We choose your roommate based on the compatibility of responses in your housing questionnaire. As a freshman you’ll get your housing assignment in July. Upperclass students choose by the end of spring semester. It is possible to choose your roommate if you know someone you’d like to share with.

One of the most life-changing college experiences is learning how to live, work and compromise with others. If you find yourself struggling, Residence Life and your RA/CA can help you resolve conflicts. But nothing is set in stone. If you absolutely don’t get along, we’ll help you find another situation.

The floor plans on the pages for our residence halls are general indicators of what you might be assigned.

All rooms are furnished with XL twin beds (except Hilltop Hall). You can create bunk beds if you and your roommate agree to do so.

Meal plans are included with room and board. 

We’ve listed them on each residence hall page:

• Alumni Hall
• Cannon Hall
• Helms Hall
• JM Smith Hall

All types of residences have shared bathrooms. So yes, just in case, bring your flip-flops or shower shoes. Students rushing off to class with no time to tie their shoes might show up wearing their flip-flops. 

If we haven’t addressed your question, please refer to the Wingate University Student Handbook for everything you need to know.

There are six buildings primarily designated for first-year students, with a few wonderful themed-living communities. All first-year residence halls are coed to varying degrees: by floor, wing or alternating room. Students can indicate their preference on the housing questionnaire.

If you have any questions regarding on-campus living at Wingate University after reading the following information, please contact the Office of Residence Life and Involvement at res.life@wingate.edu or 704-233-8663.

• Cannon Residence Hall

Cannon Residence Hall is across from the Dickson-Palmer Center on Wilson Street. Cannon Hall is ideally located in close proximity to the new McGee Center and across the street from the W.T. Harris Dining Hall. Cannon offers double and triple rooms, common bathrooms on each floor and shared laundry facilities, along with a community kitchen.

Dimensions
Window: 3'10"W x 3'11" H
Window AC Unit:  3'7" W x 1'1" H
Bed: 6'7" L x 3'2.5" W
Mattresses: 35" W x 78 " L
Closet: 3'10" L x 2'3" W x 5'6" H 
Desk:  3'11" L x 2' W x 2'6" H
Sink:  2'11" L x 2'1"W x 2'10" H

• JM Smith Residence Hall

JM Smith is located between the new McGee Center and the Batte Center. JM Smith offers double rooms with lounges, common bathrooms, and a shared laundry facility and common rooms on each floor. There is also a community kitchen. JM Smith Hall has genders separated by floor or wing.

Dimensions
Window:  3'6" W x 4'10" H
Sink:  1'8" L x 1'10" W
Bed:  35" W x 78" L 
Wardrobe:  4' L x 1'10" W x 4'8" H (2 in each room)
Desk: 3'6" L x 1'10" W (2 in each room)
AC Unit:  3'6" L x 1'7" H 

• Alumni Residence Hall

Alumni Residence Hall is on the Academic Quad, just seconds away from most academic buildings and across the Quad from the Ethel K. Smith Library. Alumni Hall is the most historic residence hall on campus. It offers double and quad rooms, two bathrooms per floor, and a shared laundry facility. The Office of Residence Life and Involvement is located on the first floor.
 
Dimensions
Window: 3'11" W x 4'9" H
Window AC Unit: 2'3" W x 1' H
Bed: 6'7" L x 3.25" W
Mattress: 35" W x 78" L
Closet:  4'L x 4'W x 8'2" H
Desk:  3'5" L x 1'8" W x 2'7" H
Dresser:  2'5" L x 1'8" W x 3'2" H

• Helms Residence Hall

How many college students can say they have a fire pit and a swimming pool right outside their residence hall? Helms Hall residents can.
The coed, suite-style residence features:
Common bathrooms.
Individual sinks in the rooms.
Laundry facilities located off the lobby.
The fire pit and swimming pool are exactly what you need to hang out with friends and roommates.
Suites are available and suite dimensions vary from room to room. Each one has a closet and furniture, including desks, dresser and twin beds. 

Dimensions 
Window:  3'4" W x 4'6" W
Window AC Unit:  3'7" W x 1'7" H
Bed: 6'7" L x 3'2.5" W
Mattresses: 35" W x 78" L
Desks:  3'4" L 2'2" W x 2'6" H
Sink: 1'7" L x 1'5" W

• CM Black Residence Hall

Located beside Cannon Residence Hall. CM Black is also close to the new McGee Center and across the street from the WT Harris Dining Hall. CM Black offers common bathrooms on each floor, and shared laundry facilities and common rooms on each floor. It also has a community kitchen.

If you hear a disturbance, first talk to those who are causing the disturbance. If the noise continues, go to your RA or CA and let them know about the problem or call Campus Safety at 704-233-8999.

If students have identified an empty room they would like to move into and the roommate(s) agree with the move, the students with the space must notify the Office of Residence Life to begin the process for moving. If students do not know of a space to move into, they can contact the Office of Residence Life to talk about the availability of spaces to move into.

