The Official Guide
to Living on Campus
2015/2016
A Publication by Undergraduate Housing and Residence Life,
Living Learning Program, UK Dining, and The UK Plus Account
An Equal Opportunity University
www.uky.edu/Housing
Dear Residents,
Welcome to the University of Kentucky! We are glad you have made the
smart choice to live on campus. Research and years of experience have
proven that students who live on campus tend to do better academically
and graduate sooner. We think you’ll be very pleased with the services and
opportunities that are available to you in the residence halls and dining
facilities. This handbook provides information about all these services.
In addition, it will give you information about the policies that govern life
in the residence halls.
Because you are sharing your living space with hundreds of other students,
you will encounter new situations and learn a great deal about yourself
and others. This handbook will help you understand how to live together
safely and peacefully by clarifying the rights and responsibilities each of
you accepted when you signed your housing contract.
This handbook is the official statement of residence hall policies
and procedures, and is incorporated into your housing contract by
reference. It is important that you read it and keep it accessible so that
you will be fully informed of the expectations we have of students who
live on campus.
We hope all of your important questions are covered in
this booklet. However, as always, we welcome you and your family
to visit our offices, contact us by phone or visit our Web sites for
additional information. We know you’ll love living and learning on
campus and we hope you have a great year!
Sincerely,
- The Staff of Residence Life and Undergraduate Housing,
Living Learning Program, and The UK Plus Account Office
Table
of Contents
(Last updated 7-15. Information in this brochure
is subject to change.)
Welcome/General Information
1
Where to Find Help
2
Policies and Services, A-Z
3-11
Community Standards
12-13
UK Dining14-16
UK Plus Account
17
Living Learning Program
18-20
Academic Zones 21
Parking22
UK Technologies23
Top 10
24
FIX-IT25
Welcome
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ach residence hall has a unique personality. Many times the Living Learning Program
within the residence facility creates the
personality for that particular hall.
The programming offered in the hall,
and the people who choose to live in each hall,
help create the atmosphere of each facility as
well. For more information about the Living
Learning Program please see page 18 of this
brochure or visit the following Website:
http:// www.uky.edu/Housing/
undergraduate/llp2.html.
Years of research and experience have proven
that students who live on campus are more
likely to interact with professors,
attend cultural events and participate in clubs
and other campus related activities. These students tend to graduate sooner and make better
grades as well.
The University of Kentucky campus covers
many acres of land. Students, faculty,
and staff refer to the three major areas
of campus as “South campus,”
“North campus” and “Central campus.”
University residence halls are located in all
three areas. Students also live in Greek
housing and Max Kade German House.
The South campus neighborhood:
The 2,576-bed Kirwan-Blanding Complex,
which consists of eight three-story halls,
is located in the South campus neighborhood.
Woodland Glen I, II, III, IV, and V, five of
UK’s newest residence halls, are also located
on South campus. All of the buildings in this
complex are air-conditioned and have wall-towall carpeting. Three premium residence halls
(Smith, Baldwin and Ingels) are also located
on south campus. Please see the detailed
description of each hall for more information
about these halls and the amenities of each.
Campus Housing provides an environment
that is conducive to living and learning.
Each residence hall has a study area,
kitchen, vending area, laundry facility
and recreational area. All rooms and apartments have Internet access and many halls
have wireless Internet access as well.
Television service is also included.
Residents must understand that no smoking is
allowed in the residence halls,
Greek housing and Max Kade German House.
UK is Tobacco-Free. Smoking and other tobacco products are not allowed on UK’s campus.
The Central campus neighborhood is home
to two residence halls, Central Hall as well as
Haggin Hall, as well as a newly resurrected
dining facility, K-Lair. In addition, Central
campus residence halls are close to the William
T. Young Library and classrooms for
the sciences.
The residence hall system offers visitation
options from which students can choose.
Please see the visitation policy for a complete
description of each option.
The North campus neighborhood features four
residence halls: Champions Court I, Champions Court II, Blazer, and Roselle Hall. It also
features a dining facility, a convenience store,
and proximity to the Student Center,
classrooms and downtown.
The residence hall descriptions in this
brochure will indicate the visitation policy for
each residence hall by indicating whether it is
a 24-7 or 24-weekend.
All guests (including family members) must
sign in at the front desk with a picture ID.
After midnight, residents must sign in and out
with their student ID at the front desk.
Roommates should always speak to one
another before inviting guests into their
residence hall room or apartment in order
to clarify any concerns or expectations
regarding guests.
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Commitment
to Diversity
Where to
find help:
Resident Advisors (RAs)
Resident Advisors are students who live and work
on a floor or wing in the residence halls. RAs share
your concern about classes, grades, and campus life.
They help everyone get acquainted, answer questions,
post information, assist students with problems,
and help uphold policies. RAs are trained to provide
information to students or refer them to those on
campus who can further assist them. Take some
time to get to know your RA. They can be a great
resource for you. If, after living in the halls for at
least a semester, you are interested in applying to be
an RA, apply online at www.uky.edu/HR/working/.
Office Assistants
Office Assistants answer the front desk phone, sign
guests in and out, sort mail, and answer questions for
residents and guests Monday-Friday from 7:30 a.m.
– 4:00 p.m. They also love getting to know residents,
so stop by and say hello.
Resident Directors
Each hall has a Resident Director who is responsible
for the overall management of the building. He/she
supervises the RAs and Office Assistants, advises the
Residence Hall Government, and serves as a resource
person for residents. If you ever want to get more
involved in the hall, have a problem you need help
with, want a room change, or have any questions,
your Resident Director is a great person to seek out.
Residence Life Main Office / Leadership Team
The Residence Life Main Office is located at 537
Patterson Office Tower. The Leadership Team
oversees the overall operation of the residence halls
and provides support for staff and students living in
the halls. The Leadership Team is made up of the
following staff members:
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The Office of Residence Life is strongly committed to diversity and inclusion. A vital part of the mission of Residence Life is to create communities where
our students and staff represent diverse characteristics and backgrounds and
where all members feel included. The creation of such communities is essential
to the personal growth of students and to their preparation for active,
global citizenship. We believe students are most likely to succeed in an environment where everyone is welcome and involved. We give students the opportunity
to work and live with people from different backgrounds, and in the process,
we encourage them to learn from one another in an atmosphere of mutual respect. We seek to foster this atmosphere through our employment of staff members
from diverse backgrounds.
a. Director of Residence Life, 537 Patterson
Office Tower.
b. Associate Director for Residential Operations,
South Campus Commons.
c. Associate Director for Residential Education,
Champions Court I
D. Assistant Director for Specialty Housing and
Personnel Administration, South Campus
Commons.
E. Assistant Director for Assessment and Risk
Management, 537 Patterson Office Tower.
F. Assistant Director for Academic Initiatives,
537 Patterson Office Tower.
G. Assistant Director for Student & Staff
Development, South Campus Commons
come damaged in any way, please report this to our
maintenance department by calling 32F-IXIT immediately. Someone will be dispatched and an assessment
of the area will be made.
Hall Government (HG)
Leadership Team members serve as liaisons with
other university departments in order to assist
residents. These other departments include custodial services, maintenance, academic units, UKPD,
the Fire Marshall’s office, and other offices within
Student Affairs and the broader campus community.
The Residence Hall Government plans activities and
programs, decides how money is spent in the hall,
and makes decisions about the quality of life within
the hall. Every resident student has the opportunity
to be involved in the decisions this group makes.
HG is comprised of student officers elected in each hall.
The positions, which include president, vice-president, treasurer, secretary, RSA representative and floor
representatives, provide residents with the opportunity
to develop leadership skills and meet other students.
HG can provide you with the unique leadership experiences you won’t find elsewhere. Many HG Officers
later become Resident Advisors or Resident Directors,
or hold various leadership positions on campus.
These positions add practical experience to your resume
that will make you stand out to your future employers.
Custodial and Maintenance Staff
Resident Student Association (RSA)
Housing employs their own staff to clean and maintain
the residence halls. University housekeeping staff
work during the day, with a reduced work force on
the weekends. Our maintenance staff handles most
repairs and works in cooperation with the University’s
Physical Plant Division and outside contractors for
large scale projects.
The Resident Student Association is an organization
that is open to all students living in the residence halls
at the University of Kentucky. RSA is governed by an
executive board consisting of a president, vice-president, treasurer, national communications coordinator,
and one executive assistant. RSA was established to
ensure a system of self-government for the residence
halls. The objectives of RSA are to maintain effective
communication among residence halls to promote
efficient hall government systems within residence
halls, to communicate suggestions and concerns to
the administration, and to plan social and educational
programs for resident students. RSA, which includes
all RHGs, works with University administrators and
other campus organizations to solve problems unique
to residence hall students. For further information,
talk with your RA or Resident Director, visit the RSA
Office located in room 318 Complex Commons,
or phone 323-1919.
If you need an item fixed in your room, submit
an electronic job order at www.uky.edu/AuxServ/
fixit or call the 24/7 Call Center at 859-32F-IXIT or
859-323-4948 and use option 1. Students and staff
may also fill out a work order at the front desk of
each residence hall. All non-emergency maintenance
requests will be handled Monday-Friday between the
hours of 7:30 a.m. - 3:45 p.m. Maintenance personnel
will be dispatched as quickly as possible in response
to emergency situations. Some of the residence hall
facilities may contain asbestos. Should your room
walls, the pipes within your room, or the floors be-
Policies and
Services, AtoZ
All policies apply to those
students living in:
• Residence Halls
• Greek Housing
• Wildcat Coal Lodge
• Max Kade German House
Getting Along With Your Roommate(s)
Your enjoyment of residence hall living
depends largely on the consideration you and
your roommate(s) show each other. If there is
one factor that is the most important determinant of roommate success, that factor is communication. Roommates need to communicate
with each other. An ideal opportunity for this
communication exists at the beginning of the
year, when residence hall staff distribute the
roommate “contracts”. These “contracts” initiate discussion of issues that commonly cause
conflict between roommates, such as hours
for sleep and study, use of the stereo and TV,
guests, etc. We highly recommend that you
take the time to talk over these issues with
your roommate(s) as the year begins in order
to avoid future difficulties. Please consult your
Residence Life staff or Hall Director for help
with this process.
holic beverages on University property and
at University events and activities, including
in Undergraduate housing leased from or
supervised by the University, except as specifically authorized by the University alcohol
policy. This includes residence halls, fraternity
and sorority housing, and the undergraduate
sections of University apartments. Alcohol is
permitted in graduate student housing, married
student housing, and non-student residential
housing as long as it does not violate any
law or University regulation. The University
alcohol policy can be found in its entirety at:
http://www.uky.edu/regs/files/ar/ar6-4.pdf
or on the Office of Student Conduct website
at www.uky.edu/studentconduct. Students
are expected familiarize themselves with the
University alcohol policy and be aware of the
possible consequences of committing alcohol
related offenses, both on and off campus.
Abandoned Property
Students are encouraged to keep personal
items secure in their residence hall rooms.
Public areas of the residence halls, including
lounges, community bathrooms, hallways,
etc., are not intended for storage of personal
belongings. If students leave their personal
belongings in these areas, they will be warned
by a staff member to remove the items.
If students continue to leave items in public
areas despite warnings from the staff, the items
will be considered abandoned property and
may be removed or disposed of by the staff.
Appliances and Electrical Items
Prohibited Items:
Because the University takes very seriously
the safety of everyone in the undergraduate
housing facilities, we cannot allow students to
bring certain items into their room or into the
building. During fire and safety inspections,
university officials will require the removal of
prohibited appliances or materials including
but not limited to:
• Portable heaters
• Deep fryers
• Immersion coils for heating water
• Ovens or stoves
• Combustible liquids and other materials
• Candles
• Incense and incense burners
• Halogen lamps and lights
• Power tools
• Camping stoves
• Sunlamps
• Bicycles
• Lamps with plastic shades
• Air-conditioners
• Items used to loft a bed
When students move out of their rooms,
either during the academic year or when the
year ends, they are encouraged to check their
rooms carefully to ensure that all personal
items have been removed. Once a student is
no longer occupying a room, any items left
in that room will be considered abandoned
property and may be removed or disposed of
by the staff. The Offices of Residence Life
and Campus Housing are not responsible for
any items left in the residence halls.
