Housing | Ashland

This is where you’ll learn how to apply for housing, request a roommate and/or special accommodations for yourself, join a living-learning community and get along with the roommate you were assigned or selected. You’ll also find links to great resources such as the Housing Guide; detailed information about housing rates, amenities and services; and answers to FAQs.

How to Apply for Housing

Once you have paid your $300 enrollment deposit, you will be able to complete Part II of your enrollment forms, which includes your housing application. Log in to your admission application and select “Undergraduate Part II Application.” You may also complete a housing application by going to housing.ashland.edu and logging in with your Ashland username and password.

Apply for Housing

Convenient Resources

2023-2024 Housing Guide

This guide will help guide you through the process of completing a housing application as well as searching for and selecting a roommate.

First-Year Guide

Familiarize you with the choices you need to make and tasks you need to tackle before and during your first year at Ashland.

Important Dates 2023-2024

Don't miss important housing deadlines!

Contact Information

Residence Life Office Hours

Monday – Friday: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Emily Adam
Director of Residence Life
230 Hawkins Conard Student Center
419-289-5303
reslife@ashland.edu

Kori Roberts
Assistant Director of Housing & Operations
230 Hawkins Conard Student Center
419-289-5326
kgleason@ashland.edu

Abby Johns
Assistant Director of Residence Life - College of Nursing Campus
133 CON Academic Building
419-289-5226
constudentservices@ashland.edu

Student Accessibility Center

930 Claremont Ave.

Silvia Henriss, Director of the Student Accessibility Center
419-289-5904 or Ohio Relay Dial 711
shenriss@ashland.edu

Short PDFs on Specific Housing Topics

If you just want targeted advice on a specific housing issue, one of these PDFs may help:

How to Search for a Roommate

How to Select a Roommate

How to Complete a Housing Application

Lottery Guide - How to Select Your Room & Housing Options

Accessibility and Accommodations

We consider the residential experience to be an essential part of the student learning experience. Consequently, the staff of the Student Accessibility Center strive to make any accommodations necessary for you to enjoy the on-campus residential experience.

If you have a medical or special need, a documented disability or other circumstance(s) that could impact your residential experience, please let us know before classes begin. You may request accommodations throughout the academic year, if needed.

To make your needs known:

Complete the appropriate section of your housing application.
Contact the Student Accessibility Center by phone at 419-289-5904 or via Ohio Relay Dial 711 or email Silvia Henriss at au-sac@ashland.edu.

Depending on the nature of your disability, you may be required to provide third-party verification documentation. Examples of this type of documentation include:

Health care provider letter describing the diagnosis and the major life activities that are affected as a result of the disability.
Disability Verification Form completed by a health care (including mental health care) professional; the form is available on the AU website or by contacting the Student Accessibility Center.

Once we have received and reviewed your documentation, we will schedule a meeting with you to determine accommodations. In-person, face-to-face meetings typically take two hours. Phone or Zoom intake meetings are also available and typically last one hour.

For more information, see the detailed information on requesting accommodations or visit the Student Accessibility Center.

Housing Rates for 2023 – 2024

The following table shows the housing rates per person for the 2023 – 2024 academic year. These rates do not include the cost of a meal plan, which is mandatory for all residential students who are not living in a university apartment. For information about meal plan options and costs, visit the Student Dining page.
If you have any housing questions, please contact Abby Righter at reslife@ashland.edu or the Residence Life Office.

Learn more about on-campus housing

Residence Hall	Type of Room	Spring	Fall	Total
Amstutz Clark Kem	Regular Double or Triple	$3,250	$3,250	$6,500
Amstutz Clark Kem Kilhefner	Regular Single	$3,530	$3,530	$7,060
Clark (sororities only) Kilhefner	Paid Double	$3,680	$3,680	$7,360
All Halls	Paid Single	$4,170	$4,170	$8,340
Andrews Myers	Regular Double or Triple	$3,290	$3,290	$6,580
Andrews Myers	Regular Single	$3,560	$3,560	$7,120
Andrews	Paid Double	$3,740	$3,740	$7,480
Andrews	Regular Quad	$3,760	$3,760	$7,520
Clayton Suite	Regular Double	$3,860	$3,860	$7,720
Fraternity & USA Houses	Single/Double	$3,290	$3,290	$6,580
Fraternity & USA Houses	Paid Single	$4,071	$4,071	$8,142
Senior Apartments	n/a	$3,870	$3,870	$7,740
CONHS Apartments (1081)	n/a	$3,840	$3,840	$7,680

More About the Different Types of Rooms

Regular Single: 1 set of furniture, typically a smaller-size room for one person

Regular Double: 2 sets of furniture

Regular Triple: 3 sets of furniture

Paid Single: A standard double-size room that one student pays to occupy alone. These rooms have 2 sets of furniture and may also be referred to as a “buyout.” Essentially, the student is paying to keep the second bed empty.

