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We Provide

*E-bikes, e-scooters and other personal electronic vehicles cannot be stored in any campus building.

For Each Resident

These items are provided for each student and will be ready and waiting for you in your room:

  • Desk
  • Desk chair
  • Dresser
  • Loftable bed
  • Extra-long twin mattress (36" by 80")
  • Closet
In Each Room

Each room is supplied with these items:

  • Blinds/window covering
  • Wastebasket
  • Outlets
  • Internet access
In Each Hall

These items are available in each residence hall:

  • Vacuum/broom
  • Rubber mallets to adjust lofted beds
  • Television
  • Laundry facilities
  • Kitchen facilities
You Can Bring
Each Resident

Useful items during your time living on campus:

  • Extra-long twin sheets
  • Towel (bath, hand, washcloth)
  • Futons (78 inches or smaller will fit under bed)
  • Laundry basket, detergent and fabric softener (for high-efficiency machines)
  • Clothes hanger
  • Trash bags
  • Toiletries
  • Flip-flops for showering
  • 3M or similar poster products (Binnewies, Young, Pierson, Mathews, Brown, Hansen, Waneta)
  • Storage bins/tubs
  • Desk lamp
  • Television/mini projector/tablet
  • Computer/laptop (Information/Recommendations)
  • Appliances with thermostats, no open coils and automatic shut-offs (i.e. Crock-Pots, coffee pots, toasters, popcorn poppers)
  • Refrigerator (cannot exceed 1.5 amps or 5 cubic feet) or
  • UL-approved power strips
  • Freestanding furnishing (i.e. entertainment centers, shelving)
  • Cooking utensils, cookware, dishes
  • Umbrella, raincoat, boots
  • Flashlight and batteries
  • First aid kit/medicine
    • Medications
    • Prescriptions
    • Over the counter (Tylenol, diarrhea remedy, throat lozenges, cough syrup, etc.)
    • Empty spray bottles (liquid disinfectant available at front desk)
    • Hand sanitizer
    • Face coverings
Each Room

Items you and your roommate may want to share. We encourage you to reach out to your roommate and coordinate details.

  • Microwave (cannot exceed 700 Watts)
  • Carpet or area rug (rooms in Ben Reifel, Hyde, Schultz, Honors, Brown and Mathews are carpeted)
Additional Items for Suites

Additional items suggested for those living in a suite:

  • Bathroom cleaning supplies
  • Shower curtain
  • Toilet paper
Additional Items for Apartments

Additional items suggested for those living in an apartment:

  • Bathroom cleaning supplies
  • Shower curtain
  • Toilet paper
  • Cooking utensils
  • Cookware
  • Dishes
  • Kitchen appliances that do not have exposed heating coils. These include coffee makers, Keurig machines, blenders, slow cookers and toasters. (Does not include toaster ovens.)
Leave at Home
Items not permitted

These items are not permitted in campus housing:

  • Homemade or rented lofts
  • Bed risers
  • Sofa bed
  • Non-UL-approved power strips
  • Extension cords
  • Refrigerators over 1.5 amps or 5 cubic feet
  • Open element appliances, such as:
    • Space heaters
    • Immersion heaters
    • Kerosene heaters
    • Hot Plates
    • Broilers
    • Ovens
    • Electric skillet/fry pans
    • Pizza cookers (i.e. Pizza Pizzazz)
    • Air fryers
  • Sun lamps, halogen lamps, lava lamps and neon signs
  • Window air conditioning units
  • Outside antennae/satellite dishes
  • Potpourri pots (candles and electric)
  • Candle warmers
  • Carpet padding
  • Nails and screws
  • Living — or formerly living — trees, garland, etc.
  • Wall paint
  • Alternative lights bulbs (i.e. black light bulbs, color bulbs, *LED light strips)
  • Dart boards

*There may be a charge of up to $400 for paint damage on the walls needing to be repaired once these are removed.

Contact us
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Housing and Residential Life
Physical Address
934 Student Union Ln.
Brookings, SD 57007
Mailing Address
Caldwell Hall, Box 2810A
Brookings, SD 57007
Hours
Mon - Fri: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
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