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Residence Life and Housing<\/div>

Early Arrivals<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

Early Arrivals<\/h2>

Fall Semester Early Arrivals<\/h3>

Students wishing to come to campus early in August will need to obtain approval through the Early Arrival process. Due to scheduled maintenance and turnover on campus, we will do our best to have Early Arrivals move into their Fall assignments, however students may be housed in temporary locations based on the readiness of the residence halls.  Please note that there is a campus-wide steam shutdown that affects hot water in all residence halls (excluding Eagle Landing and UMW Apartments) through the first week of August.<\/em><\/p>

Individual Requests<\/h3>

Those upper-class students without a University sponsor may request to arrive early (no earlier than August 10) by submitting an Individual Early Arrival Request Form in Roompact<\/a> no later than Wednesday, July 22.<\/strong> Approval will be made based on individual need and readiness of the residence halls to receive students.<\/p>

Please note: approval of Early Arrivals is not guaranteed.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

The key pick-up location for all returning students approved to arrive early is the Eagle Landing Front Desk between the hours of 8 a.m. and 10 p.m.<\/p>

Sponsored Group<\/strong><\/h3>

Students sponsored by a University department with a legitimate need to arrive early for a University-sponsored program are not charged for housing; sponsor requests must submit a roster via email using the Sponsor Early Arrival Spreadsheet<\/a> to our Assistant Director of Housing Operations<\/a> AND<\/strong> have each student submit the Early Arrival Request form<\/a> in their Roompact account as instructed above. Incoming students will only be able log into Roompact to submit the form after July 1. <\/p>

The deadline to submit and early arrival sponsor roster is July 22.<\/strong><\/p>

To complete the spreadsheet, each sponsor will need to know the information below for each residential<\/em> student arriving early to campus.<\/p>