Academic Assistance
Living on campus, students have the opportunity to utilize numerous resources available to
them. The Thomas D. Clark Study (commonly
known as “The Study”) is a facility that offers
students a variety of resources in one central
location to guide students to more effective
learning. The Study North is located on the
lower level of Champions Court 1.
Academic Suspension
Students who are suspended for academic
reasons at the end of the fall semester MUST
contact the Housing Office prior to the first
day of class Spring Semester to prevent being
assessed a no-show fee for the spring term.
Alcohol Policy
Alcohol Policy: The University of Kentucky
prohibits serving, selling, or using alco-
Approved Items:
All electrical appliances permitted in the
residence halls must be UL-listed for their intended use. Coffee pots, electric blankets, fans,
computer equipment, televisions, VCRs, DVD
Players, stereo equipment, hairdryers, refrigerators and microwave ovens are permitted.
Appliances such as clothing irons, electric
rollers, curling irons, etc., must be turned OFF
before leaving the room. Appliance cords serving appliances must be in good condition.
Hazardous conditions arising from defective or
improperly used appliances must be corrected
immediately. Microwaves are provided for
student use in approved areas in each residence
hall. Microwaves must be plugged directly into
a wall outlet. Surge protectors are permitted
for sensitive equipment. Surge protectors may
not be plugged into another surge protector.
While students are encouraged to make reason-
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able additions to their living space to make it
more comfortable, students must understand
that the use of multiple electrical appliances
in a room may place a strain on the building’s
electrical system. Overloading these systems
can present safety hazards. Therefore, students
are asked to limit their use of electrical appliances in order to avoid overloads. A student
may be required to remove any appliance from
a residential living facility if it causes repeated
problems with a building’s electrical systems,
or presents a safety hazard.
Microwaves (microwaves are provided in
approved areas of each residential facility) and
Refrigerators or Combination Microwave/
Refrigerator Units. Residents may have one
microwave per room providing it meets the
following conditions:
1.  Microwave maximum output is 700 watts of
cooking power.
2.  The microwave is plugged directly into
an outlet.
3.  The microwave is used to prepare snack-type
items only.
4.  The microwave, for safety reasons, is not
plugged in or placed inside a closet or other
enclosed space.
Microwaves: when not properly used or
monitored microwaves have caused the activation of the fire detection and alarm systems.
Therefore, students must not leave a microwave unattended while it is in use. If, due to
misuse, a microwave activates the fire detection
system, students will be subject to disciplinary
action, which may result in requiring the microwave to be removed from the student room/
apartment as well as other sanctions
being imposed.
Residents may have ONE refrigerator or a
combination microwave and refrigerator unit
in a residence hall room providing it meets the
following conditions:
1.  The refrigerator occupies no more than 5.0
cubic feet.
2.  The refrigerator is kept clean for
sanitary reasons.
3.  Combination microwave and refrigerator units
must contain an internal mechanism prevent
ing the refrigerator/freezer from operating
simultaneously with the microwave.
4.  Between semesters, the refrigerator is cleaned,
defrosted, and unplugged.
5.  The refrigerator, for safety reasons, is not
plugged in or placed inside a closet or other
enclosed space.
For more information about Microfridges,
see Collegiate Marketing at www.bedloft.com
Bed Lofting/ Bed Rails/Ladders
Bed lofting is prohibited.
Students who wish to have a bed rail or ladder
for their bunk bed may submit a maintenance
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request electronically at
www.uky.edu/auxserv/fixit indicating their
desire to have one issued to their room.
Bicycles
The University of Kentucky recognizes
bicycles as vehicles and encourages bicycling
as a mode of transportation. In an effort to
provide the campus community with a safe,
secure, and efficient cycling environment, the
University requires bicyclists to observe established regulations for operating and parking
bicycles on campus and strongly encourages
cyclists to obtain and display a bicycle permit,
available at no charge. Visit www.uky.edu/pts
for more information.
Reasons to Ride and Resources
Biking as a mode of transportation has a
number of advantages: it’s good for you and
the environment, saves you money and is often
faster than other ways of getting around.
The University of Kentucky is committed to
educating its community about safe bicycling
practices and improving bicycle facilities on
campus through the Bicycle Advisory Committee.
To learn more about these efforts and about
upcoming BAC events, visit www.uky.edu/pts/
BAC.
Here is a list of campus and community bike
resources to help you get started on two
wheels!
• Parking and Transportation Services’
BikeInfo:www.uky.edu/pts/alternative-transpor
tation_bicycle-information
• Wildcat Wheels Bike Library: www.sustainability.
uky.edu/wwbl
• Campus Bicycle Route Map: www.ppd.uky.edu/
CampusMaps/BicycleMap_11x17_v6.pdf
• Lexington Bicycle Route Map: www.sustainabil
ity.uky.edu/transportationresources
Wildcat Wheels Bicycle Sharing
Students may use Wildcat Wheels, a free bike
library program available to all faculty, staff
and students with a valid UK ID. All bikes are
equipped with locks and several have baskets.
The bikes can be checked out for up to a semester at a time. For more information about
how to borrow a bicycle through the Wildcat
Wheels program, visit www.sustainability.uky.
edu/wwbl.
Bicycle Parking and Registration
The University of Kentucky recognizes
bicycles as vehicles and encourages bicycling
as a mode of transportation. In an effort to
provide the campus community with a safe,
secure, and efficient cycling environment, the
University requires bicyclists to observe established regulations for operating and parking
bicycles and campus and strongly encourages
cyclists to obtain and display a bicycle permit,
available at no charge. Visit www.uky.edu/pts
for more information.
Bicycles are required to only park at bike racks.
Racks are located near most residence halls and
classroom buildings, totaling nearly 3,500 bicycle spaces on campus. Do not chain bikes to
benches, trees, handrails, signs, or light poles.
As with cars, bikes may be impounded if they
are parked in violation.
All Lextran and some CATS buses are equipped
with bicycle racks for your convenience.
Big Blue Cycles
Residential students who sign a car-free commitment are eligible for a free bicycle for a year
through the Big Blue Cycles program, which
operates as part of UK’s Wildcat Wheels
Bicycle Library. The bicycles in this program
are 8-speed commuter bicycles equipped with
fenders, a rear rack, and a bell. The bicycles
were made possible by a funding partnership
between the Wildcat Wheels Bicycle Library,
the Student Sustainability Council and Parking
and Transportation Services. All participants
will also receive a bicycle helmet, thanks to the
UK HealthCare Level I Trauma Program and
a lock, courtesy of UK Student Government.
To register or get more information, visit www.
sustainability.uky.edu/BigBlueCycles.
Break Housing (Thanksgiving, Winter,
and Spring Breaks)
Residence halls and Greek housing are
closed during the three stated recesses of the
University (Thanksgiving, Winter, and Spring
Breaks.) Students who require housing during
any of these three periods must be assigned
permanently to Woodland Glen I, Smith Hall
or Kirwan 2. (Students living in any of the
other residence halls will not be allowed to
move temporarily into break housing.
They must be permanently assigned there).
Special consideration for assignment to the
break halls will be given to out-of-state and
international applicants.
The University reserves the right to deny
assignment to this special area if a student
does not qualify. If you require break housing,
indicate it by checking the correct box on your
housing application. The German House stays
open year round.
Cable Television (see “Television” on
page 10)
Campus Bus Service
Students do not pay a fare when riding the
Lextran campus buses and the Campus Area
Transit System (CATS) shuttle buses; support
for these bus services comes from parking
permit fees. All Lextran and CATS buses
are equipped with wheelchair lifts, and most
have bicycle racks. With the exception of the
Summer/Break Route, all Lextran and campus
routes operate during the fall and spring se-
mesters when UK is in official session.
All students and their guests may ride the
Lextran campus buses between central campus,
residence halls, and Commonwealth Stadium
between 7 A.M. and 6:15 P.M., Monday
through Friday. Lextran bus service begins on
the first day of classes in August and January, and operates on weekdays. The Lextran
campus buses run approximately five minutes
apart during peak hours and approximately ten
minutes apart during off-peak hours.
When the University is open but classes are
not in session, the Summer/Break route
serves campus Monday through Friday, during
daytime hours.
Buses traverse campus throughout the day, but
as night approaches, UK’s bus service becomes
increasingly important from a safety perspective. The night service operates on a fixed
route Monday through Friday between 6 p.m.
and midnight during fall and spring semesters.
After midnight and on Sunday evenings, the
night service operates on demand for students
who need transportation around campus,
such as between Commonwealth Stadium and
the residence halls. Students may telephone
the driver directly at (859) 221-RIDE (7433)
to make pick-up requests. The bus driver will
make every effort to accommodate reasonable
requests. Calls must be received at least 30 minutes prior to the end of on-demand service.
The schedule for on-demand service is as
follows:
Monday–Friday, midnight–5 a.m.
Sunday, 7 p.m.–midnight
Route and schedule information is available at
www.uky.edu/pts.
Cat Tracker
PTS offers the Cat Tracker, a GPS-based bus
locating system! Visit http://uky.transloc.com
to see when the next CATS bus is coming to
your stop. You can also track the buses via the
Transloc iPhone and Android apps, by using
your smart phone to scan the QR codes found
on each bus stop sign or by using the SMS
codes found at each bus stop.
BluPass
The University of Kentucky and the Lexington
Transit Authority (Lextran) have partnered to
offer UK faculty, staff and students FREE unlimited access on all Lextran routes. Effective
July 1, 2015, anyone with a valid Wildcard ID
can easily commute to and from campus, go
shopping, run errands, or explore Lexington
simply by showing their valid Wildcard ID
when boarding any Lextran route.
In addition to the immediate personal savings
associated with reduced vehicle operating and
parking costs, participation in the BluPass
program also contributes to reduced road
congestion, environmental impact and campus
parking demand.
The BluPass program is funded by UK Parking
and Transportation Services and complements
the existing on-campus transit service, which
remains free and open to the public. For more
information on Lextran routes and schedules,
please visit www.lextran.com.
Campus Class Requirement
In order to be eligible to live in undergraduate
housing, a minimum of 12 hours per semester
must be on the UK Lexington campus or
BCTC Cooper campus. Independent study or
online classes do not count as on campus.
Part-Time Student Status
Only full-time students are permitted to live in
UK Campus Housing. If a student’s class load
drops below 12 hours, he/she must notify
their Resident Director or House Director.
After a review of the circumstances, a decision
will be made about whether the student should
be allowed to remain in UK Campus Housing.
Appeals can be made to the Director of
Residence Life.
Campus Shuttle to Blue Grass Airport
Parking & Transportation offers free shuttles
to Blue Grass Airport at the start of Thanksgiving, Winter, and Spring Breaks with daily
pick-up times of 6 a.m., 8 a.m., 10 a.m., noon,
2 p.m., and 4 p.m. Students should plan to
leave campus at least two hours prior to takeoff. Students must make their own arrangements back to campus at the conclusion of the
break. For more information, visit www.uky.
edu/pts.
Card Access (24-hour Controlled Access)
All undergraduate students living on campus will have twenty-four hour access to the
residence hall or greek house in which they
live.  Guests may gain access to the halls
through the use of call boxes located at each
building.  Each building has a card reader
located next to the main entrance (as well as
selected interior) doors.
Because these phones also have direct access to the University of Kentucky Police
Department, they may be used as emergency
telephones 24 hours per day.
The resident is responsible for escorting
his/her guest at all times within the hall.
(Please see also visitation policy page 10.)
Conduct During Finals Week
All residents are expected to move out of their
building on the same day as their last final.
Those residents who violate residence hall
policies during finals week will face immediate
disciplinary action and may be asked to leave
the hall. The housing contract expires at the
completion of the student’s last examination
of the spring semester.
Consolidation
When a vacancy occurs in an assigned room,
the remaining resident must agree to accept
another assigned roommate, move into another
room if requested, or pay an additional charge
for single occupancy (as stated in the
Housing contract).
Contract Cancellation
Students may be required to withdraw from
the residence building for certain violations
of residence hall policy, as described in this
handbook and in the housing contract itself.
