On-campus living provides you with opportunities to enhance your classroom experiences and develop new networks of friends. The people you meet in your residence hall could easily become your future business partners, colleagues, or friends for life.
Through life in the residence hall, you can learn to appreciate the value of differences and foster a deep respect for learning. Living in a residence hall can help you reach your full potential as an individual and as an engaged member of society.
Living on campus provides you with many services. These services are highlighted below with important information.
The Student Mail Center is located on the second floor of the A.K. Hinds University Center. Each resident student has an assigned suite (mail) box for their personal mail. All envelopes and small packages will be placed in the student mail box once processed by our student mail staff.
Large packages that cannot fit into student mail boxes will be held at the Student Mail Center and must be claimed by the resident. Students will receive a notice in their catamount email address when a package is ready for pick-up. Packages can be claimed during Student Mail Center operating hours, typically 10:30 am - 5:00 pm Monday - Friday. Note that hours are adjustied during breaks.
Mail should be addressed as follows:
Student's Name
Western Carolina University
245 Memorial Drive
Suite ________
Cullowhee, NC 28723
If you have questions or a problem with your mail, you can speak to someone in person at the Student Mail Center Monday-Friday 10:30am-5pm or call 828.227.3241 or email resmailsup@wcu.edu.
All residence halls have wifi available throughout the building. Students should connect to the eduroam network utilizing their WCU credentials. In addition there is one ethernet port per person in each residence hall room.
Each building has laundry facilities for the use of the residents of that building. There is no cost for the laundry machines.
As an on-campus resident, you agree to follow the Guide to Residential Living.
This Guide to Residential Living is for the 2024 - 2025 academic year.
Most students who live in our residence halls will have a roommate. Sharing a room with another person is similar to any other relationship; to be successful it requires openness, flexibility, and respect. Right from the beginning, it is very important to communicate openly with your roommate.
Learning to live with another person, to acknowledge and respect each others differences, and to allow one another the space to grow are some of the most valuable parts of the residential experience.
Your enjoyment of campus life will depend, to a great extent, on the thoughtful consideration you demonstrate for your roommate and your neighbors.
Prior to move in, talk to your roommate:
As a new student, we highly recommend that you and your roommate complete a Roommate Agreement form soon after your arrival to campus. We encourage all residents to take this seriously, as it lays the foundations and groundwork for boundaries within your living space. It also assists you in discussing concepts that you may not have thought about prior to coming to college and sharing a room.
Basic responsibilities and rights of students living on campus: