Columbia University Student Services June Mailing
Explore Housing and Dining
Explore Housing and Dining
Overview
We know you are anxious to find out all of this information. In the upcoming months, you will be receiving an email from Columbia Housing with your housing assignment, roommate information (if applicable), and your dining meal plan confirmation. In the meantime, try to relax and enjoy your summer vacation. Before long, you will be thinking of the Illiad and late nights spent in Butler Library, and summer vacation will seem like a million miles away.
If you want to explore before your packet arrives, here are some useful tools to help you assimilate to your new environment and your academic and social experiences at Columbia:
- Columbia Dining
- Columbia Housing
- First Year Living at Columbia
- Info for Your Arrival Guide
- Guide to Living
- Guide to Green Living
- Residence Hall Information
- Planning for Your Arrival
Planning for Your Arrival
Move-in is an exciting and busy time. In order to ensure everyone's experience is as stress-free as possible, the first-year class move-in is divided into two groups based on geographic location. The information provided here is so you can begin to make your arrangements now.
TIPS FOR MOVING IN
WHEN TO ARRIVE: Students with Primary Residence in the following locations are invited to move in on Sunday, August 28, 2011 from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. These students will be emailed a link to RSVP in early August:
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Puerto Rico, Guam and Countries other than the U.S.
Students with Primary Residence in the following locations, as well as Combined Plan and Transfer students, can
move in on Monday, August 29, 2011 from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. You’re welcome to arrive anytime between 7:00
a.m. and 1:00 p.m., but as you plan your own schedule, keep in mind that the Convocation ceremony begins at
2:00 p.m. and no move-in or check-in will be allowed to take place once it has started:
Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, Washington DC and West Virginia.
SPECIAL ARRIVALS: Students who are participating in the Columbia Outdoor Orientation Program (COOP) or
Columbia Urban Experience (CUE), will be able to move in earlier than August 29. These students will receive a separate mailing from their specific program with details on moving in.
No other students can move into their room before August 29. If you must arrive earlier than the move-in date, please refer to this list of nearby accommodations.
If for some reason you will be arriving later than August 29, please let us know in writing as soon as possible at housing@columbia.edu.
UNLOADING AREAS AND TRAFFIC INFORMATION: Movers and Orientation staff will be available to help with unloading. Please follow their directions. The movers will provide cardboard bins and dollies to assist in unloading and transporting belongings to students’ rooms. A maximum of two large bins (48”x24”x26”) will be issued to each resident. For more detailed traffic information and a list of area garages for parking, please visit the Arrival section of the Housing Guide for Incoming Students.
WHAT TO BRING/WHAT NOT TO BRING: A list of suggested items is provided in the Information for Your Arrival booklet sent to students in the Student & Administrative Services mailing. Also provided is a list of items that are prohibited in the residence halls. Online versions of these lists are located at www.columbia.edu/cu/housing.
WHEN TO LEAVE: Families should plan to part with their student following Convocation, before students attend their first Orientation meeting at 4:15 p.m. Because students have a full week of Orientation activities and social events to attend, we ask that you do not make plans to see them after this time. For more information, please visit www.columbia.edu/cu/housing, email housing@columbia.edu or call 212-854-2775. If you have any questions, please visit askus.columbia.
