Housing Between Semesters
Students who do not have alternative housing options between academic terms can apply for housing extensions or placements during short and long-term breaks.
PLU offers housing for enrolled students for both summer and winter break. These are charged at a daily rate and students may choose to stay on campus for the entirety or only a portion of these breaks. Students must apply for all break housing options via the corresponding applications for the appropriate break housing they are seeking.All break housing is granted on an approval basis and will be determined through the application process.
PLU offers the following break housing options:
- Extended Stay is an opportunity for students to request a one day extension after either the Fall or Spring semesters’ initial closing. Extended Stay and Winter Break Housing is an opportunity for students to request an extension after either the Fall or Spring semesters’ initial closing.
- Summer Housing between June and early August. Summer housing is overseen by Hospitality Services.
- Early Arrival Housing occurs between mid-August through the day before Fall Opening
- Winter Break Housing occurs between the end Fall semester through the day before J-term Opening.
Types of Break Housing Offered by PLU
Summer Housing is overseen by Hospitality Services. Please contact events@PLU.edu for information summer housing.
Early Arrival Housing
Early Arrival Housing is a designated time after Summer Housing closes to the day before Fall Move-In that students may apply to move into their residence hall prior to our official Fall opening.
Eligibility: Students who would like to move onto campus prior to PLU’s official Move-in date must be approved by Campus Life to move in early. Reasons for an approved early arrival include:
- On-Campus Employment
- Student Athletic Training
- Student Leadership
- International Student Orientation
- Personal Reasons
If you are a part of a PLU affiliated group, all early arrival arrangements will be made through your coach/advisor/supervisor with no additional cost to the student.
Students requesting non-PLU connected activity early arrival will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis for early arrival approval. Students who are approved will be charged a daily housing rate from the day they arrive through the end of Early Arrival housing. This rate may change each year; the daily rate during Summer 2022 was $16.00
For more information, please contact earlif@PLU.edu
Early Arrival Housing 2023
Early Arrival Housing begins on August 15th and is offered until when the halls open for Fall 2023 on August 31, 2023. Students wishing to arrive before August 15th must request housing with Summer Housing, as our office will not approve any requests prior to August 15th.
The Early Arrival period is an extremely busy time for our office. Early Arrival requests take approximately 72 business hours to coordinate. Students who submit early arrival requests for next day arrival may be required to find alternative housing options if our staff is unable to process your request the day of your submission.
Students who have PLU commitments that require them to be on-campus will not be charged for the duration of their stay but the request needs to be made by their supervisor. Students who need housing during this time and are not collaborating with PLU will be charged a daily rate similar to Summer Housing.
If you are not a student that falls within the groups listed, your request will need to be specific and falling within need based circumstances as PLU does not allow for early arrival of students without a critical need.
Students requesting for Early Arrival housing must have a Fall Term housing assignment.
All Summer Housing requests need to be made with Hospitality Services: Summer Housing webpage.
Extended Stay is an opportunity for students to request a one day extension after either the Fall or Spring semesters’ initial closing
Fall Semester Extended Stay 2023
All of PLU’s residence halls (with the exception of South Hall) will close for the academic year at 6:00 pm on Friday, December 15th. Students may apply for extended stay until Saturday, December 16th until 10:00AM.
Students may not stay beyond the 10:00AM deadline and must depart from residence halls by then, as hall staff will be checking all rooms beginning at 10:00AM. Students found in their rooms after 10:00AM will receive a $75.00 improper checkout fee on their student account.
Students who need to stay past 10:00am on Saturday, December 16th must apply for winter break housing and will be charged $16.00 for the day, even if they plan to depart in the afternoon.
Winter Break Housing occurs between the end Fall semester through the day before J-term Opening. Students who stay on campus during Winter Break Housing will stay in their Fall Housing Assignment and will have regular access to their hall during the duration of their stay.
Winter Break Housing is charged at a nightly rate of $16.00 per night.
Winter Break Housing 2023: Winter Break Housing will run from Saturday, December 16th after 10:00AM until Monday, January 1st. Students needing housing for all of or a portion of this period of time do not need to apply for extended stay and should only select the Winter Break Housing option.
Students who need to stay past 10:00am on Saturday, December 16th must apply for winter break housing and will be charged $16.00 for the day, even if they plan to depart in the afternoon.
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