Should a student have their housing contract
cancelled due to violations of Residence Hall
Community Standards, this will be treated as
if the student voluntarily broke their housing
contract without justification.
Therefore, financial arrangements and fees
will be the same as if the student liquidated
their contract. Please see the provisions for
contract liquidation in your housing contract
for more information.
Damage to Public Areas
Public areas of the residence halls (the lounges,
hallways, kitchens, elevators, stairwells, lobbies,
etc.) are designed for the use and enjoyment of
all residents and their guests. When everyone
helps maintain these areas, they remain in
good, clean, and usable condition. But if there
is a problem, the following policies apply:
1. Damage to public areas or to furnishings in a
residence building is the responsibility of the
residents of that building.
2. When the individual(s) responsible for damage
can be identified, the individual(s) will be held
financially responsible for the cost of repair or
replacement of the damaged item and may be
subject to university disciplinary action.
3. When the individual(s) responsible for the
damage cannot be identified, the residents of
the building in which the damage occurred
might become collectively responsible for the
cost of repair or replacement of the damaged
item(s), based on the circumstances of the
damage.
4. When damages are extreme or repetitive, the
floor or unit involved may also be subject to
group disciplinary action.
Damage to Student Rooms
Student rooms and furnishings must be
returned to their original condition at the end
of the spring semester, or whenever a student
moves out. If a room requires restoration
or repair before it can be assigned to another
student, the cost for this work will be billed to
the immediate past residents of that room.
The work may include painting, repair to walls
and ceilings, and the repair or replacement of
furnishings. When students move in to any
room, they will receive a RCR from a residence
life staff member indicating the condition of
the room at move-in. Students should care-
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fully examine their room and make certain that
the Room Condition Report for their room is
accurate. When students move out of their
room, the room will be inspected by Residence
Life staff members , and note any changes in
the condition of the room on the same Room
Condition Report. The student will then be
charged for the cost of returning the room to
its original condition. (See also “Room Condition Report”, page 9).
Decorations
We recognize that your room is your home.
However, we ask residents to bear in mind that
each room will eventually become someone
else’s home. Painted surfaces must not be
damaged by nails or double stick tape.
Non-removable decals should not be applied
to any surface. Decorative materials must
not present a safety or public health hazard.
Candles or other open flames are prohibited. Nothing can be attached to the ceilings.
Failure to comply with these expectations may
result in charges at the end of the year. (Please
see “Damage to Student Rooms.”) For fire
safety reasons, combustible materials must
NOT be used for decorations; e.g., cotton,
paper, straw, etc. All decorations, including
Christmas trees, must be UL-listed as flame
retardant.
Christmas tree lights must be UL-listed for
the intended use. Decorations must NOT
obstruct sprinkler heads, exits, emergency
lighting, exit signs, or corridors.
Exterior decorations, other than lights,
must NOT be attached to the building.
All decorations must be removed prior to
holiday vacations.
Dining Services (See pages 14-16)
Employment for Students
The offices of Auxiliary Services, Dining
Services, and Residence Life offer hundreds of
on-campus jobs for UK students. These jobs
include such things as Dining Services Worker,
Dining Services Supervisor, Front Desk Clerk,
and Resident Advisor. Please consult your
Resident Director or a Dining Services Manager if you are interested in these positions.
Fire Safety
Safety is a primary concern in the residential
facilities and requires a cooperative effort from
all those who live in and work in these buildings . The following policies related to
fire safety must be observed:
1. General Safety
• Stairwell fire doors and corridor doors must be
maintained in an operable condition and must
be self-closing and self-latching. Doors must
NOT be propped open, except with magnetic
hold-open devices.
• Smoke alarms, emergency lighting, and exit signs
must NOT be damaged or tampered with in any
manner. Sprinkler heads: Do NOT block, cover,
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or tamper with any components of the sprinkler
head. Do NOT hang clothes/hangers, decorations or anything else from sprinkler heads OR
piping. Very rarely (1 in 16 million chance) does
a sprinkler head activate on its own.
Stairwells, corridors, and passageways must NOT
be obstructed.
Flammable liquids, such as gasoline, paint thinner, charcoal lighter fluid, propane gas, etc.,
are NOT permitted inside the building.
Candles are NOT permitted.
Incense and incense burners are NOT permitted.
Possessing or cooking in one’s room with prohibited appliances and electrical items, which includes,
but is not limited to portable heaters, deep fryers,
immersion coils for heating water, ovens or stoves,
candles, extension cords, multi-plug adaptors, and/
or combustible liquids and other materials.
Bicycles and motorized equipment, except those
needed by students with disabilities, are NOT
permitted inside residential buildings and may
be removed from the premises by the UK Police.
2. Student Rooms
• Subdivision of rooms with partitions is
NOT permitted.
• Beds must NOT be enclosed in any manner.
• Elevated beds (i.e. bunk beds or loft beds)
are prohibited.
• The number of pieces of furniture must be
appropriate to the size of the room.
Furniture must NOT block access from a bed
to the corridor door.
• No more than 10% of a wall surface can be
covered in combustible materials, e.g., posters
• Do NOT hang anything from sprinkler heads
or sprinkler lines/pipes.
3. Electrical Issues
• Electrical equipment must be maintained and
used in a safe manner.
• Extension cords are NOT permitted.
• Surge protectors that are grounded and have
a built-in 15-amp circuit protection may be
used. Surge protectors must be UL listed
and may NOT be plugged into other surge
protectors. The cord must NOT be run under
the carpet, through walls, under doors, or any
other place that would subject it to physical
damage. Damaged cords must be discarded.
• Surge protectors may not be plugged into
another surge protector.
• Multiplug adaptors are NOT permitted.
• Air-freshener plug-ins (i.e. GladeTM plug-ins)
with a built-in “outlet”(plug) may be used only
if the outlet (plug) in the air-freshener is
not used.
Each undergraduate housing facility has an
evacuation plan in the event of a fire.
Please consult the back of your door for information concerning the nearest exit.
Your Residence Life staff will instruct you on
the predetermined plan for evacuation.
When an alarm sounds you must lock your
room door, and quickly but calmly proceed to
the evacuation area. You may not use the elevators during a fire or fire drill. Fire drills,
false alarms, and genuine fire alarms
are indistinguishable. You MUST evacuate
the building whenever the alarm sounds and
you may not reenter until the all-clear signal is
given. Failure to evacuate during ANY alarm
will result in disciplinary action being taken
against you. Fire drills are conducted early in
each semester.
4. Microwaves (See Appliances and Electrical
items, page 3)
FIXIT (See Custodial and Maintenance Staff, page 2)
Flex Dollars (See page 14-16)
Guests
Your guests are welcome in campus housing provided they adhere to University policy
during their visit. You are responsible for the
conduct of your guests during their time on
campus. Please refer to the Visitation Policy
for all expectations related to visitation
and guests.
Hall Sports and/or Horseplay
The Office of Residence Life does not condone activities that could result in damage to
an undergraduate housing facility or accidental
injury to residents and guests. The noise from
these activities may also negatively impact the
living community. Therefore, horseplay and
sports activities which include, but are not limited to, food fights, water fights, rollerblading,
skateboarding, bike riding, throwing frisbees,
hackey sack, football, wrestling, boxing, etc.,
are prohibited and will not be tolerated in
undergraduate housing facilities.
Housekeeping (See Custodial and Maintenance
Staff, page 2)
Insurance
In order to assure the safekeeping of personal
property, student rooms or apartments should
be kept locked at all times when unoccupied.
The University is unable to assume responsibility for personal property. Residents should
obtain private insurance coverage for
their belongings.
Internet
Each residence hall room and apartment on
campus is equipped with a wired connection
for each student as well as wireless access.
You will need to provide your own computer
and printer if desired. There are no additional
fees for this service as the cost is included
in your housing fee. In Greek and Specialty
houses, a wired connection is available for
each student and some buildings have wireless
access available. For a list of buildings and
what connection types are available please see:
http://www.uky.edu/Housing/resnet. Regard-
less of the connection types available in your
hall, we recommend everyone bring a Cat 5 or
6 cable for use with the wired connection.
There are currently two different service providers for the residence halls, please see your
hall staff for information on who to contact if
you need help with your Internet or television
connection. You can also consult the following
website for more information: http://www.
uky.edu/Housing/resnet.
Keys (Use of emergency keys)
Your Student ID card, room key, and mailbox
key are University property. It is issued for
your use only and is not to be given to other
persons. If you change rooms or move out of
a building, you must return any keys that have
been issued to you. When a student does not
return the key upon moving out of their room
or apartment, the lock must be re-keyed.
A charge is billed to the student for this
work and duplicates of your keys may never
be made.
If a student ID card, room key, or mailbox
key are lost or stolen, this must be reported immediately. For your safety, the proper keys will
be replaced or changed. The student will be
responsible for any of these charges.
If you are locked out of your room, the front
desk staff can assist you. You will need to notify the front desk of the lock out. At this time
they will escort you to your room with a master
ID card to open your door.
1. If you check out an emergency key, it must be
returned to the front desk within 30 minutes.
If you have an unusual circumstance which
requires that you keep the key longer than 30
minutes, you must receive approval from the
hall staff before you check-out the emergency
key in order to keep the key longer.
2. If you do not return the emergency key within
the required period of time, the key may be
considered lost and you may be charged for
replacing the lock.
3. Students will receive three free lock outs.
Any additional lockouts will result in the
student’s lock and key being replaced or the student’s ID card will be deactivated and will need
to be replaced at the cost of the student.
Kitchens
All residence halls have a kitchen, which has a
sink, refrigerator and stove. Residents are encouraged these spaces as they wish. Please take
care not to leave cooking food unattended,
and o clean up after each use.
Living Learning Program
One of the greatest benefits of living in the
residence halls is the opportunity for students
to have a meaningful experience and interac-
tions with one another as a community of
learners outside of the classroom.
Every student and staff member in the residence halls should consider themselves to be
part of an active learning program. In order
to develop this program, every Residence Life
staff member serves as a facilitator of learning
by striving to:
• Create and maintain supportive learning environments which include ongoing educational
opportunities and experiences.
• Minimize the barriers to students’ academic
success by providing easy and immediate
access to important educational information
and resources.
• Promote individual growth and a sense of
belonging through the creation of
inclusive programs.
The Office of Residence Life also partners
with other academic units on campus to
provide specialized living learning communities as part of the Living Learning Program.
Living learning communities are designed to
bring together students with similar interests,
goals, majors, and/or classes. Currently, UK
offers 19 specialized communities in the Living
Learning Program which allow student to live
together, take classes together, and participate
in shared programs and activities. Students can
choose from the following programs (complete
program descriptions on page 19-20):
1. Agriculture Residential College
2.Business Enterprise Community
3.CI Connect Community
4.EDLife Community
5.Engineering Residential College
6.Entrepreneurial Studies/iNET Community
7.Fine Arts Residential College
8.First Generation Community
9.Global Village Community
10. Greenhouse Residential College
11. Healthcare Residential College
12. Honors Community
13. Kinesiology and Health Promotion Community
14. LEXengaged Community
15. R.O.T.C. Community
16. STEMCats Residential College
17. Transfer Student Community
18. Wellness Community
19. Wired Residential College
In addition, the Max Kade German House and
Cultural Center has been created to serve the
multiple interests and constituencies of the
University of Kentucky’s Division of German
Studies. It provides a distinctive site for presenting varied and interdisciplinary academic,
co-curricular, and outreach programs.
Students can apply, through the Division
of German Studies, to live and learn in this
thematic house.
Mail Service
After check-in, student’s mail should be ad-
dressed to the residence hall, box number and
ZIP code assigned to the student. (Each student has a numbered mailbox in the residence
hall.) Mail deliveries are made to the residence
halls Monday through Friday. Luggage that is
being shipped should also be addressed to the
name, residence hall, box number, and ZIP
code assigned. First class mail is forwarded
for one semester after check-out. All other
mail is returned to the Post Office for further
handling. A U.S. Post Office is located on
campus in the basement of the Whitehall
Classroom Building.
Maintenance (See Custodial and Maintenance
Staff, page 2)
Parking (See page 22)
Pest Control
All rooms are treated periodically for insect
control by Housing personnel. Residents must
notify the front desk if a medical problem
exists. A special treatment time will subsequently be arranged. Residents must allow
workers to enter your room for treatment unless a prior medical exception has been filed.
