For full details on first year student #MinerMove-in, please visit our Move-In page the spring semester prior to your move in date. Returning students will move in starting the Saturday before the first day of classes.

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Changing Meal Plans

Students will be given an opportunity the first two weeks into both Fall and Spring Semester to change their meal plan. Students will need to visit the housing portal in order to change their meal plan.

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Meal Plan Lock-In

Once the two-week time frame has passed, meal plans are locked in and cannot be changed until the beginning of the next semester. For more information about dining on campus, please visit the Dining & Catering website.

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Cooking in the Rooms

• Students may operate microwave ovens with a capacity of no more than 0.8 cubic feet.
• Hot pots, popcorn poppers, and coffee pots may also be used, provided they operate with an enclosed heating element.
• Students' rooms are not equipped to accommodate the electrical and sanitary demands of other forms of cooking.

Refrigerators

• All rooms are furnished with a refrigerator.
• Although the University's refrigerators may not be removed, students may bring their own provided they do not exceed 3.0 cubic feet.

• All halls, excluding Miner Village, are provided with extra-long twin size beds.
• Miner Village rooms are supplied with full size beds.
• Students will need to provide their own bedding according to their hall.

• Each room is issued a mailbox adjacent to the complex's reception area.
• Mail is distributed each day and is normally out by 2:00PM.
• Packages are held at the reception area of each complex. 
• Students will receive an email when a package is waiting for them.
• Those who receive a package are asked to show a picture ID in order to claim their package.
• Please reference our Mailing Address page for specific addresses for Residence Halls.

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Room Changes

• Students may change rooms at any point during the semester by emailing reslife@mst.edu. 

Roommates

• Students are given the opportunity to request a roommate while filling out their Housing Interest Form or during returning student reapplication. If a student opts out of requesting a roommate, one will be assigned. 

• Students that wish to join Fraternities, Sororities, Christian Campus Housing: Once we receive confirmation from the house and the student, we will cancel any housing assignment the student has. Cancellation fees apply per the cancellation deadline schedule. 

• If a student fails to inform Residential Life of a move to Greek/CCH, the charges for the room and board will not be removed and will be continuously billed to their student account until notice. 

• Students canceling housing can email reslife@mst.edu. If a student is not required to live on campus they can cancel before the start of the fall semester (cancellation fees apply). If a student is leaving the university, they can cancel at any time (cancellation fees apply). 

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ID Card Usage and Access

• The Miner Card is your official Missouri S&T identification card.
• Your Miner Card features your photograph and name.
• On the reverse side is a magnetic strip encoded with student and campus information that allows you to have access to Chartwells dining services, Gale Bullman Multi-Purpose Building, Student Health Services, Curtis Wilson Laws Library, the S&T Store, campus buildings and computer labs.
• Contactless technology allows physical external access to all buildings on campus.

ID Card Care

• Treat your Miner Card with the same care as you would an ATM or Credit Card.
• Do not punch holes in your card or adhere any stickers or decals to your ID.
• Lost or damaged cards will result in having to purchase a replacement card.

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