Amenities & What To Bring
Amenities
- Cooking: Kitchen facilities for limited cooking are available in most residence halls. Students will need to bring all cooking equipment and kitchen cleaning supplies.
- Lofts: Most furniture provided in the residence hall rooms is loft-able; however, Residence Life staff members are not allowed to loft the furniture for you. Additionally, all furniture will need to remain in the room during the year.
- Lounge Spaces: Lounges are furnished for students and their guests.
- Room Furniture: Each room is furnished with a bed, desk, desk chair, dresser, wardrobe/closet, trash cans and window blinds. Students are responsible for maintaining all room furnishings in good condition and all furniture must remain within the room.
- Security: All residence halls are locked 24 hours a day. Students should not prop doors or lend keys/IDs to anyone. Lost or stolen keys and IDs should be reported immediately to the Office of Residence Life. There is a fee to replace keys and IDs.
- Washers and Dryers: For your convenience, laundry machines are provided at no additional cost.
- Wireless Internet: Wireless internet is available in all residence halls at no additional cost.
Below is a list of suggested items to bring for your room on campus. Your actual needs may differ from the list below. Be sure to contact your roommate to arrange who will bring what large items for the room.
The Basics
- Personal Identification Documents (Birth Certificate, Passport, Driver's License, Social Security Card)
- Copies of prescriptions (medication and glasses/contacts)
- Extra Glasses/Contacts
Bed & Bath Items
Bedding:
- Mattress pad (twin XL)
- Lakeside single rooms ONLY (full)
- Sheets (recommend 2 sets) (twin XL)
- Lakeside single rooms ONLY (full)
- Pillows (recommend a set of 2)
- Pillowcases (recommend 2 sets)
- Bed skirt (to cover under bed area)
- Headboard
- Campus Canopies
Bath:
- Shower caddie
- Shower shoes
- Toiletries
- Bathrobe
- Toothbrush cover
- Towels (recommend at least 2)
- Washcloths (recommend at least 2)
- Hand towels
- Toilet Paper (for private and semi-private bathrooms only)
- Shower Cap
- Pool/beach towel
- First aid kit (extra Band-Aids, thermometer, etc.)
- Medicine (Advil, Tylenol, Benadryl, etc.)
- Sunscreen
Cleaning Supplies
- Paper towels
- Wet wipes
- Dryer sheets
- Stain remover
- Mini vacuum
- Swiffer (dry sheets for dust, and wet sheets for dirt and overall cleaning)
- Trash bags
- Mini trash can
- Dish soap
- Lint roller
- Laundry detergent (HE-liquid is best for the machines on campus)
Electronics & Housewares
- Headphones
- Personal Speaker
- Computer
- Chargers and cords (phone, computer, headphones, etc.)
- Power strip (UL approved)
- Flashlight/batteries
- Lamps (room & desk)
- Refrigerator (4.5 cu. ft. or less-1 per student)
- Microwave (1.0 cu. ft. or less-1 per student, microwaves are provided in Lakeside and Sutton)
- Microwave safe containers
- Plate, bowl, cup and flatware (recommend 1 set)
- Iron or Steamer (with automatic shutoff)
- Coffee maker (with automatic shutoff)
- Fan
- TV
- Mirror (cannot hang mirrors on the back of entrance/exit doors)
- Ottoman with storage
- Plastic bins & drawers
- Food storage bins
- Hangers
- Drying rack for clothes (one that can fold up and be stored easily)
- Desk organizers
- Laundry hamper
- Shoe rack (hanging)
- 3-tier rolling cart
- Rug
- Reusable Water Bottles
- Air purifier
- Command strips/hooks
- Scissors
- Diffuser
Shipping
You can ship belongings to the College, as long as they are timed to arrive no earlier than two weeks prior to the start of the fall semester. Send the items to the following address:
[Student’s Name]
Rollins College
1000 Holt Ave – [XXXX] (replace with student’s mailbox assignment)
Winter Park FL 32789
To retrieve your mailbox assignment, visit MyRollins: Tools > Student Life > My Rollins> Mailbox. If you have questions regarding Mail Services at Rollins; email postoffice@rollins.edu.
Decorations
- Students can decorate their room in any way that does not permanently alter it (i.e., posters, rugs, plants, etc.). Students may not mount TVs.
- Depending on which hall they are placed in, students will be permitted to use either small nails and pins, command strips or 3M removable tape.
- Double-sided foam mounting tape is prohibited due to ensuing damage to walls and doors (painter’s tape is recommended).
- No decorations of any kind should be placed on windows.
- Decorations on windowsills can only be placed facing into the room.
- Window clings are not permitted on windows or doors.
- All wall decorations must be at least 6 inches from the ceiling.
- Decorations, including holiday trees/branches, should be made of material that is not flammable.
- Only artificial holiday trees are permitted in residence halls due to fire safety.
For more information about decorations: go to Decorations in the Guide to Residence Hall Living for information on apartment, room and window decoration guidelines in the residence halls.
What Not to Bring
Prohibited Items
- Powers tools and electrical kitchen appliances, including popcorn poppers, hotplates, toasters/ovens, indoor grills (such as a George Foreman), air–fryers, and rice cookers, etc., to be used in any traditional residence hall room/apartment bedroom.
- These items can be brought and stored in a residence hall room for use in a communal kitchen only. When not in use, the appliance should be cleaned and stored.
- Sutton and Lakeside residents can have electrical kitchen appliances in their kitchens, but cooking devices are not allowed on Sutton balconies.
- Devices using an open flame-such as candles, camping stoves, grills, fondue pots, incense, and gas lanterns, are prohibited in or around residence halls. Charcoal grills are not permitted.
- Halogen lamps are prohibited.
- Flammable liquids, including gasoline, turpentine, oil-based paints, etc., are prohibited.
- Hoverboards, self-balancing scooters, battery-operated scooters, hands-free Segways, electric-powered skateboards, and similar devices are prohibited from being ridden or stored within residence halls.
- Any substance or device identified as a weapon is not permitted in residence halls.
- Doorbells or security cameras not installed by the College are prohibited.
- Radio antennas or satellite dishes are prohibited.
- Darts and dartboards are prohibited.
- Drums or drum sets are prohibited in residence hall rooms.
- Water beds and other liquid-filled furniture, including tanks and hot tubs, are prohibited.
- Students may not use adhesive LED strip lights on any College-owned property, including walls or furniture.
- Musical amplifiers may be stored in residence hall rooms but may not be used in residence hall rooms.
For the entire list: go to Prohibited Items in the Guide to Residence Hall Living to find out what items are not permitted in the residence halls.