Paid Double: A standard triple-size room that two students pay to occupy by themselves. These rooms have 3 sets of furniture and may also be referred to as a “buyout.” Essentially, the two students are splitting the cost to keep the third bed empty. Housing is subject to change at the discretion of Ashland University.

Housing Amenities and Services

The Office of Residence Life, along with our partners at the university, offers a number of amenities and services to residential students.

Amenities

All residential students have access to computers in the Hawkins-Conard Student Center. For a complete list of hours and locations of all computer-related services, please consult Information Technology.
If you should experience technical problems with anything computer-related (e.g., a residence room jack that does not work, problems accessing e-mail) you should contact the Information Technology Help Desk at 419-289-5405. You may also submit a work ticket online at https://kbox.it.ashland.edu/.

Internet access is available in all students' rooms.
You will be provided with an Ashland University e-mail address. You are required to use the email address and mailbox (if assigned). Only correspondence sent to students using these mediums will be considered a legitimate attempt to contact a student.
You are encouraged to bring your own personal computer.
For more information, refer to Information Technology.

Laundry Services are available to AU students at no cost. There are 27 buildings with washers and dryers at Ashland University. A certified technician provides preventative maintenance weekly, ensuring efficient and quality service.

Laundry Service Locations

College Avenue Apartments
Dwight Schar College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Fraternity Houses
Six Residence Halls
Senior Apartments
Theological Seminary

Dry Cleaning Services Available
Students can drop off and pick up their dry cleaning items at the Ashland University Campus Store, located on the first floor of the Student Center.

Report a Damaged Clothing Claim

Services

Residence Life staff members are trained and experienced in helping roommates resolve conflicts and can offer advice, support and formal or informal assistance. Staff members in the Counseling Center are also available to assist with mental health. Personal counseling services are free to all students and are designed to enhance the quality of their university experiences.

Resident Assistants are on duty Sunday – Thursday from 8 p.m. until 7 a.m. and Friday and Saturday from 9 p.m. until 7 a.m. Their contact information is posted in each building.
You may also contact on-duty professional staff members by calling Safety Services. Staff members in Residence Life are on-call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to respond to emergency situations involving students.

For details, including emergency information procedures for each building, go to Safety Services. You’ll also learn how to download the Campus Shield app, which will send you instant alerts regarding emergency situations, severe weather advisories, school closings and major event cancellations.

Student mailboxes are located in the Mail Center, which is on the ground floor of the Hawkins Conard Student Center, and can be accessed 24 hours a day. Incoming mail is picked up from the post office in the morning and is usually distributed by 10:30 a.m. Monday – Saturday (excluding university and postal holidays). Outgoing mail is taken to the Ashland Post Office at 3:30 p.m. each business day.

Each student is assigned his/her own mailbox that opens with a three-digit combination assigned by the Mail Center. Student mailboxes are for post office and campus mail.

An envelope or parcel sent to an Ashland University student should include the mailbox number and not the room number. Here is the proper format for addressing incoming mail:

First and Last Name

Box #

Ashland University

401 College Avenue

Ashland, Ohio 44805

The Mail Center Office is open Monday – Friday from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. On Saturdays, the service window is open with only limited services available. During weekdays, postal services include the following:

The sale of stamps, envelopes and parcel postage.
Processing and shipping first class, express and standard mail. (Note: the Mail Center may use more than one vendor such as UPS and FedEx for shipping express parcels and mail.)

Facilities Management and Planning provides routine and emergency maintenance for residence halls. If you experience a maintenance problem, such as a clogged drain, a light that does not work or difficulty opening a desk drawer, please report them by submitting a work order at housing.ashland.edu.

If you have an emergency maintenance concern, you should report it to Safety Services immediately. Examples of maintenance emergencies include losing electrical power in a room, experiencing the strong smell of gas, losing hot water, not receiving heat, noticing a water leak or discovering an elevator has become stuck with passenger(s) onboard.

Residence Life staff regularly offer programs to members of the Ashland community. These could be social, educational or spiritual in nature. The Office of Residence Life also actively supports the programming efforts of Student Activities, Athletics, Religious Life, Fraternity/Sorority Life and the Department of Recreation and Wellness, in addition to other departments on campus.

Residence Life FAQs

Have questions about residence life at AU? Here are some of the most commonly asked questions — and answers — about housing and moving in!

Make your needs known as soon as possible, preferably before classes begin:

Complete the appropriate section of your housing application.
Contact the Student Accessibility Center by phone at 419-289-5904 or via Ohio Relay Dial 711 or email Silvia Henriss at shenriss@ashland.edu.

For more information, see the detailed information on requesting accommodations or visit the Student Accessibility Center.

