Check-Out Procedures
If you are changing rooms either because you are leaving the University, moving to another hall, or moving within your hall, you should contact the Assignment Office in Slichter Hall to get information on proper check-out procedures. You should:
- move on the 'effective date' agreed upon between you and the Assignment Office staff; access to your previous residence hall will end on the effective date
- retrieve items you put in storage and return your room to its original condition
- clean your portion of the room
- remove all of your personal belongings from your room
- return your room key and e-key to your residence hall desk and complete a Check-Out Record (COR)
- update your address on the My UW portal to ensure your mail will be forwarded correctly.
Your daily room charges will continue to accrue as long as you have possession of your room key and have not signed and dated a Check-Out Record (COR) in the presence of a University Housing staff member.
You should never swap keys with another resident. If you are swapping rooms with another resident, you should both go to the desk at the same time to complete the procedures outlined on the previous page.
Residents who do not follow these procedures (for example, residents who check-out improperly, change rooms without permission, etc.) will be assessed an administrative charge and could face disciplinary action. They also may be required to move back to their previous assignment and may be denied approval to move to the new assignment.