Pets (Animals in the Halls)
You may love your pet, but not everyone else
will. Some people may be allergic to or even
distressed by your pet. Animals, except for fish
in water tanks, are not permitted in residence
halls or undergraduate apartments.
This includes birds and laboratory specimens.
Fish may be kept in a water tank no larger than
1.3 cubic feet (10 gallons). A student with
a disability may have a service animal living
with them. Please see www.uky.edu/regs/
files/ar/ar6-11.pdf for more details about the
University policy regarding animals on campus.
When a violation of this policy occurs, public
health regulations require sanitation, disease
control procedures, and deodorization,
for which the violator will be charged.
University of Kentucky students are approved
to have service animals, service animals in
training, and emotional support animals with
approval from the Disability Resource Center.
The University Administrative Regulation
about Animals on Campus can be viewed in
fall at
http://www.uky.edu/regs/files/ar/ar6-11.pdf.
The University regulation specifically states
the following:
1. Service animals and other animals allowed in
University buildings or on University property
shall be appropriately attended, restrained, and
controlled by the animal’s owner or handler at
all times.
2. “Attended and restrained” means in the immediate vicinity of an owner or handler,
and either on a harness, leash or other tether
or in a cage . . . An animal left fastened to a
stationary object is not considered to be
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appropriately attended.
3. Members of the University community
shall not . . . separate or attempt to separate
a service animal from the person using the
animal’s service.
If University Housing residents or their guests
are found in violation of these or any other
policies outlined in the Administrative Regulation, they will be asked to remove the animal
from the residential facility. Questions can be
addressed to your Resident Director or the Office of Residence Life Main Office.
Phone Service
UK Campus Housing does not provide local
telephone service as part of the Housing
contract. Research has proven that more and
more students are coming to college with
cell phones and use their cell phones as their
primary way of communicating. The cell
phone companies with the strongest cell signal
in the residence halls are AT&T, Verizon and
Sprint. If you have a cell carrier other than
these mentioned, please contact your provider
for more information.
Plus Account (See page 17)
Posting and Mail Policy
The Office of Residence Life recognizes that
we serve as an important access point for many
UK departments and student organizations
to reach UK and BCTC students who live on
campus. As a result of the volume of requests
for various types of access, we have established
some guidelines governing the posting and
mailing of information to the residence halls.
We hope this will be useful to you in planning
the best strategy for getting your material in
the hands of students.
Public Posting Areas
Some residence halls have a bulletin board or
table in its lobby or entrance area set aside for
the posting and distribution of flyers,
coupons, etc. to students. To post in this area
does not require specific permission from the
Office of Residence Life, although you must
check-in at the desk when you enter the hall
and let them know you have something you
wish to post. You are responsible for posting
the item yourself and only one flyer should
be placed on the bulletin board. Extra flyers
may be left if there is a table set aside for those
items. Items posted on the board will be periodically reviewed by a hall staff member and
removed at their discretion as dates expire, etc.
Since alcoholic beverages are not permitted in
undergraduate housing leased from and supervised by the University, we prefer that materials
advertising the consumption of alcohol not
be posted inside the facilities. Items posted in
non-approved areas will be removed.
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Posting on Residential Floors
Only Resident Advisors are eligible to post
information on residential floors. In order
to have the Resident Advisors post material
advertising programs, courses, campus performances, etc., on their floors, the item to be
posted must be approved by the Office of Residence Life. Please bring a copy of the item to
be posted to 537 Patterson Office Tower and
drop it off. Include your phone number so we
can contact you with an approval.
If the item is approved for distribution,
you will need to supply enough copies for each
floor. Currently, we would need 200 copies.
Please submit your materials approximately
10 working days prior to the event to allow
sufficient time to get your material approved,
distributed and posted. Please note that we do
not post sales solicitation material on the RA
bulletin boards.
In the event that you do not have sufficient
material to post on all floors, we can make
arrangements to post a single item in a public
area. This would require only 30 posters to be
generated for distribution. Please follow the
same procedures to request approval
Mail Policy
All items mailed to residents must include their
name, hall, and box number. According to the
UK Post Office, mail that does not include a
box number or ZIP code does not have to
be distributed.
Campus Mail
Campus mail delivery must follow the same
guidelines as regular mail delivery. Door-todoor delivery of flyers is not permitted.
Mailbox Stuffing
In general, we do not permit mass stuffing of
student mailboxes. Any exceptions to this
policy must be approved by the Director of
Residence Life.
Private Rooms
Requests for private rooms will be granted on a
space available basis. Students assigned a single
room will be charged one and one-half times
the double room rate. If a student wishes to
request a private room, that student should go
to his or her Resident Director to make the
request and then follow any directions given
by the Resident Director
PTS Car Sharing
Students who don’t have a car can use ours!
The PTS car sharing program offers shortterm, low-cost car rental to anyone age 18 and
older. For just $8-$10 per hour, members of
the campus community can choose from a
wide variety of Smartway-certified green vehicles with GPS navigation. The cost includes
fuel, insurance, and maintenance. Cars are
located around campus in high-traffic areas;
car sharing spaces are reserved 24 hours a day.
Car sharing is a great option for those who
don’t have cars on campus, those who regularly
use alternative transportation, and those who
want to avoid wear and tear on their vehicle.
Visit www.uky.edu/pts/alternative-transportation_car-sharing-information for more details
and to sign up today!
PTS Ride Home Express
PTS offers an alternative travel option for
students and employees in visiting a variety of
destinations during academic breaks.
The PTS Ride Home Express operates at the
start and end of Thanksgiving, Winter, and
Spring Breaks. The PTS Ride Home Express
will provide reliable, comfortable, and affordable transportation to and from hometowns or
break destinations during the three major academic breaks. The program offers significantly
cheaper fares than airlines and faster travel
times than other major bus companies.
Round-trip fares for the PTS Ride Home
Express begin at just $55, with prices varying based on the final destination. For more
information, visit www.uky.edu/pts/buses-andshuttles_ride-home-express.
Quiet and Courtesy Hours
In order to provide an atmosphere conducive
to studying and sleeping in the residential
facilities , quiet hours have been established
for all residential facilities . It is important that
residents respect the rights of others as they
listen to music and socialize. Each residential facility is required to have quiet hours, at
a minimum, will begin at 9 pm from Sunday
through Thursday and 11 pm on Friday and
Saturday and will last for a period of 12 hours
every day. Residential facilities my adjust their
quiet hours one hour earlier or one hour later,
or they may extend their quiet hours, through
a vote of the residents at a Hall Government
(HG) meeting.
During quiet hours, noise from one’s room
or suite should not be audible more than
two doors away. Quiet hours are enforced by
residents, with assistance from staff members
when necessary. In addition, even at times
other than officially established quiet hours,
students are expected to maintain reasonably low levels of noise and to comply with
requests by others for quiet.
Residents are expected to operate stereos,
TVs, and sound equipment with regard for the
rights of others and to be considerate at all
times. Continued noise violations may result in
students being asked to remove stereo equipment or TV sets from the residential facilities.
Musical instruments may be played only in
designated practice areas.
Prior to finals residence life staff will enforce
24-hour quiet hours to assist residents as they
prepare for their examinations.
Recycling
Environmental Stewardship is very important
to the University of Kentucky and recycling is
a great way for all members of our community
to get involved. Campus Housing operates a
simple and convenient recycling program in
the residence facilities. The system is “single
stream” which means that all the recyclable
material can be placed in one container.
The following materials can be recycled:
• Metal Cans.
• Plastic and glass bottles.
• All types of paper (office, colored, glossy, etc).
• Cardboard and pressboard (cereal boxes).
Each residence hall room has a small recycling
bin and every hall has a recycling station where
the personal bins can be emptied.
More information about recycling on campus
can be found at http://www.sustainability.uky.
edu/recycling
Residence Life “ResLife” (See page 2)
ResNet (See Internet, page 6)
Restaurants (Please see pages 14-16)
Room Changes
Room change requests may be granted on a
case-by-case basis at the discretion of your
Resident Director and depending on space
availability. If you wish to change rooms or
halls, talk to your RA and discuss the various
options. After you have discussed this with
your RA, then contact the Resident Director.
Please note that no room changes will be made
on the basis of discrimination or prejudice.
Room Condition Report
Before fall semester begins, each room in every
residence hall is inventoried and checked for
its condition. The findings are recorded on a
Room Condition Report which each resident
receives at check-in. It is important for each
resident to review the Room Condition Report
and check the room carefully to see if there
are any additions to be made. Each resident is
responsible for making sure their Room Condition Report is filled-out accurately.
Failure to include damaged/missing items
may result in the resident being charged for
the repair/replacement of those items after
move-out. Once a student has completed the
Room Condition Report, the report must then
be signed and returned to the RA immediately.
Rooms are to be left in good condition when
checking out, with trash properly disposed of
and floors cleaned.  The furniture that is in
the room at the beginning of the year must be
there when the resident leaves at the end of
the academic year.  This applies to a resident
who leaves their housing assignment during
the year for any reason (including moving to
another room).  Before leaving campus, keys
must be returned to avoid a lock change being
required at the student’s room or apartment.
Students may arrange with a Residence Life
staff member to have a pre-inspection review
of their room/apartment before departing
campus.  After all residents have moved out
a final inspection will be made by Residence
Life staff.  During the final inspection any
damage not reported at the time of the original
occupancy will be listed on the Room Condition Report, and charged to the student’s
account. The cost of  replacing or repairing
items will be assessed to the residents of that
particular room/apartment, unless individual
responsibility can be established.
If during the semester, a student plans to move
out of a residence hall, they must follow the
appropriate guidelines and complete the appropriate paperwork. Any student moving out of a
room/apartment during the academic year will
be considered a resident of that room/apartment until they have returned their room keys
and properly checked-out. (See also, “Damage to
Student Rooms”, page 6)
Room Entry Policy
Authorized university personnel may enter a
student’s room without permission for the
following reasons:
1. To provide routine maintenance.
2. To provide routine inspections to ensure that
residents are following health, fire, and
safety regulations.
3. To respond to emergency situations; i.e.,
situations which threaten the health and/or
safety of room occupants, and situations which
require immediate maintenance to prevent
property damage or immediate action to correct the health, fire and/or safety risk.
4. When there is reason to believe that a violation
of university policy is taking place in the room
and occupants in the room do not open the
door when requested to do so.
Authorization to enter a student’s room under
this policy does not constitute authorization to
conduct a search of the room.
Authorized university personnel indicated
above include:
1. Full-time members of the Housing and Residence Life staff, including maintenance and
custodial personnel.
2. Resident Directors, Assistant Resident Directors, and Resident Advisors, subject to the
following restriction:
In non-emergency situations, prior authorization must be received from a full-time professional staff member in the Office of Residence
Life. Unless circumstances prohibit, two staff
members should be present when using the
master key to enter a student’s room.
3. University Police.
4. University Fire Marshal.
Protocol for using the master key to enter a
student room:
1. No student room should be entered without
knocking, regardless of whether the door is
locked, unlocked, or open. The only situations
in which staff are not required to knock
are emergencies.
2. Before using the master key, university personnel attempting to enter a room should identify
themselves and state the reason for entry.
In addition, they should request that the door
be opened.
3. If the door is not opened and authorized university personnel deem it necessary, the master
key will be used to enter the student’s room for
one or more of the reasons listed above.
Room Inspections
Residence Life staff will inspect students’
rooms at least once each semester for the
purpose of conducting safety checks,
and may inspect more frequently should
circumstances require. In all cases, students
will be given prior notice of the time and date
of the inspection. For additional information
on room entry in general, please see the Room
Entry Policy.
Rules and Regulations (Please see page 12)
Security
The security of our residents is of the utmost
concern. All visitors, including parents and
siblings, must be signed in and out of the halls
and leave one form of photo identification at
the desk for the duration of their visit.
All visitors must also be escorted by their
host during their entire time in the hall.
Keep your room door locked whenever you
leave the room and when you are sleeping.
