2024-2025 Opening/Closing Dates
The Office of Residence Life and Housing is pleased to share the following dates related to the opening and closing of our residential communities for the 2024-2025 Academic Year. Please note these dates are subject to change.
A full 2024-2025 Academic Calendar will be made available here.
Summer 2024
- Thursday, May 9 – Interim Housing Opens
- Interim Housing will take place in Collins Hall
- Tuesday, May 28 – Summer School 1 Move-In
- Summer School Housing will be in Babcock Hall
- Wednesday, May 29 – Summer School 1 Begins
- Interim Housing Closes
- Thursday, July 4 – Summer School 1 Close
- Students moving out must be out by 2 pm
- Monday, July 8 – Summer School 2 Move-In
- Tuesday, July 9 – Summer School 2 Begins
- Sunday, August 11 – Summer School 2 Close
- Students moving out must be out by 2 pm
- Monday, August 12 – Transition Day
- For those students who are living on campus will transition directly to their Fall housing.
Information for Academic Year 2024-25
For those who wish to make travel arrangements now for 2024-25, please see the following dates below.
Please note that due to the limited time between semesters, we are unable to offer extensions to closing dates and, at times, may be limited in our ability to honor early arrival requests. We encourage students to consider choosing flexible travel options in the unlikely event that dates change.
Fall 2024 Dates
- Friday, August 16 or Saturday, August 17 – Pre-Orientation Move-In
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Students will receive their move-in instructions (including date and time frame) in mid-July after program enrollment, from Residence Life and Housing.
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Check-in will be available from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily; move-in assistance will be available from 9 a.m. to noon each day for incoming students only.
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- Wednesday, August 21 – New Student Move-In
- Check-In and Move-In Assistance will be available from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
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All students must be moved in by 1 p.m.
- Students will see their suggested move-in windows in late July 2024 when they receive their housing assignments via the Housing Portal.
- Wednesday, August 21 through Friday, August 23 – Orientation Activities (i.e. New Deac Week)
- Thursday, August 22 through Saturday, August 24 – Continuing Student Move-In
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Thursday, August 22 – Check-in will be available from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
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Friday, August 23 – Check-in will be available from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Saturday, August 24 – Check-in will be available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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- Monday, August 26 – Classes Begin
- Saturday, December 14 – Last Day of Exams
- Sunday, December 15 – Communities close at 2 p.m. for Winter Break (unless approved for Winter Break Housing)
Spring 2025 Dates
- January 2025
- Tuesday, January 7 – Sorority Recruitment
- 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Actives (i.e., current sisters) Move-In
- 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. – Potential New Members (i.e., students going through sorority recruitment) Move-In
- Tuesday, January 7 – Sorority Recruitment
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- Friday, January 10
- 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Move-in for students moving on to campus for the first time this academic year
- Saturday, January 11
- 9 a.m. – Communities open for all students to return
- Monday, January 13 – Classes Begin
- Friday, January 10
- May 2025
- Wednesday, May 7 – Last Day of Exams
- Thursday, May 8 – Communities close @ 2 p.m. for non-seniors (unless approved for Interim Housing)
- Monday, May 19 – Commencement
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- Communities close @ 12 p.m. for seniors and those not approved for Interim Housing
If you have questions or concerns, please contact us at housing@wfu.edu or 336.758.5185.
May 2024 Parent/Family Newsletter
As one chapter closes for the Class of 2024, another opens for our continuing and incoming students. This month, we celebrate our graduating Deacs and turn our attention to key dates for those returning and those coming home to Wake Forest for the first time.
We want to take the time to congratulate the Class of 2024! For those of you with a student graduating, please know that you and your Deac will always have a home away from home here on campus.
Of impressive members of the Class of 2024, we want to give special thanks and congratulations to our graduating RA’s and Graduate Staff. We are deeply grateful for their commitment to our communities and the residential experience of our students.
Incoming Students (Class of 2028)
For those of you with incoming students, please note that the Housing and Dining Application, as well as their photo for their Deacon OneCard ID, are all due on June 14th.
The Housing and Dining Application can be accessed via the Housing Portal. (Please note that only your student can access this link, via their ‘@wfu.edu’ email address). Students who would like to request a disability-related accommodation should visit our housing and dining accommodations page. Incoming students must submit requests and supporting documentation by July 1.
Please feel free to continue to reference the Incoming Student page on our website for any questions you may have and to begin planning your move this fall.
Summer Housing
For those with students moving back to campus, check-in for Summer Session 1 housing will be on Tuesday, May 28, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in our offices in Angelou Hall.
