Student Behavior and the Housing Lottery

Residential Services, in collaboration with the Office of Community Standards and Civility and the Alcohol Coalition, created a program that affects upperclass student housing. A student's individual lottery priority number is affected by discipline points.

Each time a student is found responsible for violating a policy, demerits are assigned to the student. The demerits are then used in creating the student’s lottery priority number. The lower the lottery numbers the better. Consequently, every demerit number increases the lottery priority number, giving the student a less desirable lottery number.

This policy is in effect February 1-January 31 for the upperclass lottery held in late February or early March. Any earned demerits after February 1, will affect the student’s following academic year housing lottery priority number. Each year a student’s demerit count is wiped clean and begins again—February 1 to January 31.

Demerit values can be found the Office of Community Standards and Civility.

Any questions, please contact Residential Services through email or call 937.229.3317 or stop by 210 Gosiger Hall, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday-Friday.