The residence halls will close for Winter Break at 10:00 a.m. December 14, 2024 and reopen at 9:00 a.m. January 19, 2025.
24-HOUR QUIET HOURS begin 11:59 p.m. Friday, December 6 and will continue through 8:00 p.m. Friday, December 13. Quiet hours allow students time to study and prepare for finals. This policy will be enforced in the residence halls during this time.
Closing Room Inspections
Residential Life staff will be checking each room on Saturday, December 14th after 10:00 a.m. to ensure that safety and maintenance conditions have been met for Winter Break.
Before leaving their residence hall, students must:
- Unplug all electrical devices including refrigerators; these must be left open with a towel in front to catch any moisture from thawing.
- Unplug all e-bike, e-scooters, and other personal transport devices and take them home. If you are unable to take these devices with you it is required the battery be disconnected and unplugged. Any e-bikes or e-scooters found in student rooms will be unplugged by staff.
- Close and lock all windows and doors.
- Close and lower blinds three-quarters down.
- Remove all perishable food and trash from your room and hall.
- Remove all personal items from bathrooms. All suite bathrooms and corridor-style bathrooms will be cleaned over the break.
- If you leave a car on campus, please park in lots: Lots G1, M1, or ZZ North or South for security and snow emergency reasons. If you are staying on campus, you may also park in Lots O2, S1, and Y4.
- If you have a Sabbath key, make sure to return it to your community office as instructed.
Please note: The pathway between Mountainview and College-in-the-Woods is intended for pedestrians and service vehicles only. It will be blocked intentionally and cars should not drive on the pathway.
Room Check Out
Students who are leaving the University and checking out of on-campus housing or who are making a room change for the Spring semester should refer to their B-Mail address for detailed instructions. Students have two options for checking out of their room before Winter Break Closing:
Express Checkout
With this option, students can easily leave their keys in the green drop box located in your building鈥檚 lobby. Your Residence Director will complete a short walk-through of your old room during Closing room inspections and note any major damages that may need to be repaired.
RD Walk-Throughs
With this option, students can schedule an appointment with their Residence Director to complete a walk-through of their room with them in person. This option requires a prior appointment to be scheduled and cannot be accommodated as a last-minute request.
Winter Break Housing
Students (including those in the Apartments) who need to remain on campus for any portion of the winter break must apply to do so by submitting the . Students who do not submit this form by noon on December 13, will not have access to their residence hall during the break.
Cost:
- $224/week. Students wishing to remain on campus for any portion of a week will be billed for the entire week. Break housing is not offered on a daily basis.
- The billing week runs from Monday - Sunday. Students will be billed for the entire week even if only here for a portion of the week.
- The break housing charge will be billed to the student鈥檚 account upon submission of the . This charge is nonrefundable even if plans change and the student does not remain on campus for the weeks they have selected.
- Students living in the Apartments are not billed for break housing as apartment living encompasses break housing.
Students who submit their dates by the published deadline and then need to add a week after December 14th, may do so by emailing reslife@binghamton.edu.
Student opting to remain on campus during Winter break should keep the following important information in mind:
- Services will be limited
- Dining will be available throughout the break. However, options will be limited. There will not be any on-campus dining available on Christmas Eve (December 24), Christmas day (December 25), and New Years Day (January 1). Please refer to the Dining Services for more details.
- ITC/Campus Shuttle running from 8am-5pm
- Busses will be running on a reduced service schedule with no service between December 25- January 1. Please refer to the Transportation and Parking Services webpage for more details.
- Make every effort to keep your keys with you at all times! If you are locked out of your room, the response time to key you in could be lengthy.
- If you leave a vehicle on campus, you must park in Lot G1, M1 or ZZ North or South for snow removal purposes. Find a parking map here.
During this break housing period, the University Housing Agreement and the Code of Student Conduct are still in effect. In addition, you must comply with the directives below. Break housing is a privilege and you are expected to conduct yourself in a manner appropriate to a community living environment. Any alleged violations will result in immediate removal from break housing pending any student conduct or administrative follow-up action.
- Students who have not been approved to be on campus during the break may not enter the residence halls/Apartments.
- No overnight guests are permitted.
- You may not allow anyone to 鈥渢ailgate鈥 (not using their card access) into the building.
- Keep your room and suite/flat/apartment door locked at all times.
- Suite bathrooms will be cleaned over break. Please remove all personal belongings from the bathroom.
Emergency:
Staff Member On-Duty 鈥
Option 2
- Apartments Office Phone Tree 7-2904
- CIW Office Phone Tree 7-2637
- Dickinson Office Phone Tree 7-2826
- Hinman Office Phone Tree 7-4716
- Mountainview Office Phone Tree 7-7660
- Newing Office Phone Tree 7-2864
If you cannot reach the staff member on duty by phone, call University Police who
will contact them.
- University Police 鈥 x 911 (emergency 鈥 from a campus phone)
607-777-2222 (emergency 鈥 from a cell phone)
607-777-2393 (non-emergency)
- Emergency Maintenance 鈥 607-777-2341