Summer Session

General Information:

If I apply to the university, does that guarantee me housing?
Answer: No. The university application and admission process is separate from University Courtyard’s on-campus living application process. You must apply separately and housing is subject to availability at the time your completed on-campus living application packet is received. Applications are available on March 1. You are encouraged to submit the completed on-campus living application packet immediately upon receiving it or at least two weeks prior to your preferred arrival date for your best opportunity to receive on-campus living. Note: Acceptance to housing is not acceptance to the university.

If I submit my completed on-campus living application packet immediately or within two weeks of my proposed arrival date, am I guaranteed housing?
Answer:  No.  Summer on-campus living space is limited and subject to availability.  Note: For the past several summers, we have been able to accommodate summer session on-campus living applicants.

How do I find out if I’ve been accepted to the university?
Answer:  Admittance to the university and applying for housing are two separate processes.  Visit my.csufresno.edu or contact the Admissions office at 559.278.2261 to check on your university admission status.

Can I live on campus for just the summer?
Answer:  Yes.  Your license agreement is for a specific time period during the summer that corresponds with your enrollment in summer session classes or a university sponsored workshop or your own personal preference.

How do I sign-up for a meal plan for summer?
Answer:  Meal plans are available during the summer months.  The Residence Dining Facility is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, Monday-Friday, between the first weekend in June and the second weekend in August.  Operating dates and times are provided in the check-in packet.  To buy a meal plan for the summer or for more meal plan questions, please contact Dining Services at 559.278.3904.

Do I have to have a meal plan?
Answer:  No, summer session students are not required to have a meal plan. 

Where do Summer Session students live at University Courtyard?
Answer:  Subject to bed availability, all summer session residents are assigned to the first floor of Sycamore Hall (subject to change).  All rooms are double occupancy.  Residents live in fully furnished and air conditioned suites with shared living room, and bathroom.  Accommodations include:

• Air conditioning is provided in the bedrooms, halls, and throughout the entire complex.  Residents are encouraged to conserve energy and set air conditioners to 78 degrees.
• Bedrooms furnished with beds, mattresses, dressers, large desks, file cabinets, chairs, closets and storage spaces
• Living rooms furnished with loveseat, chair, coffee table, bookcase, and microfridge
• Utilities are included (electricity, gas, water, garbage and sewer)
• Microfridge (microwave, refrigerator, freezer) in suite living room
• Coed floor with men in one suite and women in another
• Outdoor swimming pool
• Fitness Center
• Smoke free suites (Smoking permitted in designated, outdoor areas).
• Mailboxes
• Electronic card operated laundry facilities
• Accessible Information: all room assignments are located on the first floor

Do you provide single rooms or family housing on campus?
Answer:  No.  Single rooms are not available during the summer.  Family or couple housing is not available on the Fresno State campus.

What does the phrase “a completed on-campus living application packet” mean?
Answer:  You must have completely filled out, signed and submitted the following items:

• Summer Student Housing License Agreement
• Application
• Emergency Information and Health Insurance Card
• Meningococcal Disease and Information form
• $50 non-refundable application fee
• $150 security deposit
• Submitted full payment of your stay

All submitted on-campus living applications are bound to the Terms and Conditions stated in the license agreement and application materials (See Cancellation section).

Can I choose my own roommate or can I talk with the person before I move in?
Answer:  During the summer there is limited bed space available; therefore, we are not able to accommodate roommate requests or provide contact information prior to move in.

When will I find out my room assignment?
Answer:  Upon receipt of completed application and payment, you will be notified by mail, phone, or fax of space availability.  Your room assignment will be provided at check-in.

When am I required to submit my health insurance information?
Answer:  Students living on-campus are required to provide health insurance information no later than two weeks after moving in.  See on-campus living application packet for health insurance requirements.

If I bring my car where do I park?
Answer:  Lot G is the closest Student/Visitor Parking Lot to University Courtyard.  The cost of the parking permit for summer residents is to be determined.
Note: Lot G is the only overnight parking available.

Are pets allowed?
            Answer:  No.  Exception: Aquatic fish in a five gallon or less aquarium.

What are some of the safety features of University Courtyard?
            Answer: Safety is a top priority at University Courtyard and includes:

• Electronic key system with coded room key provided for each resident.
• Doors to each hall are locked 24 hours per day and guest room key provides access to assigned hall.
• Patrols of the buildings, hall interiors, grounds, and parking areas are conducted during the late evening and early morning hours by Public Safety Assistants (PSA’s) trained and advised by a University Police Officer. These PSA’s patrol in pairs and walk through every occupied floor of every building every night.
• We also have:
• Fire Alarms throughout the buildings.
• 24 hours/7 day a week staff that live on-campus and professional staff that live off campus
• Customer Service Desk

Room Information:

How big are the rooms?
Answer:  On the “Rates and Options” page, the approximate dimensions of the rooms are shown on the drawings.  In a residence suite most double occupancy, triple occupancy or large singles in a 2 or 3 bedroom are 14 feet by 12 feet 2 inches.  Photographs of the rooms are included in the tour section of the website.

