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Arrival Day is Saturday August 28th, 2010
Residence Halls officially open for Upper class Students at 10:00am!
Only students with special permission from the Office of Residential Life or Athletic Department will be allowed to move in before the official opening date (e.g. UCAs, CPs, HCOs, SRPs, PAFs, AMAs, Customs Program support, or athletes). Students who do not have special permission to arrive early will need to make other arrangements and stay off campus if they must return to the area before Saturday, August 28th. A list of area accommodations can be found at Visiting Haverford: Lodging.
Please Note: Due to the increasing number of students arriving without permission, a $250.00 fine will be levied on students who are on campus before the residence halls officially open on Saturday, August 28th. Any student who permits an unauthorized student to stay in their residence hall/apartment will also be fined $250. Imposing fines is not something we do lightly, so we hope you recognize the magnitude of the problem and respect our effort to deal with it fairly. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Early Arrivals
Students who have been given permission to return early, please download the Early Arrival PDF 
for information on key pick up. Students who have been given special permission to return, please remember that you must acknowledge receipt of your key by swiping your One Card by the end of Non-Academic Registration on Sunday, August 29th. Dorm security is a serious matter, and Facilities Management must be able to confirm that the department's records match the number of the key in your possession. If you do not personally swipe your OneCard for your room key at the Facilities Management Office when you first arrive, you can do so during their regular hours M-F, 8am - 4:00 pm or at Non-Academic Registration, on either Wednesday, August 25th (if you have permission) or Sunday, August 29th.
Non-Academic Registration
Non-Academic Registration is mandatory for all returning students and will take place on Sunday, August 29th from 10:00am- 3:00pm, Founders Great Hall. Reminder: Bring your Onecard with you. Non-Academic Registration is the process during which students verify health records, satisfy their student accounts, obtain and swipe for their room keys, among other things. Students must complete Non-Academic Registration to be considered fully enrolled. The process takes approximately one hour, so please arrive no later than 2:00 pm. Upperclass students, with special permission (UCAs, Customs People, PAFs, AMAs, HCOs, SRPs, Athletes ONLY), may go through Non-Academic Registration on Wednesday, August 25th from 1:00pm - 4:00 pm.
If you cannot attend Non-Academic Registration, you must notify and make arrangements with the Office of Residential Life no later than 4:30 pm, Friday, August 28th (610-896-1298 or hc-reslife@haverford.edu).
Room Keys
Opening of the Upper-Class Residence Halls for Fall 2010
Dorms officially open at 10am on Saturday, August 28th. Reminder: Students must bring their OneCard for identification.
Saturday, August 28, 2009
- 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Students pick up their room key @ Facilities Management Office
- 6:00 pm - until midnight
- Students must first go to Safety & Security to leave their name. Security will then contact the Locksmith.
- Students, on the next hour exactly, must be at the Facilities Management Office to meet the Locksmith to pick up their key. The Locksmith will only be at Facilities Management once an hour on the hour (exactly at 7:00 pm, at 8:00 pm, at 9:00 pm, at 10:00 pm, at 11:00 pm, and at midnight) and will only have keys for those students whose name are on the list provided by Security. Students must be waiting at Facilities Management on the hour - the Locksmith will not wait.
- After midnight
- In order to pick up a room key after midnight, students who expect to arrive after midnight must make prior arrangements with the Office of Residential Life. Students must contact the Office of Residential Life no later than 4:30 pm, Thursday, August 26th, to make the necessary arrangements. Students, who have made these prior arrangements with the Housing Office, will have their room key left for them for pick up at the Safety & Security Office.
- Students, who have not contacted the Office of Residential Life by Thursday, August 26th, will not be able to pick up their key nor will they be let into their room. They will need to make other arrangements for the night and will need to wait to pick up their room key during Non-Academic Registration on Sunday, August 29th.
Sunday, August 29th - Non-Academic Registration
- 8:30am - 3:00pm
- Students arriving from 8:30am - 3:00pm, may pick up their room key at Non-Academic Registration.
- Students unable to attend Non-Academic Registration must notify and make arrangements with the Office of Residential Life no later than 4:30 pm, Friday, August 27th. Students will, on the first day they are back, need to go through Non-Academic Registration by picking up their form from the Office of Residential Life and going to all required offices and obtaining signatures and returning the form when complete to the Office of Residential Life. This includes the Facilities Management Office to swipe for their room key. Swiping your key is mandatory. Dorm security is a serious matter, and Facilities Management must be able to confirm that the department's records match the individual number of the key in your possession. After 4:00 pm, students unable to pick up their key at Non-Academic Registration may pick up their key at Safety & Security.
- Meal Plan - The Dining Center opens and the meal plan starts with dinner on Sunday, August 29th
Monday, August 30th - Classes Begin
- 8:00am-3:00pm
- Key pick up is @ the Facilities Management Office
- After 3:00pm, if arrangements have been made
- Key pick up is @ the Safety & Security Office