Do not, under any circumstances, prop outside
doors open. Make sure any valuable items,
such as laptop computers, credit cards,
student I.D. cards, etc., are kept in a secure
location away from the view of those who
might walk off with them. The halls provide
security procedures such as desk service, security patrols, staff on duty, security cameras, and
restricted access plans. Please carry your room
key and your student I.D. with you at all times
and help keep the building secure. (Please see
“Visitation Policy” and “Keys” for more information
on building security.)
Selling and Soliciting
Door-to-door sales or solicitation in the
residence halls are not permitted. Sales are defined as any effort to offer a product or service
in return for money, goods, or other services.
Solicitation is defined as any effort to ask for
donations or contributions of money, goods,
or services. If anyone is found selling or soliciting in the residence halls, the UK Police will
be called to escort the person off campus,
and additional disciplinary action may be taken.
Resident rooms are to be used solely for
residential purposes. Residents are not
permitted to operate businesses out of their
rooms or to publicly list room numbers or
phone numbers in commercial ads or other
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Card®); The Dining & The UK Plus Account
Office ($20 minimum deposit with cash, check,
American Express®, Discover®, Visa® or
MasterCard®); Student Account Services ($20
minimum deposit with cash or check)
and DART machines in campus computer labs
(any whole dollar amount with cash only). business announcements.
Shelves
Shelves may not be placed on the Safety Bars
in the Kirwan/Blanding Complex.
Smoking
Smoking is NOT permitted in any campus
housing facility or apartment. UK is
Tobacco-Free.
Storage
Due to space limitations in the residence
facilities, the Offices of Campus Housing and
Residence Life are unable to provide storage
facilities for students, either during the year or
over the break periods. This includes storage
for personal items as well as storage for furniture that is currently in the rooms.
Therefore, it is important that students only
bring items to campus that can fit into their
room along with the existing furniture.
Study Rooms
Each building has designated study rooms.
Study areas in the residence halls should
remain quiet at all times.
Summer School
A limited number of halls will be open during
summer school sessions. Students desiring
summer housing must submit a Summer Housing Application. Contact the Housing Office
at (859) 257-1866.
Television
Television service is provided to students living
in campus housing. You will need to provide
your own TV as well as your own coax cable
for your television. Depending on your hall,
you may also need two AA batteries for the
provided remote control (ResNet supported
buildings only). There are currently two different service providers for the residence halls,
please see your resident staff for information
on who to contact if you need help with your
television connection. You can also consult
the following website for more information:
http://www.uky.edu/Housing/resnet.
Tutoring: (See Academic Assistance, page 3)
24-hour Controlled Access (See Card
Access, page 5)
Vending
Vending machines dispensing snacks and soft
drinks are available in the residence halls and
other campus buildings. Coke machines in the
residence halls and other campus buildings
accept cash, credit cards and the Plus Account.
Snack machines accept cash or credit cards.
Plus Account funds may be added in whole
dollar amounts at any time during the semester
at the following locations: Online at
www.uky.edu/PlusAccount ($20 minimum
deposit, $2 convenience fee with American
Express®, Discover®, Visa® or Master-
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Visitation Policy
The University of Kentucky provides several different visitation options for students
depending on where they live. The visitation policy strives to recognize and balance the
following priorities:
The need to provide options to students and
parents who have different desires regarding
visitation arrangements.
The need to maintain a safe environment in all
residential facilities.
The need to respect students’ desire for privacy.
The need to recognize the value of visitors in
a vibrant, educational community.
In balancing these priorities, the University of
Kentucky offers the following visitation options to students:
Co-educational Residence Halls
In all co-ed halls, “in-hall” visitation
(students who live in the same residence hall
visiting each other) will be permitted 24 hoursa-day, 7 days-a-week. In addition, the visitation
policy in co-ed halls will be gender neutral
(no distinctions as to gender).
Two different visitation options will be
offered in co-ed halls:
Option 1: (24 – 7)
Guests from outside the hall (regardless of
gender) will be permitted to visit 24 hours-aday, 7 days-a-week. This policy will apply to the
following halls:
1. Kirwan Tower, 1, 2, 3, 4 6. Haggin Hall
2. Blanding Tower, 1, 2, 3, 4 7. Champons 3. Smith Hall
Court 1, 2
4. Woodland Glen 8. German House
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
5. Central 1 and 2
Option 2: (24-hour Weekends)
Guests from outside the hall (regardless of
gender) will be permitted to visit from 12:00
PM – 12:00 AM Monday – Thursday, and then
24 hours-a-day from Friday at 12:00 noon until
Sunday at 12:00 midnight. This policy will apply to the following halls:
1. Roselle Hall
2. Baldwin Hall
3. Ingels Hall
Single Gender Residence Halls:
In all single gender halls, the visitation policy
will be gender-specific. In these halls, visitation
by members of the same gender, whether they
live in the hall or not, will be permitted 24
hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week.
Two different visitation options will be
offered in single gender halls:
Option 1: (24 – 7)
Guests of the opposite gender will be permitted to visit 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week.
This policy will apply to the following halls:
1. Sigma Chi Fraternity
2. Alpha Tau Omega
3. Delta Sigma Phi
4. SAE
Option 2: (24-hour Weekends)
Guests of the opposite gender will be permitted to visit from 12:00 PM – 12:00 AM Monday – Thursday, and then 24 hours-a-day from
Friday at 12:00 noon until Sunday at 12:00
midnight. This policy will apply to the
following halls:
1. Blazer Hall
2. Coal Lodge
There is NO overnight visitation during
early week or the opening of the
residence halls.
Minor Visitation
Overnight visitation by children age 8 and
older is permitted with consent of minor’s parent and host’s roommate, in accordance with
ORL visitation policy. Overnight visitation by
children under age 8 is not permitted.
Guests under the age of 18 may be checked
in for visitation between 12 noon and 12
midnight. Minors must present either a driver’s
license or parental consent form to check in.
Visitation by minors between 12 midnight and
12 noon is considered overnight visitation,
and the following conditions apply:
1. Minors (ages 8 - 17) must have parental consent in order to check-in between 12 midnight
and 12 noon.
2. Consent must be in writing, signed by parent,
and contain reason for visit, and usable contact
information for parent/legal guardian.
3. Parental permission is subject to verification by
ORL staff.
4. Minor visitation must be approved at least 24
hours in advance by the House Director.
5. Permission for minors to check in may be denied
at the discretion of the House Director.
6. Babysitting is not permitted in any residential
facilities or resident rooms.
Check-In Policy
All guests, including family members and
students who live in residence halls,
must register at the front desk and be escorted
by their host at all times while in the building.
In addition, guests are required to leave their
own picture identification at the front desk,
which will be returned when the guest leaves
the hall.
In order to stay in compliance with fire safety
regulations, each resident may sign in only two
guests at a time (overnight guests are limited to
one per resident, or no more than two
per room).
When a resident has a guest, the resident assumes full responsibility for the conduct and
behavior of that guest. Student hosts are responsible for seeing that their guests are familiar with and observe all University regulations.
Hosts will be held responsible for any policy
violations, damages, or loss of property attributable to their guests. Residents of a room
may be held responsible for behavior that takes
place inside the room or apartment regardless
of the residents’ presence in the room or the
length of time that guest has been there.
If a guest fails to comply with any University
policy, then they may be asked to leave the
undergraduate housing facility until the Office
of Residence Life addresses the behavior.
A guest may be denied permission to remain in
the residence hall or apartment or may be prohibited from future visits if he or she creates a
disturbance or violates any rule or regulation.
Whenever overnight guests are permitted in a
particular facility, visits by these guests must be
in compliance with the residence hall Cohabitation Policy and with any applicable roommate
agreements. All overnight guests must be registered as overnight guests at the front desk
Bathroom Facilities
Bathroom facilities in each residence facility
are designated by gender. Residents and guests
may only use facilities designated for their gender. Guests needing to travel between floors in
order to use such facilities must be escorted by
their host to the bathroom door.
Cohabitation Policy
Cohabitation exists when a person who is
not assigned to a particular room or apartment uses that room or apartment as if he
or she were living there. Cohabitation is not
permitted. Examples of this may include,
but are not limited to, accessing the room or
apartment while the assigned occupants are
not present, utilizing a key to enter a room or
apartment to which one is not assigned, keeping clothing and other items in the resident
room or apartment, sleeping overnight in the
room/apartment on a regular basis, and using
the bathroom and shower facilities as if they
lived in that room/apartment. When a guest’s
continual presence hinders a roommate’s ability
to study, sleep, and/or occupy their room, this
will be considered a violation of this policy as
well. When overnight guests are permitted at a
particular hall, all such overnight guests must
be registered as overnight guests at the front
desk regardless of the length of their stay. Residents are permitted to have a guest or guests
spend the night for a maximum of three nights
in a row (2am to 8am or beyond). Those residents who host the guest(s) will be restricted
from having overnight guests again for four
nights before their overnight privileges will
resume. Additionally, the guest(s) who stayed
overnight will not be able to stay overnight in
the same room or suite for at least four days.
An excessive number of visits (every other
night, every two nights, etc.), even if each lasts
no more than three nights in a row, may also
be considered a violation of this policy (at
the discretion of the Resident Director). All
overnight visitations must be consistent with
any applicable roommate agreements.”
Visitation hours for hall opening,
hall closing, and break periods:
During the week of opening (first week of
school) and closing (finals week), family and
friends may sign in beginning at 8:00 a.m. until
the conclusion of the applicable visitation
hours to help residents move in or out of the
halls. 24-hour quiet hours are still in effect
while other students are having finals.
During Thanksgiving Break and Spring Break
visitation hours may be limited in those facilities that stay open for the break periods.
The exact hours will be posted prior to the
break period.
Washers and Dryers
Students living in residence halls will use a
debit/credit card to access laundry equipment.
The washers and dryers have a unique software
system called WaveVision that allows students
to login to see if a machine is available and be
notified via text message or email when their
washer and/or dryer are finished. Washers and
dryers are $1.25 per cycle.
(Please report nonworking washers and dryers
to FIXIT, see Housekeeping and Maintenance
Staff, page 2.)
Windows
Due to safety considerations and the fact that
rooms in the Kirwan/Blanding residence halls
are environmentally controlled, windows may
NOT be opened for any reason in the Kirwan/
Blanding complex. Anyone who has their
window open will be subject to disciplinary
action. Opening windows in other facilities is
permissible as long as the air conditioning is
not turned on. Anyone who throws an object
out of a window will be subject to immediate
disciplinary action and potential removal from
on-campus housing.
Wireless Networking (See page 22)
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University
Housing
Community
Standards
Life in an undergraduate housing facility is based
on the premise that learning on a college campus
occurs both inside and outside of the classroom.
In order to maintain a successful residential
environment, residents must feel like they are
part of a supportive and caring community that
allows them to sleep, study, develop relationships
with others, and connect to the UK campus.
As such, Undergraduate Housing Community
Standards have been established with the goals
of the residential community in mind and in
accordance with University policies, and local,
state, and federal laws.
All members of the residential community,
students and staff alike, are responsible for
maintaining Undergraduate Housing Community Standards. If a student engages in behavior
that is considered a violation of one of these
standards, a staff member will write a report of
the incident and refer the report to the appropriate individual or office for review and follow up.
Additionally, attempts to engage in prohibited
behaviors or assisting in commission of such
behaviors can be treated as if the attempted
violation has been completed. Follow-up on an
incident report may involve an informal meeting
between the student and a conduct officer, who
may be a Graduate Resident Director, Resident
Director, or other Residence Life staff member.
In some situations, an incident may be managed
by the Office of Student Conduct.
After discussing the incident, if the conduct
officer determines it is more likely than not a
violation of the community standards occurred,
a restorative action may be issued.
Possible restorative actions include, but are not
limited to: written warning, conduct or residence
hall probation, restriction of visitation privileges,
monetary restitution, community restitution,
completion of substance education workshops,
participation in educational programs, or transfer
to another housing facility.
In cases where a restorative action is issued,
the student may request an outcome review.
Outcome reviews are managed by an Area
Coordinator within the Office of Residence Life
and decisions resulting from outcome reviews
are final.
