April 22, 2025

Hello Residential Students, 

Click here for the Residential Experience Feedback Survey.

Our names are Samantha Alberto and Fiona Corner from the Office of Residential Experience. You might recognize us through our weekly residential newsletter and our close work with the Campus Housing Office to help facilitate your on-campus residential experience. 

Throughout the fall and spring terms, our dedicated residential staff along with the Residence Hall Association (RHA) worked tirelessly to create a vibrant, engaging and safe living experience for each of you. From the Welcome Back BBQ at the beginning of September, to weekly community engagement initiatives, and RHA Movie Monday, we hope that you’ve enjoyed the various opportunities aimed at fostering a sense of belonging and connection within our on-campus community.  

Your feedback is invaluable to us, and we are eager to hear about your experiences from the Fall and Spring semesters. To gather your thoughts, we kindly request you participate in a brief survey that will help us identify areas of improvement and tailor our offerings to better suit your needs. Your input will help shape the 2025-2026 academic year, and we are committed to creating an environment that aligns with your expectations. 

Please take a few moments to complete the survey by Monday, May 5, 2025 to give us time to review and implement residential initiatives. Please note that the survey is anonymous and if desired, you can share your email with us to follow-up with you on your responses.

Click here for the Residential Experience Feedback Survey.

Thank you, once again, for being an integral part of our on-campus community. We hope you have a lovely week ahead!

Fiona Corner

Assistant Director of Residential Experience

Resident Director of Guerrieri West Hall 

Samantha Alberto ‘12

Associate Dean for the Campus Experience

Resident Director of Ageno East Hall

So, you picked a room for the 2025-2026 academic year...

now what?

First, congratulations on selecting your room assignment for the upcoming 2025-2026 academic year! We are excited that you are continuing to live with us next year!

PLEASE READ the important information post-room selection: 

PENDING ACTION ITEMS:

This is a friendly reminder (if you haven’t done this yet) to please log back into your housing application through the StarRez portal in order to select your required meal plan and sign the Housing License Agreement. 

MEAL PLAN INFORMATION: 

For specific meal plan information, please click here. The deadline to change your meal plan, once selected, is Wednesday, September 3, 2025. *Please know you can increase your meal plan at any time* 

ROOMMATES/SUITEMATES:

You will be able to log back into your housing portal anytime throughout the remainder of the semester and through the summer to see if there are any changes to your immediate roommate and/or suite mates. 

RESIDENCE HALL WAIT LIST:

Please be reminded that although we are able to accommodate all students to live on campus, we cannot guarantee preferences due to limited availability of various housing types.

Residence Hall Wait List Link!

Campus Housing will utilize this waitlist process between April 15, 2025 and the start of the Fall 2025 semester. Once the Fall 2025 semester starts, starting on the 3rd week of the semester, we will discontinue this form and then move to our room change request form.

Please see below for notes about submitted requests: 

• We will not make outreach for room changes until the summer as we will be busy for the remainder of the semester with summer housing and end of the year move-out. 
• It is not a guarantee that your specific preference will become available and therefore offered to you. But we try our best to make offers once a vacancy that may fit your preferences become available. 
• Offers are made via email and expire within 48 hours, so please check your SMC-email regularly. 

Spring Late Stay & Summer Housing Info

Spring Late Stay Request

If you are looking to stay for any reason (ie. late pick-up, volunteering with Commencement, etc.) on campus after residence halls close on Friday, May 23, 2025, please complete the Spring Late Stay Request online form below by Friday, May 9, 2025. Once you've submitted the form, you will receive an email from the Campus Housing Office approving

your late stay.  Staying for summer as well? Note that in your request, but also complete the Summer Housing App and Campus Housing will be reaching out to follow up on Spring to Summer moving logistics and applicable additional costs.

The Late Stay Request Form is Located in Your Housing Portal

Summer Housing Application

Do you need to stay on campus this summer? The summer housing application is open and must be completed by Friday, May 9, 2025. Summer residential students will be housed in Ageno B. Campus Housing will be reaching out to those with submitted summer applications to confirm Spring to Summer moving logistics and applicable additional costs. Summer housing costs can be found here.

*Summer Housing Eligibility* Students must be enrolled in summer classes OR enrolled in Fall classes prior to moving into summer housing

The Summer Housing Application is Located in Your Housing Portal

Fire Safety Compliance

Campus Housing has received notification from the SMC Facilities Team that the Moraga Fire Marshall will be back on campus to check fire safety compliance in the residence halls. They will be accompanied by Facilities Services staff members and residents will be notified via email prior to their buildings inspection.

Here are some of general fire safety compliance guidelines:

•  Discontinue use and remove extension cords & multi-tap adaptors (non-UL listed)

• Additionally, make sure surge protectors are not overloaded, and that extension cords are not being plugged into other extension cords
• Possible Solution: The surge protectors that can be used for non large appliances (refrigerators or microwaves) like cell phones etc. need to have a reset button or similar like below

•  Remove candles and wax hot pots

•  Remove non-battery decorative and string/holiday lighting

• Only battery powered string lights are permitted

•  Ensure all fire safety equipment (smoke detectors, fire sprinklers, etc.) are not obstructed, covered, or have any items hanging from them

Thank you for your continued cooperation in ensuring SMC is fire safety compliant. We anticipate re-inspections a few weeks after the initial inspections to follow up on any violations they noted, but will re-notify the building when we are made aware of this. Campus Housing will be working with Facilities and the Fire Marshall post-inspections to assist with educating residents on fire safety requirements and areas of improvement.

Anticipated Reinspection Dates

Wednesday, April 23 - Aquinas

Thursday, April 24 - Augustine

Tuesday, April 29 - Assumption

Wednesday, April 30 - De La Salle

Tuesday, May 6 - Justin & Mitty

Wednesday, May 7 - Becket & More

Tuesday, May 13 - Guerrieri East, West & Freitas

Wednesday, May 14 - Sabatte, Syufy & Thille

Thursday, May 15 - Ageno East & West

Tuesday, May 20 - Claeys North & South

Upcoming Campus Events

Join us every Monday for Movie Night!

9:00 - 11:00 PM

Dryden

Sponsored by the Residence Hall Association

Transfer Student Happy Hour

5:00 - 6:30 PM

Thur. April 24

1928 Pub

Sponsored by the Dean of Students Office

Graduating students are invited to the 4th annual Senior Reflection Night and Bubbly with the Brothers, to be held on Tuesday, April 29.

Residential Resources

Toilet Paper is Available

If you are in need of toilet paper, you are welcome to stop by the Office of Residential Experience, Monday-Friday from 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM to pick up supplies.

Did you know we offer Xfinity On Campus to residential students?

For XFinity On Campus Streaming Log into 

https://xfinityoncampus.com/ with your SMC Email ID and single sign-on password. You can also download the XFinity Stream App to watch from most devices!

Facilities Work Order Requests

Is something broken or not working properly in your residential space? Are you noticing pests or moisture in your room? Make sure to submit a work order!

As a reminder make sure to store food properly in air tight containers to avoid ants and other pests!

Need to get in touch?

Office of Residential Experience | reslife@stmarys-ca.edu | 925-631-4236

Campus Housing | housing@stmarys-ca.edu | 925-631-4241