What should or can I bring?
            Answer: 

How big are the beds/mattresses?
Answer:  The mattresses are 80” long by 36” wide and take extra long twin sheets or flat twin sheets.

Is there internet, broadband or DSL service in the room?
Answer:  Yes. The suite style halls have hard wired internet in each room.  For other internet inquiries, please contact the Campus ITS department at 559.278.7000.

Can I bring a refrigerator, vacuum cleaner, TV?
Answer:  Yes.  The refrigerator must be 2.5 cubic feet or less.  We do supply a microfridge (compact microwave/freezer/refrigerator combination) to share with your roommates or suitemates.  Vacuum cleaners are available for check-out at the Atrium Customer Service desk.  A television in the Atrium is available for all residents to use and there is a television in the first floor lobby of each of the community style halls. Free cable hook-up is available in each room; including the suite living rooms.  Digital cable convertors are also available through Comcast.

What does the term “residence suites” mean?
Answer:  Residence Suites are two or three bedrooms during the summer months.  The roommates and suitemates share a living room and bathroom.  Since there is not a common hallway and each suite has a separate entrance, residents have to make a greater effort to meet people and make friends.

What is provided in a double occupancy room?
            Answer:  All double occupancy rooms are furnished with:
Bed (extra long twin -- 80” x 36” wide)
3-drawer dressers
large desks
book carrels with task light
2-drawer file cabinets
desk chairs
closets
Microfridge (compact microwave, freezer, and refrigerator) in the suite living room

Can I live with someone of the opposite gender?
Answer:  No.  You cannot share the same bedroom with someone of the opposite gender.  Men live with men, and women live with women.  Suite style halls are gender-designated rooms.  However, genders of the opposite sex may live next to each other in their separate rooms.

What do I do if I don’t get along with my roommate or I want to change rooms?
Answer:  Summer session space is very limited and residents are strongly encouraged to talk with their roommate or suitemates to mediate any conflicts. Subject to the approval of the Director of Housing, if a conflict cannot be resolved and there is another bed space available, a $50 processing fee will be assessed by University Courtyard for each person requesting a room change.

When can I move in?
Answer:  Summer session starts on Monday, May 21 and ends on Friday, August 10.

Where should I go to check-in?
Answer:  You will check-in at University Courtyard, 5152 N. Barton Ave, Fresno, CA 93740-8013 at the Atrium Customer Service Desk.  If you have not received confirmation of bed space, it is your responsibility to contact University Courtyard at 800.555.0482 or 559.278.2345 to check on availability.

What happens during check-in?
Answer:  At the Atrium Customer Service Desk, an applicant checks in on their designated arrival date.  A Check-in/Check-out Inventory Form is provided along with the room key.  Each person checking into a room is responsible for going to the assigned room, recording any damages or missing items, and returning the form to the check-in site within 30 minutes of check-in.  Each person is responsible for paying for any damages or missing items that were not recorded on the form when they check out.

Should I arrive for check-in even if I haven’t received any correspondence from University Courtyard advising me of bed availability?
Answer:  No.  If you have not been contacted by University Courtyard at least one week prior to your arrival, it is your responsibility to immediately call University Courtyard at 559.278.2345 to check on your application status (complete or incomplete) and bed assignment status (guaranteed bed or bed space not available).  We may not have been able to successfully contact you to advise you of your on-campus living application packet status.

Money Issues:

How much money do I send with my housing applications?
Answer:  Every applicant must send a $50 non-refundable application fee, $150 for your security deposit, and full payment of the Summer Session room fees.  See Summer Session Application Packet for current room fees.

What are my financial responsibilities if I apply for and receive on-campus living?
Answer:  It is important that you read the information included in the on-campus living application packet before you sign the Summer Student Housing License Agreement.  There are financial responsibilities that must be met if you apply for Summer Session on-campus living.  All summer session residents are responsible for a nightly fee during their summer stay.

How much does it cost to live on-campus?
Answer:  The amount you are charged is a set figure based on your occupancy dates you indicate on the application (2010 fee = $21.50/night, subject to change for 2011).  While you pay your room fee in advance, you are only paying for the license agreement time period.  All Summer Session applicants applying for a room are required to submit the entire room fee with their application.

If I submit my payment am I guaranteed a bed?
Answer:  No, bed assignments are based on the date and time the completed application is received and subject to availability.

Why are parents or guardians who pay for their child (or children’s) housing, not permitted to obtain information about their account or general concerns about housing?
Answer:  According to the Family and Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, we cannot legally provide student information to anyone other than the student unless a student provides in writing the person or persons we are allowed to discuss their account or general concerns about housing with.  A student’s Designated Payor however, is able to know all financial information.