Residence Life

Facilities

Among the most memorable of university experiences is that of living in a student residence hall. All residential facilities at Texas Wesleyan University provide comfortable and attractive living environments. The Residence Life office supervises the housing of all students on campus. Each hall has a staff consisting of students and professional staff members dedicated to the community development among residents.

The University has four residence halls on its campus. Stella Russell Hall, Elizabeth Armstrong Hall and OC Armstrong Hall are located just north of the Eunice and James L. West Library. West Village is located at the corner of Wesleyan St. and Vickery Blvd. Parking lots are available in the residential area of campus for students who live on-campus. All residence halls have wireless internet provided. Residence Life provides a Twin XL bed, dresser, desk, and desk chair to all students who live on-campus. Residence hall policies and procedures can be found online at txwes.edu/studenthandbook

Stella Russell Hall is a three-story hall that houses up to 150 first-year students. It is co-ed by floor, with an elevator and large basement that contains laundry machines for the residents to use. Each floor has a large community bathroom in each wing that includes private stalls, showers, and changing areas. The lobby on the first floor includes a full-sized kitchen with refrigerator, stove, and microwave oven. The lobby is a large area for residents to cook, eat, watch television on a big screen, and play games.

James C. Armstrong & Elizabeth Means Armstrong Hall are two-story facilities that house up to 100 students. These facilities have a first-floor lobby with a full-sized kitchen with refrigerator, stove, and microwave oven, along with chairs, a big-screen tv, and games. There is a laundry room on each floor. Suite-style bathrooms are shared by two rooms.

West Village is a 250-bed apartment style housing facility. This three-story building has a combination of single units and four-bedroom apartments. West Village is only available for upper-division students.

Open and closing dates and other pertinent housing information can be found online or from the Residence Life office located in the Martin Center.

Freshman Live-On Requirement

Residence Life at Texas Wesleyan University supports the mission of the University by providing students with a comfortable and convenient living environment while offering opportunities for increased campus involvement, social interaction and academic assistance. In support of the mission of the University and in recognition of the value of the on-campus residential experience, all students with fewer than 30 college credit hours who are under the age of 21 are required to live in on-campus university housing unless they are married, divorced, live with their parents within 30 miles of campus or have a dependent child. Additional information can be found online at txwes.edu/housing. All first-year students live in Stella Russell Hall or Elizabeth Means Armstrong Hall.

Residency

Students, with the exception of students in the Graduate Programs of Nurse Anesthesia, must be enrolled in the University for a minimum of 6 credit hours during the fall or spring semesters to be eligible to live on campus. Current students may reside in the residence halls during summer as long as they are registered for the next fall semester. All undergraduate students choosing to live on campus during the fall and/or spring semester are required to be on a meal plan. Specific meal plans, requirements, and other details, including rates, are located online at txwes.edu/housing and in the Expenses section of this catalog.

Room Reservation Process

1. Complete the online housing application at www.txwes.edu/myhousing;
2. Click on the link “Login” at the top right of the page and log in with your Texas Wesleyan email and password;;
3. Once logged in, start your application by clicking on the Housing Application image in the middle of the page.
4. The first step of the housing application is to pay a $100 non-refundable application fee. Once you’ve paid the application fee, you will proceed through the application.
5. After your application is processed, an email will be sent to you with additional information you may need for move-in day.

Bacterial Meningitis Vaccinations For Students

Texas House Bill 4189 (HB 4189) requires that any incoming new student who lives on-campus must either receive a vaccination against bacterial meningitis or meet certain criteria for declining such a vaccination before they can live on campus.

For the entire text of Texas House Bill 4189, refer to:

http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/html/HB04189F.htm

Incoming students who live on campus are required to provide either evidence of vaccination against bacterial meningitis or a signed affidavit declining the vaccination prior to living on campus (except those exempted based on the criteria listed in this catalog.) Students will not receive a housing assignment until one of these two documents is received by the Office of Admissions. Evidence of Vaccination (must have received vaccination at least 10 days prior to living on campus) must be submitted in one of the following three formats:

1. A document bearing the signature or stamp of the physician or their designee, or public health personnel (must include the month, day, and year the vaccination was administered).
2. An official immunization record generated from a state or local health authority (must include the month, day and year the vaccination was administered).
3. An official record received from school officials, including a record from another state (must include the month, day, and year the vaccination was administered).

Evidence of declining vaccination must be submitted in one of the following two formats:

1. An affidavit or a certificate signed by a physician who is duly registered and licensed to practice medicine in the United States, in which it is stated that, in the physician’s opinion, the vaccination required would be injurious to the health and well-being of the student.
2. An affidavit signed by the student stating that the student declines the vaccination for bacterial meningitis for reasons of conscience, including a religious belief. A conscientious exemption form from the Texas Department of State Health Services must be used. Secure online “Affidavit Request for Exemption from Immunizations for Reasons of Conscience” can be found at https://www.dshs.texas.gov/immunize/school/exemptions.aspx. Exemption forms may take up to two weeks to be approved.

All documents can be mailed, emailed or hand delivered to the Texas Wesleyan University Office of Residence Life.

Reminder- Students will not receive an official housing assignment until appropriate documents have been received by the Office of Residence Life.

For general information about bacterial meningitis see:

https://txwes.edu/campus-life/health

If you have any questions, please contact Texas Wesleyan Residence Life Department at (817) 413-5000.