Complete the room change request form at housing.ashland.edu. However, during the first two weeks and the last 40% of each semester, there is a room freeze, which means we don’t allow any physical room moves at that time. You can still submit a request for a change during a room freeze and we’ll work with you to make arrangements for a new assignment, but you can’t physically move — or have someone else move in or out — until after the freeze is over.

An “RLC” is a Residence Life Coordinator and member of the professional residence life staff who supervises RAs and oversees the day-to-day operations of a residence hall. In addition, RLCs serve as student conduct board members for residence hall incidents that may require disciplinary action and take turns being “on-call” to assist with crisis situations. An RLC is someone who has sensitivity to the needs of others and an understanding of what it takes to build a community of respect.

Graduate and Family Housing FAQs

All students in the Physician Assistant program, Accelerated Nursing Program and other graduate-level programs at Ashland University College of Nursing and Health Sciences will be eligible for graduate housing in the 1071 apartment building, as well as any student with a family (“family” for the purposes of this housing constitutes an Ashland University student, a legally married spouse/partner (partner), and/or dependent children, if applicable).

The Ashland University College of Nursing and Health Sciences student will be billed for housing each semester to their student account. Apartments will be charged at a unit rate of $4,995 per semester. If there are non-student residents living in the apartment, the student will be billed for housing and is financially responsible for covering the cost of all housing charges. If there is more than one student living in the apartment, the cost of all housing charges will be split equally between all students.

Apartments will be provided unfurnished, available furniture may be requested at an additional charge. All apartments will include a full-size refrigerator, microwave, oven, stove, pantry, and patio/balcony. Furniture available for request includes: XL twin bed, XL twin bed frame, desk, desk chair, bedside tables, dressers (2-drawer), couch, coffee table, and/or dining room table set.

Students will be permitted to have 1 pet, 50 pounds or less, in each apartment. All pets must carry pet insurance, with verification submitted to the Office of Residence Life. Pet owners must submit pet insurance, updated vet records, name & photo. There will be a $200 pet deposit required for apartments with a pet and residents are subject to additional cleaning fees at checkout, as determined by the Director of Building Services.

Preventing and Resolving Conflicts with Roommates

Many of the ways people prevent conflicts are also the means for resolving them. For example, if you talk about issues openly, without laying blame and you listen well, you’ll prevent many conflicts — and be better able to resolve those conflicts that do arise. So, to live harmoniously with your roommate, review and keep in mind the following tips.

To Prevent Conflicts

Communicating clearly does not just mean being direct and explicit; it involves listening, too — and letting the other person know that you’ve heard them. How do you do that? You take the time to say what you heard and check that you heard correctly rather than leaping ahead to your next point. Moving on without acknowledging what you heard can cause the other person to feel that you aren’t listening — even when you are.

Recommendation: Speak clearly and directly, always remembering that good communication also involves actively listening to what the other person is saying. Also, be sure to recap what you heard and to learn if you missed or misconstrued anything before you reply or move on.

If you don’t know what you’re each expecting the other to do — and not do — it’s virtually impossible to meet those expectations. So, if you are used to keeping quiet about your needs, expressing them via polite hints or, conversely, just getting your way, you will need to adopt a different approach to prevent conflicts from arising.

Recommendation: Establish some basic ground rules with your roommate early on — ways of living and behaving that you both agree are reasonable, comfortable and doable. Then let this “roommate contract” serve as your set of guidelines for living together. This should be a “living document,” though — one you can revisit and revise together.

To have a healthy relationship, you need to speak and act with respect for one another. That means accepting one another’s differences rather than making fun of them. It also means recognizing that your roommate’s property is not yours to use or borrow unless your roommate has given you permission to do so and then, if permitted, treating that property with care.

Recommendation: Observe the golden rule: Do [and speak] to others as you would have them do [and speak] to you. Then, if your preferences aren’t in sync with your roommate’s, discuss matters respectfully.

Giving each other the “benefit of the doubt” often prevents small missteps from turning into big conflicts. Agreeing to trust that you are both honest and well-meaning also allows you to enter into discussions in a friendly, curious way, which is likely to yield a better result than one entered into with anger, hostility and suspicion.

Recommendation: Agree to give each other the “benefit of the doubt.” In other words, when one of you says or does something that bothers the other, assume no harm was meant. Then discuss the matter in an open-minded way.

To Resolve Conflicts

Talking in person is almost always better than attempting to communicate via email, a video chat or over the phone. Why? Your tone — or attitude toward the person and/or topic — is less likely to be misunderstood when you’re face to face.

Recommendation: If you have an issue that you need to talk about, tell your roommate that you’d like to set aside some time to talk — just the two of you. While this may seem unnecessarily formal, it is one of the best ways to prevent the other person from feeling attacked or blindsided, either of which can derail a discussion even before it begins.

