Coronavirus Information (COVID-19)

• The dining team is working under extraordinary circumstances to adapt to the ever-changing conditions presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. The dining program for Spring 2021 has been developed with the primary objective of meeting the needs of the health & safety of Muhlenberg students and the campus community.  This has created modifications to the program, meal plans and hours of operation in an effort to meet current guidelines and to maintain safe social distancing guidelines given the anticipated volume of customers this semester. For more information please visit Muhlenberg Dining.
• Student organizations are highly discouraged from hosting any in-person meetings and should consider using Zoom for their meetings whenever possible. Student organization events may be scheduled in consultation with the Office of Student Organizations, Leadership & Engagement, when deemed appropriate. Please use the Event Evaluation Guide to determine if your meeting or event can be scheduled. Student performance organizations will not be permitted to rehearse or perform in groups on or off campus, per the Singing Policy. Finally, please note that many meeting and event spaces have been repurposed for informal gathering and dining space. These spaces are no longer available to be scheduled for events. A phased approach for student organization involvement will be announced in early February 2021.
• Seegers Union hours of operation and meeting and event spaces will be modified to minimize risk and create adequate informal gathering space for the campus. For updates on these modifications, please visit Seegers Union and Physical Distancing Measures for Spring 2021.
• Single rooms within the residence halls will be very limited on campus.

• All students are guaranteed housing for the Spring 2021 semester. You must complete the Spring 2021 Housing and Dining Registration Form by Tuesday, December 1st.
• Students who were approved for the Special Housing Process and selected housing through that process will have their approved accommodations met, but they may not be the same room that was originally selected.
• At this time, your responses will serve as final notification to the College regarding your Spring 2021 semester housing status. While we understand that circumstances may change, changes to this form after the December 1st deadline may impact what housing options are available to you, and the timeliness in which you will receive an updated housing bill. If you are not positive that you will be on campus or remote for the Spring 2021 semester, you will allow yourself more options if you select housing in the registration form. If you change your mind before the first day of classes, you would not be billed for housing or your meal plan.
• If you change your mind after filling out the form that you wanted to be on campus but now will be remote, this decision has to be made before the first day of classes for the spring semester in order to receive a correct updated bill.
• Spring move-in will take place over a multi-day period with shifts during the end of the first week of February that students will be able to sign up for. There will be more information shared in the upcoming weeks about this process. As you consider what to bring with you for the spring, please keep in mind that you should pack lightly.
• Fraternity and Sorority Houses will be used Spring 2021. House Managers will need to email an updated roster to housing@muhlenberg.edu by Friday, December 4, 2020.
• If you are currently living in the Lehigh Valley but did not receive approval from the College, you are not required to break your lease to live on campus this spring. However, you must notify HRL so that we can maintain accurate records.

Seniors (2021 class year)

• If you were not scheduled to live in 2201 Chew Street or Taylor Hall, your assignment will be what was originally scheduled for the Fall 2020 semester.
  • If a roommate/suitemate/apartmentmate is no longer coming to campus housing, the remaining roommates/suitemates/apartmentmates will be given 48 hours after HRL sends them an email to notify them that they have a vacancy to request someone to fill the remaining space. After that, the space will be offered to students who are no longer able to live in their previously selected assignments.
  • Seniors interested in changing their original housing assignment will have the opportunity to sign up for a waitlist to look at other options on campus. Please note, based on availability we cannot guarantee that every new preference will be able to be accommodated.
• If you were originally scheduled for 2201 Chew or Taylor Hall, HRL will be contacting you to discuss your preferences and finalize your housing assignments. All seniors will be able to select housing before the Sophomores and Juniors are re-housed. 
• If you are a senior who was scheduled to live with juniors or sophomores, they will still be able to be your roommates/suitemates/apartmentmates.
• Triples will only be assigned in circumstances in which students request one another and space allows.

Juniors (2022 class year)

• You will participate in a housing lottery the week of Monday, December 14th.
• Groups that participated in MILE lottery will still be eligible to select MILE apartments/houses, but there may be a more limited spaces after the additional seniors have selected their housing.
• Before housing selection last spring, we generated a random general lottery number for every student. If you participated in another housing process besides general lottery, you did not receive your lottery number at that time, but if you will be participating in general lottery you will receive that number via Muhlenberg email. 
• Students who transferred to Muhlenberg for Fall 2020 will also receive a randomly generated lottery number.
• Juniors who selected housing with Seniors will still be able to live in those spaces.
• Triples will only be assigned in circumstances in which students request one another and space allows.

Sophomores (2023 class year)

• You will participate in a housing lottery the week of Monday, December 14th.
• Groups that participated in MILE lottery will still be eligible to select MILE apartments/houses, but there may be more limited spaces after the additional seniors have selected their housing.
• Before housing selection last spring, we generated a random general lottery number for every student. If you participated in another housing process besides the general lottery, you did not receive your lottery number at that time, but if you will be participating in the general lottery you will receive that number via Muhlenberg email. 
• Students who transferred to Muhlenberg for Fall 2020 will also receive a randomly generated lottery number.
• Sophomores who selected housing with Seniors will still be able to live in those spaces.
• Triples will only be assigned in circumstances in which students request one another and space allows.

First Years (2024 class year)

• You will be notified of your spring housing assignment by Friday, January 8th.
• There is an extremely high chance that you will be placed into a double in Prosser, Walz, or Brown Hall (for female identifying students only). Singles will be very limited.
• We will be able to honor roommate requests as long as both students request one another on the Spring 2021 Housing and Dining Registration Form.
• Triples will only be assigned in circumstances in which students request one another and space allows.

The Dean of Students Office will hold a series of webinars to help students and families make informed decisions about the Spring 2021 Semester.

• November 19: Health and Safety/COVID-19 Policy
• November 23: Academic Life
• November 24: Housing, Dining and Financial Aid
• November 30: Special Topics (for example: co-curricular, athletics, study abroad/global education, digital pedagogy, theatre & dance, etc.)

All sessions will begin at 8 p.m. Zoom information will be sent by email to students and families.

Due to the pandemic and our need to keep the community healthy and safe, we take our COVID-19 Policy incredibly seriously. While more specific information will be forthcoming, you can anticipate a phased approach to the visitor policy in which there will be restrictions regarding who is permitted in your room, and respective building, apartment or house. More specific details will be shared this week regarding the COVID-19 Phased Approach to the Visitor Policy.

Students who are found in violation of the COVID-19 Policy will be held accountable through our Student Conduct system. Violations of this Code can jeopardize your standing at the College.