On-Campus Meals and Housing

On-Campus Meals and Housing

The university maintains a cafeteria and residence halls for men and women. The cafeteria and residence halls are closed during scheduled holidays and between semesters and sessions. These holidays are not used in computing charges for the school term.

Occupants of all residence halls are responsible for damage and/or loss to their rooms.  Rooms in university owned facilities are reserved as follows:

1. Make a formal application for residency on the forms supplied by the Office of Residence Life.
   
2. Applicants for on campus housing will be sent a contract form. This contract must be signed and returned with the required non-refundable application fee of $50.00.  A room will be reserved when the application, contract, and fee are received by the Office of Residence Life.

HSU has a MANDATORY on campus residency requirement. All single, full time students attending the university under age 21 who have completed 59 or fewer hours prior to the first day of classes for the term and are not living with parents or legal guardians within a 60-mile radius of the university are required to live in university housing facilities and participate in a meal plan. Attaining the age requirement does not void contractual agreements made for university housing; provided, however, that a student who will attain the age of 21 prior to the first day of classes for the following Spring Semester may request a one-semester housing contract/and further provided that a student under 21 who satisfactorily completes 60 or more hours during the first semester may be released from the second semester of the housing contract.  A non-refundable application fee is required before the application can be processed.

A student who is a military veteran with at least two years of service is exempted from these housing requirements.

The charges for on-campus meals and housing are:

 Minimum Package provides room and choice of any ten (10) meals per week in Caddo Cafeteria.

 Standard Package provides room and choice of fifteen (15) meals per week in Caddo Cafeteria.

 Premium Package provides room and nineteen (19) meals per week in Caddo Cafeteria.
 
 Unlimited Package - see Residence Life.
 
 Five Meal Package with DCB - see Residence Life.

Five (5) Meal Package W/DCB provides dormitory room and choice of any five (5) meals per week in Caddo Cafeteria plus $200.00 in declining cash balance.

The charges shown below are semester rates for double rooms.  Rates for single rooms, suites, and declining cash balances will be higher.  Refer to the fee sheet for those rates.  All prices are subject to change.

For a meal plan with a declining cash balance refer to fee sheet.

Students not residing in campus housing may purchase meal plans as follows  (without declining cash balance):
   Any (5) meals per week .........................................$420 per semester
   Any (10) meals per week .......................................$870 per semester
   Any (15) meals per week .......................................$930 per semester
   All (19) meals ........................................................$1,005 per semester
   Unlimited meals per week .................................$1,040 per semester

 Installment dates for Fall and Spring 2006-2007 - see Business Office.

The fees and on campus meals and housing expenses do not include the expense of books ($400 $500 per semester), voluntary student organization expenses, laundry and cleaning, transportation, movies, soft drinks, and other incidentals.