What to Bring/What to Leave at Home

Recommended Items
  • Blanket
  • Cell phone charger
  • Clothes hangers
  • Desk lamp
  • Flip-flops (for showers)
  • Laundry basket or bag
  • Laundry detergent
  • Linens for an 80″ mattress
  • Mattress pad
  • Pillow
  • Power strips (safety-fused) or surge protectors
  • Reusable mug
  • School supplies
  • Summer clothing
  • Toiletries
  • Towels

 

Optional Items
  • Basic cleaning supplies
  • Battery-operated radio
  • Bicycle with lock
  • Bluetooth music player
  • Bottle/can opener
  • Calculator
  • Coffee/hot beverage maker
  • Command Strips for concrete or cinder block walls only
  • Computer/tablet
  • Crock pots (no Instapots)
  • Drawer lining (not contact paper)
  • Fan
  • First-aid kit
  • Flashlight
  • Fish tank (10 gal., max.)
  • HE laundry detergent
  • Iron
  • Lap board
  • Personal indoor grill
  • Plants
  • Plates/cups/utensils
  • Plug-in air fresheners
  • Popcorn popper
  • Removable poster tape or small tacks for drywall walls
  • Rice cookers
  • Sewing kit
  • TV & digital antenna (for local channels)
  • Vacuum (handheld or stick)

 

Leave at Home
  • Air conditioners and/or space heaters
  • Air Fryers (any cooking/heating unit with an exposed heating element)
  • Blink/Ring Cameras
  • Candles, torches, flammables
  • Ceiling fans
  • Cinder blocks/bricks
  • Contact paper or wallpaper
  • Dartboards
  • Electric fry pan/deep-fry cookers
  • Electric/wax candle warmers
  • Electric/kerosene heaters
  • Extension cords
  • Glow-in-the-dark stickers
  • Hookahs, water pipes
  • Hot plates (any cooking/heating unit with an exposed heating element)
  • Incandescent light bulbs
  • Instapots/pressure cookers
  • Lava lamps
  • Mattresses (supplied in room)
  • Micro Mobility Devices (E-Bikes, E-Scooters, E-Skateboards etc.)
  • Microwave (supplied in room)
  • Non-approved bed lofts (UL-listed bed lifts are allowed)
  • Non-removable stickers
  • Oil lamps
  • Pets (except freshwater fish)
  • Refrigerator (supplied in room)
  • Self-adhesive LED strip lights
  • Toaster, toaster oven, air fryer (any cooking/heating unit with an exposed heating element)
  • TV wall mount
  • Weapons
  • Weight sets
  • Nerf guns
  • Water guns


NOTE: For policies pertaining to permissible and non-permissible items within the residence halls, please refer to the Resident Handbook.