ASU - Residence Life - Leadership Defined

Home Away From Home

Here are a few pointers to help make the residence hall room more like home:

  1. Bring pictures in stand alone picture frames.
  2. Bring knick-knacks from home.
  3. Bring a throw rug from your home.
  4. Bring mementos from home.

To help make this transition from old home to "new home", remember these tips:

  1. Talk with your roommate. Many of you are sharing a room for the first time in your life. Communication is the key to any relationship, including roommates. Some roommates will become life long friends.
  2. Remember to bring towels, bed linens, and toiletries from home. If you are really adventurous, contact your roommate and coordinate your colors in your room.
  3. If you are bringing a computer, remember to bring all of the cords you will need to set up your computer and printer, if necessary. Residence Life does not have cords to loan out for personal computer hookup usage. Also, remember to bring a surge protector to help protect your computer investment from the possible electrical surges that we all know and love.
  4. We suggest that you check with your insurance agent on renter's insurance for your room. If something happens, such as a fire or flood, the university is not responsible for replacement of damaged items. To be on the safe side, either use your parents' insurance agent, or use a company that specializes in covering personal items in a residence hall setting.

After you move in, we suggest that you continue to stay at ASU for the first two weekends. This will help you get acquainted with the campus of ASU and the city of Jonesboro. This will also help keep the homesickness bug at bay. Homesickness seems to attack after a person goes away for a brief time and then returns. Help us stamp out the Homesickness Bug by staying at ASU until after the second week of classes.

Just like at home, there are some "rules" (we call them policies and procedures) to which you must adhere. These policies are designed to help ensure an academic environment for studying, to help with the community way of living, and to help residents adjust to living on their own. You can find these policies on the ASU website, along with the general ASU policies and procedures.

At home, if something is broken or needs fixing, a repair person is called. Here at ASU, we also have people who do repairs. If something in your residence hall room is broken or not working, then you can report this to your front desk to place on a work order log. Once the item is turned in for repair, our maintenance staff will address it as soon as possible. Keep in mind that we try to do repairs on a timely basis, however some items have priority over others. For example, if someone´s toilet is not flushing, it will take priority over a broken towel rod.

If, at any time, you feel a need to talk to someone about homesickness, grades, relationship problems, etc., you have a student who lives on your floor to help. These students (Resident Assistants) go through training to help assist you with your transition to ASU. They can help with finding classes, making friends, talking with roommates, and many other things. These students have been right where you are today. They were excited and scared about starting a new life at college. They were anxious and thrilled about college level classes. These are students who can relate to what you are feeling right now, and can help you look toward the future.

We welcome you to your new home at ASU! You have many new and exciting experiences waiting for you as you strive toward your career goals and future life.