Moving Out

Move Out Dates

For the Fall 2024 semester, the residence halls will close on the following dates/times:

Non-graduating students (First-year and second-years returning for Spring 2025): twenty-four (24) hours after their last final or by 10:00 am on Thursday, December 19, 2024 (whichever comes first)
Graduating Students (second-years and approved late-stay students): by 10:00 am on Thursday, December 19, 2024.

For the Spring 2025 semester, the residence halls will close on the following dates/times:

Non-graduating students (First-year and second-years returning for Fall 2025): twenty-four (24) hours after their last final or by 3:00 pm on Thursday, May 8, 2025 (whichever comes first)
Graduating Students (second-years and approved late-stay students): by 5:00 pm on Saturday, May 10, 2025.

All students must return their room key when they move out. Students that do not return their key will be charged $150 to their student account.

Check Out Instructions

To ensure student success with the check-out process, we provide the following information to all students. For detailed information about all things check-out, please review the checkout information boards in your community starting April 18.

You must appropriately remove ALL items from your room.
Large items should be disposed of in the appropriate disposal locations.
Have items you don’t want to take with you? Donate them! Bins will be located in various locations on campus starting Friday, April 19.
You will be charged for any items left in your room or in the hallway.

Remove any tape and/or other adhesives from the walls, ceiling, doors, and windows. This includes stars, hooks, sticky-tack, or other decals you might have adhered to surfaces.
Empty out the recycle bins in the appropriate disposal locations.
Vacuum or sweep your room.
Clean the sink, mirrors, and other surfaces.

Furniture should be returned to its original arrangement.
If the beds were not bunked when you moved in, you must UNBUNK them.
If the dresser was in a different location in the room, you must RETURN it to that original location.
ALL furniture (bed, dresser, desk, desk chair, recycle bins, etc.) that was supplied in your room MUST be present when you check out. All beds must be fully assembled to avoid a charge.

Returning your keys in the mail is not an option!

Make sure you complete your mail forwarding. A student may click on “Mail Forwarding” on the main OPUS Student Center page, under Personal Information. They will be taken to the Mail Forwarding request page where they may submit mail forwarding information.

If you fail to return your key, you will be charged $150 for a re-core.

Express checkouts are the way that students will check out of their room and return their key.

Express Checkout

Does not have to be scheduled in advance
Express Check-out boxes are located in the lobby of each Hall
You complete the information on Express Check-out envelope, sign it, place your keys inside the envelope, seal it, and place it in the Express Check-out box

Note: RES staff will conduct a room inspection that compares your RCR during your check-in with the room's current condition. Fees for damages will be assessed and communicated by the RES Professional Staff AFTER the halls have closed.

Check your Emory email account after two weeks from May 10 for communication on damage charges posting to your student account. Instructions on appeals will be included with this email. Failure to meet specified deadlines for appeals will forfeit your appeal option. Appeals will NOT be considered after the deadline communicated.

Storage

Residential Education & Services (RES) does not provide storage for students. Students are responsible for securing storage for their belongings. Because of the conference usage and/or facilities work that occurs during the summer, students are not allowed to store their items in their current or upcoming room during the summer. For students transitioning out of Oxford College at the end of the fall semester (not returning due to commencement, transferring, or study abroad), all student belongings must be removed from the fall assignment by the provided deadline and cannot be stored in the room.

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