Bringing a third party into your discussion of an issue, whether in person or by sharing that third person’s opinion of the matter,is not helpful It will almost certainly cause your roommate to feel ganged up on and potentially misrepresented or “bad mouthed” to others, which feels awful and may damage your ability to resolve the issue. So, out of respect for your roommate’s feelings and reputation, don’t involve others in your conflict.

Recommendation: Keep your issue with your roommate between the two of you, unless you or someone else will be put in harm’s way by doing so. If that is the case, seek professional help by contacting an appropriate resource on the Department of Recreation and Wellness Emotional Wellness Resources page.

Observing the same ground rules for communicating that you use to prevent a conflict can also help you resolve one. In particular, make sure that each of you feels heard and properly understood.

Recommendation: Be clear and straightforward when expressing your thoughts and feelings. Avoid name-calling, using loaded language and being reactive. If you start to feel too emotionally charged to talk calmly, pause to take a deep breath and focus your thoughts.

If you are very explicit about what you need, you may find that your needs aren’t mutually exclusive. For example, imagine that you both think you need your dorm room all to yourself on Sundays, but one of you only needs it in the morning and the other during the afternoon — or, you’re both just seeking quiet time to study? By sharing exactly what you need, you would quickly resolve the perceived problem.

Recommendation: Share precisely what you need and, if it’s not uncomfortable for you to do so, the reason why. Doing so can help you find solutions that satisfy both of you.

To resolve an issue, you may both have to give up on getting exactly what you want. Or, you might have to make trade-offs — each of you getting some of what you want.

Recommendation: Before getting together to discuss a troublesome issue, think about which issue(s) you are willing to compromise on (“nice to haves”) and which one(s) you feel you cannot (“needs” or “deal breakers”). If you know what you’re willing to adjust or trade off and what you are absolutely unwilling to give up on, you will be more ready to make compromises that you can live with.

If — or when — you realize that you are wrong about something, own up to that fact and apologize for it. Conversely, if your roommate admits to and apologizes for something, forgive them if you can. Most people make mistakes. Making one doesn’t have to be a reason for ending a relationship.

Recommendation: If you made a mistake or did something wrong or upsetting, take ownership of that fact: admit to it and offer the injured person a genuine apology. Likewise, when you are offered a genuine apology, try to accept it and forgive.

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Student Housing

On this page:

How to Apply for Housing

Convenient Resources

2023-2024 Housing Guide

First-Year Guide

Important Dates 2023-2024

Contact Information

Residence Life Office Hours

Student Accessibility Center

Short PDFs on Specific Housing Topics

Accessibility and Accommodations

Housing Rates for 2023 – 2024

More About the Different Types of Rooms

Housing Amenities and Services

Amenities

Services

Residence Life FAQs

Graduate and Family Housing FAQs

Preventing and Resolving Conflicts with Roommates

To Prevent Conflicts

To Resolve Conflicts

On this page:

How to Apply for Housing

Convenient Resources

2023-2024 Housing Guide

First-Year Guide

Important Dates 2023-2024

Contact Information

Residence Life Office Hours

Student Accessibility Center

Short PDFs on Specific Housing Topics

Accessibility and Accommodations

Housing Rates for 2023 – 2024

More About the Different Types of Rooms

Housing Amenities and Services

Amenities

Computer Access

Internet Access

Laundry

Parking

Vacuum Cleaners

Services

Counseling and Mediation

Emergency Response

Health and Safety Room Inspections

Mail Service

Maintenance Requests

Programming

Security

Residence Life FAQs

When do I need to submit my housing application?

How do I request a particular person for my roommate?

What should I do if I have an accessibility, medical or special need that could have a bearing on my room assignment?

When will I know my room assignment and who my roommate will be?

When can I move in and where do I get my room key?

Can I see my room before I move in?

What do I do if I’m experiencing a conflict with my roommate?

How do I request a room or roommate change?

What is an RA?

What is an RLC?

How do I become an RA?

Graduate and Family Housing FAQs

Who is eligible for graduate and family housing?

How much do the graduate and family housing apartments cost?

Are the apartments furnished?

When should I apply for graduate and family housing?

Can student loans be used to pay for the apartments?

Are utilities included in the cost of the apartments? And if so which utilities?

Am I allowed to bring a pet?

Who should I contact if I have questions?

Preventing and Resolving Conflicts with Roommates

To Prevent Conflicts

Communicate Clearly

Set Clear and Reasonable Expectations

Speak and Act with Respect

Agree to Believe in One Another’s Honesty and Good Will

To Resolve Conflicts

Schedule an In-Person Conversation About It

Don’t Involve Others

Communicate Directly and Respectfully

Look for Areas of Agreement

Be Explicit

Be Willing to Compromise

Be Willing to Apologize and Forgive