Outcome reviews must be based on one or more
of the following assertions:
1. The information that was available to the
conduct officer was insufficient to support the
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Life in an undergraduate housing facility is based on the premise that
individuals are accountable for their actions to other members of the
living unit and to the campus community. Residents must conduct
themselves so that their actions do not interfere with the ability of
other residents to sleep, study, or enjoy their environment.
All housing community standards affirm that people must be
treated with respect and that property must be used appropriately.
decision that a violation of policy occurred,
2. The assigned restorative action is too severe for
the violation that occurred, and/or
3. New information is available that was not available during the original student conduct meeting.
Note: In certain circumstances, a student may
be temporarily or permanently removed from
housing before a student conduct meeting occurs. An interim removal or housing contract
cancellation is imposed to ensure the health,
safety, or wellbeing of members of the residence
hall community or to preserve property.
Interim removals or housing contract cancellation will be followed by a meeting with an Office
of Student Conduct staff member.
For more information about the student conduct
process, www.uky.edu/studentconduct.
The following behaviors do not adhere to the community standards of the residential environment:
1).Use, possession, manufacturing, or distribution
of marijuana, heroin, narcotics, or other controlled substances and/or paraphernalia except
as expressly permitted by law,
2).Public intoxication due to marijuana, heroin, narcotics, or other controlled substances as defined
by KRS 525.100,
3).Possession of containers or paraphernalia
related to marijuana, heroin, narcotics, or other
controlled substance use,
4).Use, possession, manufacturing, or distribution
of alcoholic beverages as defined by the Administrative Regulation 6.4. Alcoholic beverages may
not, in any circumstance, be used by, possessed
by, or distributed to any person under twentyone (21) years of age.
5).Public intoxication due to alcoholic beverages as
defined by the Administrative Regulation 6.4,
6).Participation in alcohol drinking games and the
possession of instruments designed to encourage excessive drinking (e.g., beer bongs),
7).Possession of alcohol containers or paraphernalia.
8).Use of any tobacco products on University
premises or inside any University facility as
defined by Administrative Regulation 6.5. Areas
include buildings and structures, grounds, parking structures, enclosed bridges and walkways,
sidewalks, parking lots, and vehicles, as well as
personal vehicles in these areas,
9).Disorderly, abusive, violent, or excessively noisy
behavior or expression,
10). Physical abuse, verbal abuse, threats, in-
timidation, harassment, coercion, and/or other
conduct that threatens or endangers the health
or safety of any person,
11). Projecting, throwing, or launching any object
or substance that has potential for damaging or
defacing property, causing personal injury, or
disrupting the campus community,
12). Defacing, disfiguring, damaging, or destroying
public or private property,
13). Failure to comply with directions of University
officials or law enforcement officers acting in
performance of their duties and/or failure to
properly identify oneself to these persons when
requested to do so,
14). Sexual misconduct, including non-consensual
sexual activity, sexual harassment, and/or sexual
exploitation as defined by Administrative Regulation 6.2,
15). Indecent exposure, defined as the exposure
of the private or intimate parts of the body, in
a lewd manner when the student may be readily
observed,
16). Stalking, as defined in the Code of Conduct,
17). Hazing, as defined by Administrative Regulation 6.10,
18). Abuse of the student conduct system, as
defined in the Code of Conduct,
19). Attempted or actual theft of, possession of
or taking without permission, and/or damage
to property of the University, property of a
member of the University community, or other
personal or public property, on or off campus.
Possession includes knowing possession of
stolen property,
20). Illegal or unauthorized possession of firearms,
explosives, other weapons, or dangerous
chemicals on University premises or use of any
such item, even if legally possessed, in a manner
that harms, threatens or causes fear or alarm
to others. Weapons include but are not limited
to hunting knives, air soft guns, paint ball guns,
machetes, swords, daggers, nunchucks, throwing
stars, etc.,
21). Acts of dishonesty, including but, not limited
to the following:
A.Furnishing false information to any University
official, faculty member, or office,
B.Falsifying financial means, including, but not
limited to cash, checks, or money orders, to the
University or a member of the University community. Recurring financial over-obligation and
nonpayment of debts to the University,
NOTE: BCTC students who reside in UK Housing are subject to
KCTCS Code of Conduct in addition to the policies contained in
this guide.
C.Bribing any University employee or student
official,
D.Impersonating any University employee or
student official,
E.Forgery, alteration, or misuse of any University document, record, or instrument of
identification,
F. Concealing information,
G.Falsely accusing another of misconduct,
H.Assisting another in a violation of University policy, including the Code of Student
Conduct or Undergraduate Housing Community Standards
22). Retaliation, either directly or indirectly
through others, against any individual
involved in a student conduct proceeding or
member of the University community,
23). Commission of acts or the implementation of programs or activities that constitute
a violation of any federal, state or local law,
24). Unauthorized possession, duplication, or
use of keys/access cards to any University
premises or unauthorized entry to or use of
University premises, this includes misusing
an ID card or key as entrance into any housing facility or residence hall room,
25). Failure to comply with housing administrative processes. Examples of violations are not completing paperwork and
procedures necessary for moving in and
out of the housing facility and transferring
between facilities or rooms, moving into
another bedroom or facility without authorization, effectively preventing authorized
occupancy by another person, or failure to
attend required meetings scheduled by staff
members,
26). Violation of campus fire policies, as
defined in the Code of Conduct. Behaviors
include, but are not limited to the following:
A.Damaging smoke alarms, emergency lighting, exit signs, pull stations and/or sprinkler
heads. Hanging or obstructions of any fire
safety equipment,
B.Possessing or cooking in one’s room with
prohibited appliances and electrical items,
which includes, but is not limited to portable heaters, deep fryers, immersion coils
for heating water, ovens or stoves, candles,
extension cords, multi-plug adaptors, and/
or combustible liquids and other materials,
C.Possessing more than one (1) microwave
and refrigerator per resident. In Kirwan/
Blanding Complex having more than one
(1) refrigerator and microwave per room.
All Microwaves and Refrigerators must be
in line with housing facility policies,
D.Building or bringing bed lofts into the
undergraduate housing facilities,
E.Possession or use of explosive materials
including, but not limited to, flammable
liquids and fireworks.
F. Shelves placed on the Safety bars in the
Kirwan/Blanding Complex,
G.Opening windows in Kirwan/Blanding
Complex,
H.Decorations that could pose a fire hazard or
public health hazard,
I. Furniture blocking any exits from the room,
J. Motorized equipment in the building, with the
exception of equipment needed by students with
disabilities,
K.Misuse of emergency exits and/or propping
open doors,
L.Placing, or allowing a guest to place, items in
such a way that they block hallways, stairways or
egress,
M.Failure to evacuate a building when a fire alarm
begins to sound,
27). Throwing and/or causing objects, laser pointers, or any substance to be directed from, into,
or onto undergraduate housing windows, doors,
terraces, ledges, roofs or other areas,
28). Unauthorized access to or use of areas to
which one is not assigned in or about an undergraduate housing facility, including but not
limited to: roofs, ledges, terraces, basements,
storage areas, mail rooms, or other residence hall
or Greek house rooms,
29). Individual or group activities that result in
disturbance or distress to others are prohibited,
including but not limited to: indoor sports,
roughhousing, loud and unnecessary music,
voices and sounds, or writing inappropriate language or symbols on dry erase boards or public
area property,
30). Allowing another resident or guest to violate
university policy in the room or apartment to
which one is assigned. A resident may be held
accountable for the behavior of his/her guest on
residential property.
31). Failure to comply the visitation policy, including but not limited to: violating the sign-in/signout procedures, failing to escort one’s guest at all
times, or allowing a minor to stay without prior
approval from staff,
32). Failure to follow minor visitation policy.
Minors visiting between the ages of 8-17 may be
checked in for visitation between 12:00pm and
8:00am. Visitation by minors between 12:00am
and 8:00am is considered overnight visitation and minors must have submitted a Minor
Visitation Form 72 hours prior and be approved
by the Resident Director or House Director.
Requests are not monitored during University
breaks and holidays,
33). Cohabitating with a student in a room to which
you are not assigned. A person who is not a
resident of the room is not allowed to stay overnight, 2am-8am, for more than three consecutive
nights. Please see the Cohabitation Policy (in
Policies and Procedures A – Z) for more details.
34). Students will receive three free lock outs. Any
additional lockouts will result in the student’s
lock and key being replaced or the student’s
ID card will be deactivated and will need to be
replaced at the cost of the student,
35). Any form of unauthorized solicitation or
door-to-door distribution of materials, including
surveys and questionnaires,
36). Hanging posters and advertisements on walls,
doors, or windows in residential floors by anyone
other than staff members,
37). The use of University facilities and/or property
for commercial sales activities by individual or
non-University organizations,
38). Excessive alteration to one’s room without authorization. This includes unauthorized painting,
construction, or other modifications to a room
or common area,
39). Using or attempting to use, University property
in a manner inconsistent with its designated purpose. This includes, but is not limited to: removal
of furniture from lounges or rooms, misusing or
duplicating keys or key cards, misusing recycle
bins, or opening windows that are intended to
be secured,
40). Failure to maintain an acceptable level of
self-care or room cleanliness to the extent that
such failure interferes with the general comfort,
safety, security, health or welfare of a member or
members of the community,
41). Unauthorized accessed to facilities which can
include but not limited to entering closets used
by staff members or maintenance/cleaning staff,
entering boiler rooms, and/or IT closets,
42). Residents and guests may only use floor bathrooms designated for their gender. Guests must
use public bathroom facilities if the residence
hall does not have floor or suite bathrooms
designated for their gender,
43). Failure to follow quiet and courtesy hour’s
policy. Quiet hours will begin at 9 pm from Sunday through Thursday and 11 pm on Friday and
Saturday and will last for a period of 12 hours
every day. During quiet hours, noise from one’s
room or suite should not be audible more than
two doors away. In addition, if another student
asks you to reduce your noise level during quiet
hours, you should take reasonable efforts to
comply. Study rooms should remain quiet at all
times. 24-hour quiet hours are in effect for finals
week. Please see the Quiet and Courtesy Hours
Policy (in Policies and Procedures A – Z) for
more details.”
44). Maintaining a pet and/or animal, including
visitation by pets, regardless of length of stay.
Exceptions are service animals, service animals
in training, or emotional support animals that are
registered with the Disability Resource Center
or aquarium fish contained in containers not
exceeding 10 gallons,
45). Failure to receive permission to stay in your
housing facility past the day of your last final
exam. Residents are expected to move out of
their building on the same day as their last final.
The housing contract expires at the completion
of the student’s last examination of the spring
semester.
46). Failure to abide by any other policy reflected
in University Administrative Regulations (AR),
University Governing Regulations (GR), the
Code of Student Conduct, or the Undergraduate
Housing Contract.
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The UK Plus Account Office
A Plus Account is automatically open and accessed as a feature of your Student ID. Funds may be deposited in whole dollar
amounts at the following locations: Online at www.uky.edu/PlusAccount ($20 minimum deposit, $2 convenience fee);
The UK Plus Account Office in 107 Bowman’s Den ($20 minimum deposit, 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday);
Student Account Services in 18 Funkhouser Building ($20 minimum deposit); DART machines located in campus computing labs
(Any whole dollar amount). Online deposits may be made with Visa®, MasterCard®, American Express® or Discover®.
The UK Plus Account Office accepts cash, check, Visa®, MasterCard®, American Express® or Discover®.
Student Account Services accepts cash or check, and DART machines accept cash only. All Plus Account monies may be
refunded less a $5 processing fee or will automatically carry forward. Unused funds expire after five years of inactivity.
