Thomas Jefferson Hall is located on the north end of campus. These recently renovated high-rise towers house up to 830 guests. Rooms are a traditional community-style and share a common bathroom on the floor. All rooms are air-conditioned and each floor includes access to a full kitchen and lounge spaces with flat screen televisions and soft seating. The on-site dining hall was renovated in 2018, and includes great dining options and amenities to meet all of your needs. 

Amenities
Thomas Jefferson is host to a collection of different amenities, including desk services usually from 6:00am until 10:00pm, a computer lab reservable by guests, vending machines, and a sand volleyball court located near the outdoor patio area perfect for evening activities. The hall also has recreational items such as board games, ping-pong equipment, and billiards sets available for check out at no additional cost.

Dining Center
Thomas Jefferson is home to the only residence hall dining center on campus. TJ’s dining hall is an all-you-care-to-eat location, offering a variety of hot entrées during each meal period along with various side items, salad bar and ice cream bar. Depending on the group size, additional dining options may be available, including a brick-oven pizza bar, home-style entrées and fire-grilled burgers. Alternative options are also available to those guests with allergy requirements.

Meeting Rooms and Lounge Space
Thomas Jefferson has several meeting rooms and lounges available for your group or event. The North Lounge offers a great place for guests to relax in an open area lounge complete with billiards tables, a ping-pong table, foosball table, and a large screen television, while the South Lounge offers spacious room perfect for evening meetings, or the room can be divided into three sections for break-out sessions and other smaller group activities. Thomas Jefferson also has additional lounges located on each floor for evening events and relaxation. Please be sure to contact Heather Thurston at 573-341-4895 or thurstonh@mst.edu early to assess which spaces will best meet your needs.  Meeting space is available on a first-come, first-served basis and is not guaranteed without a group reservation form. 

Be sure to check out Thomas Jefferson online to see room details, photos and more.

Residential Commons is located to the northwest of campus.  The complex is divided into two buildings comprised of suite-style rooms, with a sizable grassy field perfect for outdoor evening activities. All rooms are air-conditioned and each floor includes access to a full kitchen and lounge spaces with flat screen televisions and soft seating. 

Amenities
Residential Commons is host to a collection of different amenities, including a computer lab reservable by guests, a nearby sand volleyball court and half-court basketball court. 

Meeting Rooms
The Residential Commons has a variety of meeting spaces available to suit your needs. The seminar room is located on the first floor of Residential Commons 1, and consists of two smaller rooms, each able to accommodate up to 30 individuals in a classroom-style set-up and includes access to a projector, white boards, and tables and chairs, or can be opened up for larger group discussions. In addition, Residential Commons 2 has a finished basement area ideal for large group meetings.  The space is open and can seat up to 150 guests in a theater-style arrangement, or may also be left unfurnished for social events or other activities necessitating an open or flexible space for meetings.

Be sure to check out Residential Commons online to see room details, photos, and more.

University Commons is located just west of Residential Commons. The complex is comprised of four- and eight-bed apartments. Each apartment has a living room, two bathrooms and full kitchen. These spaces are specifically reserved during the summer months for summer research groups. For additional details, please contact Heather Thurston at 573-341-4895 or thurstonh@umsystem.edu.

Amenities
University Commons is host to a collection of different amenities, including a computer lab reservable by guests and a nearby sand volleyball court and half-court basketball court.

Meeting Rooms and Recreational Space

University Commons has a couple of spaces available for reservation to help with research projects. The first floor study lounge offers a great place for guests to relax in an closed lounge complete with a billiards table, foosball table, and two large screen televisions in addition to a variety of chairs and tables. The first floor is also home to the multipurpose room complete with multiple tables and chairs, a projector system, whiteboard walls, and a ping-pong table. 

Be sure to check out University Commons online to see see room details, photos, and more.

Standards
Any camp or conference group predominantly consisting of minor guests (any group with 75% of participants under the age of 18) is required to have adequate adult supervision.  To determine adequate adult supervision, the following ratios are to be utilized:

• Attendees under 15 years old will need at least one supervisor per 20 participants
• Attendees ages 16 and older will need at least one supervisor per 40 participants

Supervision Requirements
While staying in the residence halls, the camp or conference must meet the following standards:

• Adult supervisors must be in the residence halls at any time there are minor guests in the hall.
• Adult supervisors are responsible for the behavior of the minor guests at all times during their stay.
• In addition to specific camps or conference policies, adult supervisors and camp/conference attendees must observe all residence hall policies listed in the Residence Hall Guide.

Any violation of the residence hall policies must be reported to the residence hall staff immediately.

Curfew
We strongly recommend that designated curfews are set to ensure safety of our minor guests. Curfew means that campers must be on their designated floor between the hours set forth by the host group or department. Adult supervisors are responsible for ensuring campers honor curfew. The following minimum curfew times are recommended:

• Attendees ages under 15:  Curfew is between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
• Attendees ages 16+:  Curfew is between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.

Residence hall front doors will remain locked from 10:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m. daily.

Group Primary Contact (GPC)
Each camp is required to have a group primary contact (in addition to supervisors) on site at check-in and check-out. The group primary contact should expect to arrive at check-in and check-out at least 30 minutes prior to the event. In addition to being present for the group’s scheduled arrival and departure times, they will provide Residential Life staff with a schedule of events and their contact information. The  are also responsible for making arrangements for any participants who will be arriving early or late as well as leaving early or staying late. Through the duration of a group’s stay, Residential Life will maintain this contact information in the event it is necessary to contact them. If the camp provides its own supervision, the GPC is also responsible for overseeing the supervisors.

Room assignments may be made by Residential Life staff or by the camp Director or Coordinator.   For room assignments made by Residential Life staff, a roster of participants must be submitted. When submitting a participant roster, the GPC must include the first and last name of participants, the gender of each guest, and requested roommate pairings (if applicable). While not required, the GPC may choose to include any additional information that may be helpful in making room assignments (i.e. age, school, etc.).

GPC who wish to assign their own participants must coordinate this effort with Residential Life staff. A blank electronic roster will be provided to the group contact. The roster will include the rooms/spaces available to be assigned. The roster will then be updated by the GPC and submitted to Residential Life staff prior to the group check-in day.

Changes and Cancellations
If your group’s room, facility or dining needs change from the information provided on the reservation form (including group cancellations), please submit any changes in writing via email to Heather Thurston (thurstonh@mst.edu) no less than seven business days prior to your conference arrival.

Five business days prior to a group’s arrival, Residential Life will confirm guarantee numbers for each camp group. Groups will be accountable for charges for all guaranteed numbers.

Conference groups will be charged the cost of repairing or replacing any element of the residence hall facility damaged as a result of a group’s use, including lost keys.  Lost keys are defined as any keys not returned at the time of a group’s check-out.  Camp groups will be billed directly for damages; Residential Life is not responsible for billing individual students for lost keys or damages.