Important Information

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

For all students:

• California University of Pennsylvania has six on-campus Residence Halls - Building A, Building B, Building C, Johnson Hall (Building D), Building E, and Carter Hall (Building F).
• There is a $300.00 administrative/application fee which is required for each contract per academic year. This administrative/application fee is non-refundable.
• Meal plans are required for students who reside in the Residence Halls. Meal plans may be increased or decreased up to and including the first week of classes. After the first week of classes, meal plans may only be increased. You may change your meal plan at the Housing Office (Building B 117).
• The duration of the Housing Contract is a full academic year - both Fall and Spring Semesters - unless pre-approved by the Housing Director.
• Any student voluntarily withdrawing from Housing during the prescribed duration of the Housing Contract cannot consider their withdrawal official and will be subject to the full housing charges for both Fall and Spring Semesters.
• Any student who wishes to waive or enroll in the school-sponsored insurance please click on the following link: Health Insurance Waiver/Enrollment Forms.

For incoming freshman:

• Incoming freshman are bound by the Four Semester Residency Requirement. This requirement states that students are required to reside in University Housing for the first four semesters of their academic career at California University of Pennsylvania. On-campus Residence Halls and Vulcan Village are considered University Housing. Requests to be released from the Four Semester Residency Requirement must be put into writing to the Housing Office.
• Students must be fully accepted to the University before obtaining a Housing Contract.
• When returning the Housing Contract, please be sure to include the yellow emergency contact card, all three copies of the Housing Contract, Roommate Matching Survey, Food Service Contract, and the $300.00 administrative/application fee. Housing Contracts should be returned to Bursar's Office, Box 83, Dixon Hall - Room 118, California University of Pennsylvania, 250 University Avenue, California, PA 15419 - 1394.
• Once the student has been placed into a building, a copy of the contract indicating the tentative building assignment will be sent to the student's home address indicated on the contract. Information regarding roommate name(s), room type, and room number will be sent to all first-time students late in the summer.

For transfer students:

• Transfer students are strongly encouraged to obtain residency either at Vulcan Village or in Off-Campus Housing during their first semester at California University of Pennsylvania.

For returning students:

• Students who wish to obtain housing in the Residence Halls for the following academic year must participate in the lottery.
• Students residing in the Residence Halls will receive information regarding the lottery around Thanksgiving in their Residence Hall mail boxes.
• After the specified deadline has passed, students will be selected at random from the completed lottery slips to fill the spaces allotted for upper-class students. Spaces not filled during the first lottery will be filled during the second lottery using the initial lottery entry slips.
• Students who are not chosen during the lotteries will be given the option to sign up on the waiting list. Students will be pulled from the waiting list in the order that they signed up as vacancies become available. Being on the waiting list does not guarantee students housing in the Residence Halls for the following academic year.

For additional questions, please refer to our Frequently Asked Questions page or contact the Housing and Residence Life office at (724) 938-4444 or housing@calu.edu.

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