Please reference the link below for our full Resident Student Handbook. This handbook includes everything you need to know as a residential student at ßÏÀÖÔ°. Below the link, you can access brief descriptions of our policies which are elaborated on within the handbook.

Resident Student Handbook 2024-2025

a.  Students may use only UL approved surge protectors (no more than 2 surge protectors are permitted per room) that contain their own fuse to increase their number of outlets. Any device that is plugged into another device must have a surge protector.

b.  Appliances not permitted in traditional and suite-style halls include open element appliances, appliances that glow red, and appliances with a heated surface.

Examples of permitted appliances:

Computers, radios/stereos, televisions, Digital multimedia receiver/video game systems, Blu-ray/DVD players, desk lamps, coffee makers and Keurig coffee makers, small refrigerators (must not exceed 4.4 cubic feet or 1.5 amps), microwaves of 1000 watts or less, and electric blankets.

Examples of appliances not permitted:

Open element appliances and/or appliances that glow red – e.g. toasters, hot plates, broilers, space heaters, kerosene heaters, griddles, toaster ovens, electric grills (George Foreman type), and electric fry pans/skillets and 2.4 GHz phones.

Electrical appliances in apartments ­ In addition to appliances permitted above, residents of apartments may have kitchen appliances like George Foreman Grills and toasters/toaster ovens.

    c.   See Housing Contract XIV.C. for further details

1. Solicitation for purchase of goods or services occurring within the residence halls and/or utilizing the residence halls, is prohibited. This restriction is established for the security and safety of residents and to create a more comfortable environment for residents. Solicitation also includes any word-of-mouth advertising and any advertising through social media and other online formats that utilizes the residence halls.

2. See Housing Contract XIV.G. for further details.

a.  Bicycles, motorcycles, scooters, Segways, skates, and skateboards are not to be ridden or used in Housing facilities.

b.  Bicycles are to be secured to racks outside the facility and may be confiscated if found secured to any other objects.  A student may store a bicycle in his/her room if his/her roommate provides permission first.  If a bicycle is stored in the room, it may not block the path of egress from the room.

c.  Running, participating in any form of rough­housing, the use of any balls or other sports equipment in hallways or public areas is prohibited. (Exceptions are made for proper use of Housing provided lobby game equipment)

  1. 1. Courtesy hours are in effect 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Students are expected to respect the rights of others by refraining from the production of loud volumes of noise (e.g. stereos playing out the windows, excessive noise from within a suite/room, slamming of doors, yelling or talking through windows etc.).  Students are expected to comply with reasonable requests from other members of the community when asked to lower the volume. Residents may be asked to remove any items producing large amounts of noise such as stereos, musical instruments, etc.

VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY RESIDENCE HALL VISITATION PROCESS

A "visitor" is defined as a guest, present in a particular residence hall, apartment, or residence hall room with the consent of the “host”.

The host is a resident of that hall, apartment, or room.

1.  The Host assumes responsibility for their visitor, both behaviorally and financially, upon the visitor’s arrival at a residence hall.

2.  Visitors within or around a residential facility must abide by the Housing Contract, all Student Code of Conduct, and Housing Guidelines for Community Living.

3.  Visitors must be escorted within the confines of the residence halls at all times. 

4.  Visitation will not begin until an agreed-upon and signed roommate contract is on file with the hall staff. Once visitation is permitted, visitors will be permitted, unless specifically excluded in the Roommate Contract, or until the visitor or host loses visitation privileges due to failure to follow the Housing Contract, Student Code of Conduct, and/or the Guidelines to Community Living, or if a person assigned to the same living space issues a complaint and requests for an amendment to the roommate contract so that visitor is no longer permitted.

5.  Any visitors under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a legal guardian and must not be in the halls between 8 PM­ 8 AM. No babysitting or watching of minor children is ever permitted in the residence halls at any time.

6.  Each resident can have no more than 2 visitors checked in at a time. 

7.  "Overnight Guests" are visitors who are present in the building between the hours of midnight and 8am Sunday thru Thursday, and 2am and 8am on Friday and Saturday.
*Normal visitation hours start at 8am every day. 

8.  All residents are allowed to have opposite gender overnights.

9.  Visitors or Overnight guests involved in an incident or policy violation may be asked to immediately leave the residence hall by Housing staff or University Police at any time and may lose visitation privileges completely.

Visitation and Overnight guest hosting is a privilege, not a right. Each ßÏÀÖÔ° on­-campus resident has a reasonable expectation for the following:

·       To live in a clean environment.

·       To personal privacy.

·       To sleep with as little disturbance as possible.

·       To have your personal belongings respected.

·       To have free access to your room and facilities without interference.

·       To study and feel comfortable, which supersedes the right to have guests.

·       To veto a roommate’s/suitemate’s/apartment mate’s guest(s) for justifiable reasons.

·       To be free of intimidation, physical, and/or emotional harm.

·       To seek reasonable cooperation from your roommate/suitemates/apartment-mates.

·       To speak out openly and constructively on ideas, opinions, and grievances.

Any visitor or overnight guest who compromises these expectations for our residents will not be