The Plus Account may be used at the following locations:
ON CAMPUS
Cats Den - Blazer Hall
Chemistry Breakage Fees
Coke® machines
Football Stadium Concession - Student Section
Football Tickets
Hilary J. Boone Center
Kentucky Clinic Pharmacies
Library Fines
Residence Halls - ResNet
RICOH - Copying & Printing
RICOH Document Services Center - W. T. Young Library
Singletary Center for the Arts
UK Dining - All locations
UK Healthcare Pharmacies
UK Ticket Office - Bowman’s Den
University Health Service
WildCard UKID Center - Bowman’s Den
Wildcat Cafe - 3rd Floor KY Clinic
OFF CAMPUS
AUTO
Meineke® Car Care Center - Pimlico Pkwy
BOOKSTORES
eCampus.com® – Palumbo Dr
Joseph-Beth Booksellers - Lexington Green
Kennedy’s Wildcat Den - S. Limestone
UK Bookstore - Lexington Ave
CLOTHING/SHOES
Alumni Hall - Fayette Mall & W. Main St
Oneness - Jersey St
Plato’s Closet - Nicholasville Rd
Wildcat Wearhouse - S. Broadway
COMPUTER SALES & REPAIR
Kentucky Trade Computers - W. T. Young Library
Tech Medic - S. Broadway
CONVENIENCE STORES/GASOLINE
Clark’s Pump-N-Shop - Winchester Rd
Phillip’s Market - S. Limestone
Shell - S. Limestone, Southland Dr, & Virginia Ave
Wildcat Market - Columbia Ave
ENTERTAINMENT/MUSIC
CD Central - S. Limestone
Collins Bowling Center - Southland Dr
Comic Interlude - Waller Ave
Premiere Home Video - Hartland
EYE CARE
Dr. Lee Majakey - Hamburg Costco
FITNESS/NUTRITION
Fit - Romany Rd
NuHealth - Hamburg
GROCERY
Kroger - Euclid Ave
HAIR/SALON/SPA
Ammara Salon & Spa - Waller Ave
Aqua Massage of Kentucky - Nicholasville Rd
Chevy Chase Barber Shop - Chevy Chase Place
LAUNDRY SERVICES
Laundry 101 - Pick-up/Delivery
Splash ‘em Out - Waller Ave
RETAIL
blucomm - S. Limestone
CVS Pharmacy® - Harrodsburg Rd, New Circle Rd, & Walden Dr
Johnny Print - S. Limestone
Pedal Power Bike Shop - S. Upper St
Sqecial Media - S. Limestone
TAXI
Yellow Wildcat Cab
RESTAURANTS
AMERICAN
A.P. Suggins - Romany Rd
Alfalfa Restaurant - Main St
Arby’s® - S. Limestone
Buffalo Wild Wings® - S. Broadway
Campus Café - Rose St
Chatham’s Southern Comfort Food - E. High St
Chili’s® - Market Place Dr & Richmond Rd
Denny’s® - Nicholasville Rd
Gold Star Chili - S. Broadway
Josie’s - Chevy Chase Place
The Julep Cup - Woodland Ave
Logan’s Roadhouse - Fayette Mall Plaza, Hamburg, & S. Broadway
Long John Silver’s® - Tates Creek Centre
Meadowthorpe Cafe - Leestown Rd
Noodles and Company - Nicholasville Rd & S. Limestone St
O’Charley’s® - Nicholasville Rd
Raising Cane’s® - Hamburg, Harrodsburg Rd, Nicholasville Rd,
& S. Upper St
Ramsey’s - W. Zandale Dr
T.G.I. Friday’s® - Fayette Mall Plaza & Hamburg
Waffle House® - S. Broadway & Walden Dr
Wing Zone® - Eureka Springs Dr & Southland Dr
BBQ
Billy’s BBQ - Cochran Rd
Double H BBQ - Versailles Rd
J.J. McBrewsters American Smokehouse - Clays Mill Rd
BURGERS
A&W - Four (4) Locations TBA
Five Guys® Burgers & Fries - Nicholasville Rd
Freakin’ Unvelievable Burgers - S. Limestone
McDonald’s® - S. Limestone, Nicholasville Rd, & Versailles Rd
SmashBurger - S. Upper St
Tolly-Ho - S. Broadway
Wendy’s® - Nicholasville Rd
CHINESE/SUSHI
Asia Cafe - Leestown Rd
Hibachi Express - S. Limestone
i Ching - Hamburg
Mandarin Cafe and Sushi - Nicholasville Rd
Wong Wong Chinese Restaurant - Southland Dr
COFFEE/DONUTS
Coffea - Rose St
Common Grounds Coffee House and Cafe - E. High St
Dunkin’ Donuts® - S. Broadway
INDIAN
4 Spice Indian Cuisine - Nicholasville Rd
Taste of India - Nicholasville Rd
ITALIAN
Doughby’s - S. Broadway
Fazoli’s® - Nicholasville Rd, Richmond Rd & Winslow St
Joe Bologna’s - Maxwell St
Puccini’s Smiling Teeth - Chevy Chase Place
MONGOLIAN
Bd’s Mongolian Grill® - Hamburg
PIZZA
Donato’s Pizza® - E. Main St
Gattitown® - Nicholasville Rd
Mad Mushroom Pizza - S. Broadway
Marco’s Pizza - Nicholasville Rd
Mellow Mushroom Pizza - S. Upper St
Papa John’s Pizza® - Euclid Ave
Pizza Hut® - S. Limestone
RESTAURANT DELIVERY SERVICE
LexEatIn - Online & Phone
Take Out Taxi - Online & Phone
SANDWICHES/SUBS
Firehouse Subs® - S. Upper St
High on Art & Coffee - E. High St
Penn Station - S. Broadway
Schlotzsky’s Deli® - Nicholasville Rd
Subway® - Nicholasville Rd, Versailles Rd, & Woodland Ave
SWEETS/TREATS
Cold Stone Creamery - Hamburg
Dairy Queen - Virginia Ave
Graeter’s Ice Cream - Euclid Ave
Sav’s Chill - S. Limestone
Sweet Mango - Rose St
TEX/MEX
Chipotle® - S. Limestone
Cinco de Mayo - Maxwell St
Local Taco - S. Limestone St
Moe’s Southwest Grill® - Fayette Mall Plaza
Qdoba Mexican Grill® - Euclid Ave
Street Craves - S. Limestone
WEST AFRICAN
Sav’s Grill & West African Cuisine - S. Limestone
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Research and experience
have proven that students who
live on campus tend to do
better academically and
graduate sooner.
Living Learning Program
Live and learn with other UK students who share
your interests! The Living Learning Program provides opportunities in our residence halls to bring
college learning into everyday life. Residents have
the opportunity to live with other students who
share common interests. These programs offer special programming in the residence halls and interaction with a variety of UK faculty and staff. Check
out all of the programs available!
The living learning programs that will be offered
during the 2015-16 academic year include:
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Agriculture Residential College
Business Enterprise Community
CI Connect Community
EDLife Community
Engineering Residential College
Entrepreneurial Studies/iNET Community
Fine Arts Residential College
First Generation Community
Global Village Community
Greenhouse Residential College
Interprofessional Healthcare Residential College
Honors Community
Kinesiology and Health Promotion Community
LEXengaged Community
R.O.T.C. Community
STEMCats Residential College
Transfer Student Community
Wellness Community
Wired Residential College
Agriculture Community
For first-year students in the College of Agriculture.
This community provides interaction with faculty
and staff, tutoring for UK Core classes, connected
UK 101 course taught on-site, programming
related to the Agricultural industry, and regular
engagement with upper-class Peer Mentors.
Location: Woodland Glen II
Business Enterprise Community
For first-year students in the Gatton College of Business
and Economics.
This community provides students with the opportunity to explore the multidisciplinary aspects of
the business field through connected coursework,
networking with business executives, and regular
interactions with faculty, staff, and Peer Mentors.
Students will benefit from co-curricular programming focused on leadership, community engagement, and professional development. The community seeks to inspire the “entrepreneurial spirit”
in Gatton Students.
Location: Champions Court I
Ci Connect Community
For first-year students in the College of Communication
and Information.
This community provides programs that highlight
internships and career options in Communication
and Information, strategic partnerships with professionals in the field, interaction with CI faculty
and staff, academic support for technological software related to the major, and on-site courses that
foster interdisciplinary learning from the College
of Communication and Information
Location: Champions Court I
EDLife Community
For first-year students interested in teaching.
The EDLIFE LLC offers education-related
programming, site visits, mentoring, and networking opportunities; regular engagement and support
from faculty and upper-class Peer Mentors; opportunities to engage and contribute to local schools
and districts including the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and mathematics) Academy located in Lexington, Kentucky. Connected
courses are offered to provide students exposure to
the world of education, including policy, community service, cultural diversity, and teaching.
Location: Champions Court I
Engineering Community
For students in the College of Engineering and S.E.A.M.
honors students.
This community provides activities dedicated to
the various disciplines in Engineering. These activities include interactions with faculty and staff from
the College of Engineering along with tutoring and
mentoring provided by upper-class students and
Peer Mentors.
New Location: Woodland Glen III
Environment and Sustainability Community
(Greenhouse)
For first-year students.
This community provides opportunities for
students to live and learn both inside and outside
of the classroom about the diverse aspects of sustainability and environment. Through connected
courses, group activities, and field trips, this community fosters interactions with faculty and Peer
Mentors. Greenhouse is designed to build friendships and facilitate academic success while learning
about issues and opportunities in environmental
and natural resources. This Residential College is
a partnership between the College of Agriculture,
Food and Environment and the College of Arts
& Sciences.
Location: Woodland Glen II
Fine Arts Community
For first year students who are interested in Fine Arts.
This community provides interaction with Fine
Arts faculty and staff, visiting guest artists,
opportunities to attend local events, tutoring for
music theory, on-site classrooms, practice rooms,
multi-purpose performance space, and regular
engagement with upper-class Peer Mentors.
Location: Roselle Hall
First Generation Community
For first generation college students.
This community is designed for students whose
parents did not graduate from college. This community aids in the transition to college life through
interaction with faculty and staff, connected UK
101 and CIS courses, programming dedicated to
the success of first generation students,
upper-class Peer Mentors, and field trips across
the Commonwealth at the end of each semester.
Location: Baldwin Hall
Global Village Community
For first-year students interested in broadening their
understanding of world issues and cultures.
This community provides interaction with staff,
connected UK 101 course taught in-hall,
intentional room assignments pairing students
with differing backgrounds, and programming
dedicated to helping to create a sense of global
community on campus.
Location: Smith Hall
Interprofessional Healthcare Community
For first year students pursuing a career in the
healthcare field.
This community introduces students to a variety
of healthcare fields as well as the challenges and
contexts faced within those fields.
Through purposeful interaction with faculty and
staff, connected coursework, regular engagement
with upper-class peer mentors, and intentional
programming tied to interprofessional healthcare,
students will find a community of like-minded individuals dedicated to interprofessional healthcare
and a brand of learning that extends far beyond
the classroom.
New Location: Woodland Glen V
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Honors Community
For students who have been formally admitted into
UK’s Honors Program.
This community provides interaction with
Honors Program faculty and staff, courses
taught in onsite classrooms, and programming dedicated to supporting academically
high-achieving students.
Location: Central Hall & Haggin Hall
iNet Community
For first-year students interested in becoming an
entrepreneur and innovator.
This community is for students who have
ideas for new innovations and want to
gain entrepreneurial skills, experience, and
contacts. Students will take on-site courses
and explore their creativity in a variety of
activities as they discover how to apply entrepreneurial thinking to succeed on campus
and in an entrepreneurial world. Students
learn leadership and entrepreneurial skills,
gain real world experience, and engage with
entrepreneurial faculty, mentors, and inspiring local entrepreneurs. Students from all
majors are welcome!
Location: Champions Court I
Kinesiology and Health Promotion Community
For first-year students interested in pursuing careers
within the fields of Kinesiology and Health Promotion.
This community provides social and professional activities with KHP peers and faculty,
connected courses taught in-hall, engagement with upper-class Peer Mentors, and
programming dedicated to professional
development, networking, and community
building. Students will gain experience leading and teaching others to live healthy lives.
Location: Ingles Hall
LEXengaged Community
For students with an interest in community service,
leadership development, and social justice.
This community aims to enhance the
residential, academic, and social experience
through exposure to the Lexington community and its assets and needs, exploration
of how students can serve as leaders and
change agents in their communities, and
engagement in service and leadership opportunities that meet their diverse interests.
Students in this community will engage in
connected coursework and co-curricular
programming, and interact with faculty, staff,
and student leaders that seek active citizenship on campus and in their communities.
Location: Champions Court I
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ROTC Community
For cadets wanting to enhance their R.O.T.C leadership training.
This community provides interaction with
fellow cadets, mentors, and leaders. Cadets
will participate in physical training and social
opportunities, share common courses, and
have regular engagement with upper-class
Peer Mentors.
