Housing availability and requirements

Housing is generally available for all students who request it. Please contact the housing office for current status at 360-486-8856 or tmcclain@stmartin.edu.

Eligibility

University housing is made available to students enrolled at the Lacey campus. Priority is given to students enrolled for a minimum of 12 credit hours each semester. Part-time students may request housing through the Director of Housing and Residence Life. Dropping to part-time status from full-time status does not automatically cancel a housing contract.

Apartments: Apartments generally house students who are at least 21 years old or have completed 60 or more credits (not including Running Start credits).

Residency requirement

All single undergraduate students are required to live on campus while enrolled for classes at Saint Martin’s University unless they have:

1. Reached junior status (60 or more hours of approved university credit which does not include Running Start credits) prior to registration for fall or spring semester classes;
2. Are twenty one years of age or older on or before the last official day of registration for the fall semester;
3. Are residing at home within 30 miles of Saint Martin's University with parent(s) or legal guardian(s);
4. Have lived in a university residence hall for four or more complete semesters;
5. Are taking eight or fewer credit hours during the semester in question.

International students, including English-as-a-second-language (ESL) students, must follow the same policy; however, they are granted the following exemptions:

1. They are living with a prearranged host family for the duration of their stay;
2. They have a letter of permission from their country's embassy.

Meal plan requirements

Residents who live in non-apartment spaces and have not fulfilled their housing requirement must purchase a traditional meal plan. Meal plan options and prices are available at www.cafebonappetit.com/saintmartin. Traditional board plans do not include meals during vacation periods (Christmas, spring, and summer breaks). Food service is available on a cash basis during vacation periods.

Apartments: Residents who live in campus apartments are not required to purchase a meal plan; however, meal plan options are available for apartment residents.

Meal plans may be selected and changed by written request anytime before the add/drop date, but no changes will be made thereafter. Fall meal plan balances carry over to spring with the purchase of a traditional (Bronze, Silver, or Gold) meal plan. At the end of the spring semester, all balances expire. Please refer to the Saint Martin’s University Dining Services Brochure or visit www.cafebonappetit.com/saintmartin for additional meal plan policy information.

Moving in

The date and time of the opening of the residence halls/apartments will be announced prior to each academic year. (Please refer to the academic calendar for more information.) Students may not occupy or leave personal belongings in any student room or hall before the time the halls are scheduled to open unless they are participating in a university-scheduled program, have prior approval from the Director of Housing and Residence Life, and pay an additional fee. The university will not be responsible for any property left in the residence hall at the time of checkout.

To move in to the residence halls, you must complete these steps:

1. Complete and submit a signed housing contract;
2. Pay a $200 damage deposit at the Office of Student Accounts and submit a copy of the payment receipt;
3. Complete and submit a student medical information form;
4. Sign and submit a room condition report.