Yes, you can loft or bunk your bed. If you choose to loft your bed, please be aware there’s a two-part approval process. You must receive permission from the residence director before lofting.

The Office of Residence Life will also follow up to ensure that teh loft is constructed in a responsible and structurally sound way. Students who do not construct satisfactory lofts are required to dismantle them. We will not remove any furniture from the room or apartment. We do not offer university-owned lofting kits to students, although students are permitted to construct or buy their own. Students are responsible for any and all other furniture associated with a loft, such as ladders and stools.

We do provide bunking materials for students. Students need to come by the Office of Residence Life to obtain bunking pins for beds.

Alumni, Cannon, CM Black and JM Smith have carpeted rooms.

Refrigerators and microwaves are allowed in residence halls. Apartments have an oven, refrigerator, stove and dishwasher. Please do not bring any items with an open flame or burner coils.

Each residential building is equipped with a free laundry. All you need to provide is laundry detergent and softener.

The measurements for the residence hall rooms and the apartments can be found on the undergraduate residence hallspage. There is some variation between room measurements within a single building.

There are co-ed buildings with men on one floor and women on another or in apartments next to each other. However, students of opposite sexes may not room together in the same apartment or residence hall room.

For buildings with a traditional residence hall layout, access to floors is provided by ID cards unique to each individual.

Each room and apartment is equipped with individual AC and heating units to be controlled by the residents.

You can bring your own bedding, but you’re not allowed to remove any university-provided furniture from the room.

There is wireless Internet access available throughout campus, including the lobbies of residence halls, rooms and apartments, academic buildings, the Dickson-Palmer Center and the library.

Housekeeping cares for the community-style bathrooms and the common spaces in the first-year residential areas. Housekeeping is not responsible for cleaning the residents’ rooms or apartments.

CAs, RAs and RDs go through apartments, halls and rooms to check for safety violations monthly. CAs, RAs and RDs do not go through residents’ belongings; they simply check the surface of what’s in plain sight for safety hazards, cleanliness and violations. Students are not informed when checks are performed.

Yes, all twin beds are XL except for Hilltop Hall. 

Community bathrooms including showers and toilets are located in the freshman residence halls. Bathrooms shared between two to three people are found in upperclassman areas.

Students should not remove university furniture from any room or apartment. If something is damaged or defective, please notify the Office of Residence Life. Students who bring their own furniture should not expect the university to remove any furniture they have rendered “additional” by bringing their own.

Residential students should buy an Ethernet cable to use while in the residence halls and apartments. Personal wireless routers are prohibited since they disrupt the wireless signals for all students in each building. Also, wireless printers need to have the wireless setting deactivated since they also interfere with the wireless signal for other students.

All undergraduate students are guaranteed housing. First-year students live in traditional residence halls. Sophomores, juniors and seniors have the opportunity to live in a traditional residence hall or in an apartment- or suite-style residential area on campus. They can choose a two-person residence hall room or two-person, four-person or eight-person apartment or a six-person suite.

Wingate University is a four-year residential university, meaning that all full-time undergraduate students are required to live on campus during their time as a Wingate University student. However, students can submit a commuter application if they:

• Are married or a single parent
• Are 23 years of age or older
• Are in or above the ninth semester of enrollment
• Are living in the principle residence of their parents or a legal guardian
• Have other compelling circumstances

One of the reasons we require students to live on campus is to encourage them to get know others who live on campus. For many students, a natural place to spend time enjoying college life is over food. Students have a meal plan included as a part of their room and board fee. Room and meal plan costs are included in the residential rate. All students are required to participate in a meal plan. There is no extra fee for a meal plan. Commuting students also have options for meal plans.

Room and board is $10,780 for the year.

W. T. Harris Dining Hall is the main dining hall on campus. Also called the “Caf,” the dining hall serves home-cooked meals, a salad bar and daily specials. The Klondike, a take-out restaurant, offers burgers, chicken tenders, subs and wraps. Subway is located in the Levine College of Health Sciences building. Einstein Brothers bagels is located in the Ethel K. Smith Library, offering coffee, tea, bagels, sandwiches and pastries. You can also find several grab-and-go options which offer salads, sandwiches and wraps in the Levine College of Health Sciences, the Clubhouse and the Dickson-Palmer Center. Students can also use their Bulldog bucks at the Pizza Hut on Main Street in the town of Wingate.

Students who are interested in moving may contact residence life to make a request. However, room changes will not be made on the basis of race, religion, or sexual orientation. Changes will be accommodated as space is available. The Office of Residence Life may not be able to accommodate all requests by students to live in one particular residence hall.

Each residential student is assigned a campus box number that tehy will have for all four years at Wingate University. The address should be written as:

Students who drop below full-time hours, fewer than 12 credit hours, are not eligible to live on campus. If you have further questions or to apply for special circumstances, feel free to contact the Office of Residence Life.