We Provide
*E-bikes, E-scooters and other personal electronic vehicles cannot be stored in any campus building.
For Each Resident
These items are provided for each student and will be ready and waiting for you in your room.
- Desk
- Desk chair
- Dresser
- Loftable bed
- Extra-long twin mattress (36"x80")
- Closet
In Each Room
Each room is supplied with these items.
- Blinds/window covering
- Wastebasket
- Outlets
- Internet access
In Each Hall
These items are available in each Residence Hall
- Vacuum/broom
- Rubber mallets to adjust lofted beds
- Television
- Laundry facilities
- Kitchen facilities
You Can Bring
Each Resident
Useful items during your time living on campus
- Extra-long twin sheets
- Towel (Bath, hand, washcloth)
- Futons (78" or less will fit under bed)
- Laundry basket, detergent and fabric softener (for HE machines)
- Clothes hanger
- Trash bags
- Toiletries
- Flip-flops for showering
- 3M or similar poster products (Binnewies, Young, Pierson, Mathews, Brown, Hansen, Waneta Storage bins/tubs
- Desk lamp
- Television/mini projector/tablet
- Computer/laptop (Information/Recommendations)
- Appliances with thermostats, no open coils and automatic shut-offs (i.e. crock pots, coffee pots, toasters, popcorn poppers)
- Refrigerator (cannot exceed 1.5 amps or 5 cubic feet)
- UL approved power strips
- Free standing furnishing (i.e. entertainment centers, shelving)
- Cooking utensils, cookware, dishes
- Umbrella, raincoat, boots
- Flashlight and batteries
- First aid kit/medicine
- Medications
- Prescriptions
- Over the counter (Tylenol, diarrhea remedy, throat lozenges, cough syrup, etc.)
- Empty spray bottles (liquid disinfectant available at front desk)
- Hand sanitizer
- Face Coverings
Each Room
Items for you and your roommate may want to share. We encourage you to reach out to your roommate and coordinate details.
- Microwave (cannot exceed 700 Watts)
- Carpet or area rug (rooms in Ben Reife, Hyde, Schultz and Honors are carpeted)
Additional Items for Suites
Additional items suggested for those living in a suite
- Bathroom cleaning supplies
- Shower curtain
- Toilet paper
Additional Items for Apartments
Additional items suggested for those living in an apartment
- Bathroom cleaning supplies
- Shower curtain
- Toilet paper
- Cooking utensils
- Cookware
- Dishes
- Kitchen appliances that do not have exposed heating coils. These include coffee makers, Keurig machines, blenders, slow cookers and toasters. (Does not include toaster ovens.)
Leave at Home
Items not permitted
These items are not permitted in campus housing.
- Homemade or rented lofts
- Bed risers
- Sofa bed
- Non-UL approved power strips
- Extension cords
- Refrigerators over 1.5 amps or 5 cubic feet
- Open element appliances, such as:
- Space heaters
- Immersion heaters
- Kerosene heaters
- Hot Plates
- Broilers
- Ovens
- Electric skillet/fry pans
- Pizza cookers (i.e. Pizza Pizzazz)
- Air fryers
- Sun lamps, halogen lamps, lava lamps and neon signs
- Window air conditioning units
- Outside antennae/satellite dishes
- Potpourri pots (candles and electric)
- Candle warmers
- Carpet padding
- Nails and screws
- Living - or formerly living - trees, garland, etc.
- Wall paint
- Alternative lights bulbs (i.e. black light bulbs, color bulbs)
- Dart boards
Contact us
Housing and Residential Life
Physical Address
934 Student Union Ln.
Brookings, SD 57007
Mailing Address
Caldwell Hall, Box 2810A
Brookings, SD 57007
Hours
Mon - Fri: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
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