting from a Residence Life violation.

For students who never attended BHSU and will not be attending BHSU, the Residence Life Office must be notified in writing, postmarked by July 1 of the current year, to cancel the housing contract or the security monies will be forfeited.  For spring semester, forfeiture date is December 1. 

Room Contract

A room contract is sent out as soon as a student is accepted to BHSU.

The terms of the board and room contract are binding for the full academic school year.  For students who are admitted for the spring, the term is spring semester only.  Failure to maintain the contract is considered a willful violation of this contract and obligates the student for the full term's rental fees.

Room Assignments

Assignments are made for those students who have SIGNED the housing contract and PAID the required deposit, in the order in which they were received.  Requests to live with a particular person will depend on available space and if the person you requested returned their contract and deposit the same time as you did.

Fall room assignments will be given to you during your summer NSR Session - the student orientation program required for all new students.  Once room assignments have been made, they will not be changed.  There is NO GUARANTEE that you will get the roommate or hall that you requested.