Spring Move-Out

Think ahead to make sure you’ll be prepared to complete your move-out in a timely and low-stress manner. 

• Will you need a hand-truck or any other equipment to help with your move?
• Will you have the boxes and crates you plan to pack in ready?
• Have you picked up any needed cleaning supplies from your hall office?
• Are there any items you know you want to part with? Donate them to Goodwill through Deacs Donate.

Please note that Residence Life and Housing will be unable to provide any carts or other equipment to help with your move.

Standard Check-out will be available during the following times:

• From 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily from April 29 – May 9
• From 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on May 10
• From 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on May 18
• From 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. on May 19

Outside of this windows, residents are expected to do an Express Check-out

Students are encouraged to check-out within 24 hours of their last exam.

Express Check-Out –

• Sign the Express Check-out envelope, place key(s) in the envelope, and turn it in at your Community Office.
• Students participating in Express Check-out waive the right to appeal for charges/damages.
• After you turn in your Express Check-out, your door will be locked and you will not be able to return.

Standard Check-Out –

• Either report to your respective Community Office or call the RA on-call to complete a Standard Check-out.
• The RLH staff member will do a walkthrough of your room, you will return your key to the RLH staff member, and sign the check-out form.
• After you check-out, your door will be locked and you will not be able to return.

Submit any work orders needed before the last day of class at workorders.wfu.edu, or by calling Customer Service at 336.758.4255.

Work Orders can be submitted for the following issues:

• Broken blinds
• Lights
• Broken furniture
• Leaks
• Heating and Cooling issues

Residents should ensure that all furniture that was in the room upon move-in is still in the space.

This includes, but is not limited to:

• Desk chairs
• Bookshelves
• All desk components
• All bed components
• Wardrobes (if applicable)
• Chest of drawers (if applicable)
• Micro-Fridge (if applicable)

Spaces found without designated furniture will have the cost of replacement charged to the occupant(s) of the room. Furniture from common spaces found in rooms will also be charged.

If your room has a Micro-Fridge and you are the last to leave:

• 48 hours prior to departure remove all items from your Micro-Fridge and defrost the unit by unplugging and setting a towel beneath the Micro-Fridge to collect water.
• Clean the Micro-Fridge as needed
• Remove the towel prior to your departure and wipe up any water that remain

If you share a refrigerator in a suite/apartment:

• Remove ALL of your items from common area refrigerators and freezers. This includes all refrigerators in Polo, Martin, North Campus Apartments, Student Apartments, and Road Houses.
• Clean the refrigerator as needed
• Do not turn these common area refrigerators off.

Cleaning supplies such as trash bags, brooms/dustpans, swiffers/wipes, and Clorox wet wipes will be available from your Community Office.

• Clean the room to the best of your ability (sweep and wipe down).

For those with an approved Service or Emotional Support Animal, please remove and properly dispose of all pet items, including food or waste.

Students will need to pack, clean, and box their items prior to their move-out appointment time. When doing a final walkthrough with your RA, no personal belongings should be left in your bedroom.

Do not remove any command strips on walls – please leave in place and Facilities, Real Estate and Planning will remove.

Contact the University Bookstore with any questions around returning rental textbooks.

Return your green to-go containers to The Pit or Hilltop at North Dining.

Keep your green recycling bin for next year.

• Graduating seniors can return their bins to the Office of Sustainability.

Don’t forget to pack, properly dispose of, or donate any personal items you may have had in any common space that is not your assigned room.

• This includes ALL items from bathrooms, countertops, and community kitchens. 

Any abandoned personal property will be disposed of; failure to remove everything other than University furniture will be subject to applicable charges.

Please make time to collect all items you have left in the laundry room(s).  

• Any items left in RL&H community laundry rooms will be collected and turned for textile recycling starting May 8, 2025

Take bicycles and motorized bikes home; any bikes left on campus over the summer are subject to collection by University Police.

Storage Scholars is an official moving and storage partner of Wake Forest University, founded and operated by students on-campus since 2017.

How the service works:

1. Storage Scholars distributes packing supplies on campus for FREE.
2. Student’s using the service pack their items up, take photos of everything, upload photos to their account, lock it in their room, and go home! No need to wait around for movers, well handle the moving in a completely contactless manner.
3. Once final exams end and the campus is vacant, student employees arrive to pick up the items and move them into an insured, temperature-controlled storage facility near campus.
4. When students return to school, their belongings will be ready and waiting for them in their new room!

Learn more  on their website.

Before you leave, you should:

• Close and lock your windows.
• Leave blinds down if your room is still occupied; pull blinds up if you are the last person checking out of your room.
• Fan coil units should be set to 70° and low fan speed.
• Turn off the lights.

All indoor trash and recycling receptacles will be blocked-off at the start of closing.

Dispose of your recyclables early! Recyclable materials should be disposed of prior to student move-out.

Trash MUST be removed from the space prior to your departure, and placed in dumpsters staged in your community or by bulk trash signage in designated areas.

Any abandoned trash will be disposed of and will be subject to applicable charges.

As you are cleaning your residential space, you are encouraged to donate reusable furniture and clothing by way of Deacs Donate, a non-profit initiative designed to reduce end-of-the-year waste and benefit local families.

During closing, Deacs Donate blue donation bins and signs will be placed in each community.

Use these bins (or designated areas for larger items) to donate any unwanted but usable items in good working condition to Goodwill. In an effort to honor the intent of donations, we ask that items not be removed once placed in Deacs Donate collection locations.

View what’s accepted and not accepted for donations here!

Place all cardboard waste by cardboard signage in designated areas in your community.

Lock your room door and return your key(s) to Residence Life and Housing at your community office.  

Do not leave your key(s) in your room. Keys will not be accepted back via mail.