Location: Woodland Glen I
STEMCats Community
For first-year students interested in the STEM (science,
technology, engineering, and math) field.
STEMCats, sponsored by the Howard Hughes.
Medical Institute, is a freshmen academic, research
and professional development residential program
beginning pre-Fall where students enter through
FastTrack and a special orientation program.
Students will be exposed to hands-on research,
workshop courses and the endless possibilities of
STEM disciplines. STEMCats will have live-in Peer
Mentors and graduate students providing support
and tutoring throughout the year.
Location: Woodland Glen IV
Transfer Community
For students transferring to the University of Kentucky from
another 2-year or 4-year college.
This community will assist transfer students in
making a successful transition to UK. The goal of
this community is to help transfer students become
more integrated into the academic and social community at UK. Students in this community will
have regular interaction with faculty both inside
and outside the classroom, receive support from
upper-class Peer Mentors, and receive tutoring in
the residence hall for UK core classes.
Location: Baldwin Hall
Wellness Community
For first-year students interested in maintaining healthy,
well-rounded lifestyles.
This community provides interaction with faculty
and staff, connected UK 101 course taught in-hall,
programming dedicated to the six dimensions
of wellness, use of personal trainers, and regular
engagement with upper-class Peer Mentors.
Location: Ingles Hall
Wired Community
For any first year students interested in a living experience
infused with technology.
Wired is a residential college that strives to connect
first-year UK students with each other, faculty, and
the community. Wired students enjoy a liberal arts
college setting that emphasizes small classes and
faculty-student interaction but benefit from the
resources available at a large research university.
The Wired program facilitates activities both in
and outside the classroom that are technology-rich,
prioritize experiential learning, and collaborate
with the local community through service-learning
opportunities.
Location: Champions Court II
Want to know more?
Find out all you need to know about our programs
and how you can sign-up at http://www.uky.edu/
housing/undergraduate/llp/overview
Still have questions?
Drop us a line at
livelearn@email.uky.edu
Office of Residence Life
537 Patterson Office Tower
Lexington, KY 40506-0027
(859) 257-4783
Academic Zones Neighborhoods
NORTH ACADEMIC SUPPORT ZONE
The north academic support zone is within UK’s north neighborhood, which is home to four residence halls: Champions Court I, Champions Court II, Roselle Hall, and Wildcat Coal Lodge.
Academic supports include several Living Learning Communities, available in each facility, and access
to The Study North located in the lower level of Champions Court I. Students living on north campus have the best of both worlds — they are in close proximity to state-of-the-art academic support
and they’re in walking distance to many downtown attractions, Rupp Arena, Memorial Coliseum,
Whitehall Classroom Building, Singletary Center for the Arts, the Student Center, retail shops,
and lots of great places to eat!
CENTRAL ACADEMIC SUPPORT ZONE
The Central Academic Support Zone, located in UK’s central neighborhood, is the place to be for
students who want to be near the W.T. Young Library. Students living in Central I, Central II,
and Haggin halls can walk right out of their residence halls and cross the street to access the library
of the Commonwealth. Honors students abound in this area of campus because the Honors Program is housed in the lower level of Central II. Additionally, students are close to the science and
medical complexes and dining facilities. The beautiful courtyards make it the perfect place to relax,
have lunch, hangout with friends, or open a laptop and study.
SOUTH ACADEMIC SUPPORT ZONE
The South Academic Support Zone is part of UK’s south neighborhood, which is home to several
residence halls offering both suites and traditional-style rooms: The Kirwan Blanding Complex,
Baldwin, Ingels, Smith, and Woodland Glen I, II, III, IV and V. Many of these residence halls include Living Learning Communities.
Students who want to take a break from studying have the Johnson Recreation Center, Commonwealth Stadium, Lancaster Aquatic Center, tennis courts, and UK’s baseball and soccer fields all
within very close proximity, not to mention the wonderful UK
Arboretum is nearby. Delicious dining options
are also close by.
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Parking
When parking on campus, students must
purchase and properly display a University
of Kentucky parking permit. Permit control
signs at the entrance to each parking lot
display the type of permit required and the
hours when the lot is controlled for permits.
Student permit types include residential,
commuter, Stadium and evening. Permits
may be purchased online at www.uky.edu/pts.
The University of Kentucky has a robust
and growing alternative transportation
network that all students are encouraged
to use, regardless of whether or not they
choose to bring a personal vehicle to
campus. In fact, less than half of students
bring a vehicle to campus, a decision from
which everyone benefits - our campus,
our community and our environment.
With a variety of car-free options readily
available, it is easy to access campus and
explore Lexington without a
personal vehicle.
Parents and students can access information
on topics related to parking, permit
application, motorist assistance, bicycle
parking, bus routes and schedules,
and FAQ’s online at www.uky.edu/pts.
Additionally, students can conveniently
register for and renew permits, check their
license plate number for unpaid citations,
and pay and appeal citations online.
Check online for hours of operation and
for information on satellite locations.
Periodically, Parking and Transportation
Services sends vital information on campus
parking and transportation to parents and
students who subscribe to Parking e-News
and Bicycle e-News, the department’s
email newsletters. Stay informed by
signing up for Parking e-News and Bicycle
e-News at www.uky.edu/pts. UK Parking
and Transportation Services is also on
Twitter! To follow news on parking and
transportation issues on campus, go to
http://twitter.com/UKParking.
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Parking for Students with Disabilities
Parking privileges will be granted to
qualified students upon completion,
acceptance, and approval of an application.
More information can be found at www.uky.
edu/pts/parking-permits_disabled-permits.
Home Football Game Day Parking
Vehicles parked at Commonwealth Stadium
and in the Sports Center Garage (PS #7)
must be removed from any stadium parking
lot before 7 a.m. on the day of a home
football game. Failure to move any vehicle
from the stadium parking lots could result
in a citation and impoundment at the
owner’s expense.
All vehicles may be moved to most E lots
after 3:30 p.m. on Friday and should be
returned to Commonwealth Stadium by
5 a.m. on Monday. Vehicles may not be
moved to R lots on football game weekends.
Please refer to the Football Game Day
Parking map located at www.uky.edu/pts for
specific lot relocation information.
No parking is permitted on University
Drive after 7 a.m. on days of home
football games.
The above information only applies
to Saturday home games. Details of
parking relocation for the October 15
Thursday night home football game will be
announced via a campus-wide email as the
date approaches.
Guest Parking
Family and friends visiting campus during
the week may pay to park in the Sports
Center Garage (PS #7, near KirwanBlanding), in the South Limestone Garage
(PS #5, next to Kennedy’s Wildcat Den),
or at parking meters. Guests or the students
they are visiting may also stop by Parking
and Transportation Services, located in the
Press Avenue Garage (PS #6), at the corner
of Press and Virginia Avenues, to obtain
a temporary parking pass. After hours
and on weekends, visitors can also park in
lots not controlled for permits. A permit
control sign at the entrance to each parking
lot displays the hours when the lot is being
controlled for permits.
Short-term Parking
Parking meters are available to allow
temporary parking for visitors, employees,
and students. Parking meters are located
near the UK Bookstore, Funkhouser
Building, Seaton Center, and behind
Memorial Coliseum. UK parking meters
have time limits of either 45 minutes or
three hours displayed on the meter post and
on the tag inside the meter. The intent of
45 minute meters is to provide short-term
parking; they are not intended for students
attending class. In addition, certain meters
are reserved for specific uses. These meters
are identified by signs attached to the meter
posts or posted at the entrance to the
parking lot.
Avoiding Parking Citations
• Do not park in fire lanes (red curbs),
service areas (yellow & white stripes),
loading zones (black & yellow stripes),
or otherwise restricted spaces.
• Do not assume that because other cars
are parked illegally you may do so.
• Observe and obey all parking
control signs.
UK Analytics
and Technologies(UKAT)
UKAT Services Student Technology Needs
UK Analytics & Technologies (UKAT) services include student computer labs, media
depot, wireless access, myUK mobile App and others described below. Access our
services and resources to get a jump on your semester!!
GET CONNECTED WITH LINK BLUE
Link blue is a directory account (user id and password)
used to connect to many campus-wide systems
including myUK, iTunes U, Blackboard, Canvas, and
other campus systems. Instructions to activate or reset
your link blue account are available at www.uky.edu/
ukat/help/linkblue.
UK STUDENT EMAIL
UK students have the option to direct their University
Email Address to a UK sponsored cloud email account
(Google Apps or Microsoft Office 365) or to any
email provider of their choice. Students can manage
their email choices through the UK Account Manager.
Check out www.uky.edu/ukat/help/email/cloudemail.
COMPUTER LABS
Macintosh and Windows computer labs provide access
to specialty software at convenient locations across
campus, including a 24-hour lab in the Hub at W.T.
Young Library. Campus computer lab staff is available
daily to assist with software and account questions.
For more information, visit: www.uky.edu/ukat/labs.
TECH $AVING$
UK students are eligible for Microsoft Office, Adobe
Creative Cloud desktop applications, and other software
at no cost or at a discount through the UK download
server and/or retail partner OnTheHub. For more
information about downloads and discounts,
visit: download.uky.edu and click OnTheHub.
PRODUCTIVITY
Wherever, Whenever, Your computer lab follows you
with the Virtual Den: www.uky.edu/ukat/virtualden.
Storage & Sharing…Google Apps for Education
and Microsoft Office 365 bring applications to you
for collaboration, note taking, and ultimately getting
things done. Check out these services and more at:
www.uky.edu/ukat/productivity.
MEDIA DEPOT
The Media Depot @ the Hub in W.T. Young Library
allows students to record, edit and create multimedia
presentations. Work alone or collaborate with other
students on projects using high-tech multimedia
equipment. Read about software, services and hours
of operation at: www.uky.edu/mediadepot.
WIRELESS ACCESS
Wireless networking is available in most places on
UK’s campus! For more information and maps,
visit: at www.uky.edu/ukat/wireless.
MYUK MOBILE APP
The myUK mobile app allows students to plan
semester courses and view your schedule, make
payments and view account balances, access campus
maps and directories and get notifications on grades
and other important information. More info available
at www.uky.edu/ukat/ukmobile.
TECH HELP @ THE HUB
Tech Help @ the Hub is located in the basement of
W.T. Young Library. Services include account setup,
password reset, mobile device configuration, software
downloads, software installation, Virus Protection
Assistance. Self-help documention is available at
www.uky.edu/ukat/help or contact the UKAT Service
Desk at 859-218-HELP (4357).
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Top 10 Reasons to Live on Campus
1. Sleep more. Drive less.
2. It’s less expensive AND all included
Pay one bill for: housing, food,
internet, cable
5. Be an Athletic Supporter
Close to all UK sports facilities
6. Living Learning Communities
7. Lifelong Friendships
3. We wash the dishes
Lots of Dining options on campus
- no cooking, no messy kitchen to clean up!
8. Academic Success
9. We’re Here to Help
4. There’s always something going on!
Free food, social & academic programs
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10. When you live on campus,
you live the college life.
When you don’t, you don’t.
maintenance / custodial Services
pest Control • furniture • INTERNET
Phone: 859-323-4948 or 859-32F-IXIT
Web site: www.uky.edu/housing/services
An Equal Opportunity University
Housing Assignments
UK Dining
125 Funkhouser Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0054
Phone: (859) 257-1866
Fax: (859) 257-6453
Web site: http://www.uky.edu/Housing/undergraduate/
E-mail: UKhousing@email.uky.edu
Bowman’s Den,
220 Avenue of Champions,
Lexington, KY 40506
Phone: (859) 257-2220
Web site: www.uky.edu/ukdining
E-mail: contactukdining@lsv.uky.edu
The O ffice of Residence Life
The UK Plus Account O ffice
537 Patterson Office Tower
Lexington, KY 40506-0027
Phone: (859) 257-4784
Web site: http://www.uky.edu/Housing/undergraduate/
E-mail: residencelife@uky.edu
107 Bowman’s Den
Lexington, KY 40506-0427
Phone: (859)257-6159
Fax: (859)323-3837
Web site: http://www.uky.edu/PlusAccount
E-mail: ukplusaccount@lsv.uky.edu