Those interested in returning to campus housing for Summer Session 2 should keep in mind the upcoming dates and deadlines for housing selection:
- May 29, 2024– Summer Session 1 only and full Summer application and selection closes
- June 19, 2024 – Summer Session 2 Only selection opens
- July 4, 2024 – Summer Session 1 Check-out by 2 p.m.
- July 8, 204 – Summer Session 2 check-in from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- July 9, 2024 – Summer Session 2 Only selection and application close
You and your student can find more information on our summer housing website.
We hope that you have a fantastic summer and take time to rest and recharge alongside your student.
Please remind your students to stay tuned for communications from our office to their ‘@wfu.edu’ email address.
As always, Go Deacs!
June 2024 Parent/Family Newsletter
We hope you’re enjoying summer break and staying cool! This month, we have reminders for July dates and deadlines (including Summer Session II), important information for families whose students are participating in the second round of housing selection, and reminders for the return to campus in August–we can hardly wait!
As a reminder, incoming students who would like to request a disability-related accommodation must submit requests and supporting documentation by July 1 via the housing portal. If you have a disability that could impact your housing and/or dining needs, please document those through our housing and dining accommodations request and submit them by the July 1 deadline. Some students want to try college without those accommodations and later discover they wished they’d had the accommodation from the beginning. Our ability to meet a student’s needs is much more limited after housing assignments have been made, so we strongly encourage students to request accommodations by the July 1 deadline.
Housing selection for Summer Session II opens on June 17. Students participating in Summer Session II and living on campus will move into their summer housing assignment on Monday, July 8, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. As a reminder, students living on campus for Summer Session II and the 2024-25 Academic Year will transition to their 2024-2025 housing assignment on Monday, August 12.
For those students who chose not to and/or were unable to select a bed during our initial housing selection process, the second round of selection will occur on Wednesday, July 10. As a reminder (from go.wfu.edu/housingselection):
“All students who are required to live in campus housing, but do not select during the first round of housing selection, are automatically placed on the list to select during the second round… During the second round of selection, students can plan to select a single bed or to look for open doubles in a roommate group of two people.”
If your student has not yet selected housing for the coming year, ensure they have thought about any potential roommates and are checking their email for selection times and final reminders ahead of this process.
As we look ahead to August, move-in dates for undergraduate students are listed in our Opening and Closing Dates for the 2024-25 Academic Year.
Housing assignments for the Class of 2028 will be available by July 31. Please remind your student to keep an eye on their ‘@wfu.edu’ email address, as this information, as well as many other important emails, will begin to arrive ahead of their first move to campus.
We hope you continue to have a restful and restorative break! As always, if you have any questions, we’re available during the week at 336.758.5185 or housing@wfu.edu.
July 2024 Parent & Family Newsletter
The summer is flying, and we’re just a little over a month away from the start of the Fall semester! This month, we’re highlighting important reminders as you solidify your plans to return to campus next month and essential information for our incoming first-year students (‘28) about what to expect as housing assignments are released later this month.
First-year students will receive their housing assignments by July 31. Students will be notified via their @wfu.edu email address and will be able to log into their housing portal to see their room assignment, their roommate (if applicable), and a suggested move-in timeframe for August 21. Students will also receive a Roomie link to access a 3-D interactive model of their room layout to help plan and shop for their space, as well as other resources and tips to prepare for move-in day!
As a reminder, the 24-25 Move-In schedule (full opening/closing dates can be found HERE) is as follows:
- First-year and transfer students can move in on Wednesday, August 21, from 8 AM – 1 PM EST (with move-in help through 12 PM).
- Continuing students – meaning sophomores, juniors, and seniors – can move in during the following timeframes:
- Thursday, August 22 – Check-in will be available from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
- Friday, August 23 – Check-in will be available from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Saturday, August 24 – Check-in will be available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Students participating in pre-orientation programs will arrive on August 16 or August 17 from 9 AM- 4 PM.
- Approved students will receive instructions regarding move-in dates (which will vary by program), directly from our office.
Students who need to arrive after their check-in window will complete a late arrival form, which will be included in our final details in the coming weeks! We’ll send the final information regarding check-in and our opening week to their wfu.edu email address, so ensure they check regularly in the coming weeks!
If your student is living on-campus for Summer Session II, they will soon be receiving information regarding move-out and transition to their fall assignment.
- As a reminder, students moving off-campus will check out of their summer housing assignment on Sunday, August 11 by 2 PM EST.
- Students living on campus for Fall 2024 will transition to their 24-25 housing assignment on Monday, August 12 by 2 PM EST.
We look forward to welcoming your student back home (or for the first time)! Should you have any questions for us, we are available at 336.758.5185 and housing@wfu.edu.