Residential Life
After several months of thoughtful conversations, Goodwin University has made the difficult decision to sunset our Residential Life program after the spring 2024 semester. During this transitional period, our Residential Life programming will continue as it currently exists supporting our students who are currently living in student housing and those who have completed the application process for our upcoming academic year. Applications are no longer being accepted.
After May 31, 2024, residential students can contact Campus Reality to request housing under a tenant leasing agreement.
Below is a list of items residents will typically bring and a list of prohibited items. Please note that the list of suggested items to bring is not all-inclusive and no item on the list is required.
What to bring to campus
Bedroom
- Bathroom shower mat
- Bathroom wastebasket
- Bedding: beds are Twin XL
- Cleaning supplies: dish and hand soap
- Decorations
- Foam mattress pad
- Pillows
- Toiletries
- Toilet paper
Laundry
- Coat hangers
- Fabric softener
- Laundry hamper
- Laundry detergent
Kitchen
- Broom and dustpan
- Cleaning supplies, dish and hand soap
- Countertop cleaner
- Dish drying rack
- Dishes, plates, cups, bowls
- Microwave: one per apartment to be kept in the kitchen
- Paper towels, dish towels
- Place mats
- Silverware
- Swiffer, mop
- Tablecloths
- Toaster: must have auto shut-off and be UL approved
- Toilet paper
- Wastebaskets: must be made of metal or plastic (no wicker wastebaskets)
Other items
- Air fresheners: must be UL approved
- Area rugs/ carpet: must have padding if covering hardwood floors
- Batteries
- Bicycle: must not block egress (door or window of room)
- Computer or laptop
- Fish bowl: for fish only, tank not to exceed 2 gallons
- Hair dryer/curling iron: hand-held only, must be UL approved
- Indoor/outdoor decorative lights: must be UL approved
- Iron: must have auto shut-off and be be UL Approved
- Ironing board
- Lamps desk and/or floor lamp: must be UL approved
- Pictures of family and friends
- Plug strip/surge protector: must have built-in circuit and be UL approved
- Posters/wall coverings: must not exceed 50% of wall and cannot use duct tape or nails; tacks only.
- School supplies
- Stereo: only one per apartment
- Television
Prohibited items in student housing
- Air conditioners
- Amplifiers
- BB guns
- Candles (with or without wicks, including decorative candles)
- Cardboard drawer units
- Ceiling fans
- Coffee pots or makers (Keurig’s are allowed to be kept in the kitchen)
- Decorations that have adhesive
- Drum sets
- Duct tape
- Electric appliances
- Electric blankets
- Electric guitars
- Extension cords (non-UL approved)
- Firearms
- Fireworks
- Fishnets and other ceiling decorations
- Flammable liquids
- Full-size sofas/couches
- Gasoline
- Gasoline-powered equipment
- Halogen (pole) lamps
- Halogen desk lamps with tubular bulbs
- Heating elements (immersion type)
- Heating units
- Hookahs
- Hot plates (including George Foreman Grill)
- Hot pots
- Instant Cooker
- Crock-Pot / Slow Cooker
- Hover boards
- Immersion cup heaters
- Incense
- Indoor/outdoor decorative lights (non-UL approved)
- Kerosene
- Knives (other than kitchen knives)
- Lamps (kerosene, oil types)
- Loft units
- Mattress from home
- Multi-outlet adapters
- Musical instruments that amplify
- Non-UL approved items
- Paint
- Paint thinner
- Paneling
- Pets (except fish)
- Plug in air fresheners
- Potpourri burners
- Table model ranges
- Space heaters
- Sterno warming cans
- Sun lamps
- Toasters (non-UL approved without auto shutoff)
- Vaporizers: (non-UL approved)
- Waterbeds
- Weapons of any kind
- Wicker waste paper baskets
- Wicker furniture
- All other burning/heating equipment or any other potential fire hazards
