Room Assignment Changes Policy

Wheaton College understands that living with friends is a significant aspect of community living and can shape a person’s housing experience. There are times when planned or unplanned room vacancies occur which must be filled.

The Housing Services Office has the authority to change rooming assignments or fill vacant bed spaces as needed. Students in a room, apartment or house with a vacant space are required to accept a new roommate who is placed in the space by Housing Services. Refusing to accept a roommate or impeding Housing’s ability to assign a student to a vacant space (e.g., by not keeping the unoccupied space presentable) is a violation of the housing agreement. Whenever possible, advanced notice of a new roommate will be provided, but sometimes advance notice is not possible.

Residents must ensure that the vacant space and furnishings are always in a condition ready for occupancy at all times.

Reasons for a change include but are not limited to the following:

• A student or his/her roommate(s) withdraws or defers enrollment for a semester;
• A change is made in the number of rooms available in each location due to unexpected enrollment shifts;
• A relational dynamic exists that needs to be resolved; or
• A community crisis or concern needs to be addressed for the safety of the student body.