When you live on campus, you’ve got everything right outside your door. It’s easy to get involved – and even easier to meet new people! You can do all this while experiencing college life on a safe campus that offers top-notch living options.
Please note: You must be financially settled with Student Financial Services and submit all required immunization records to the Office of Health Services in order to check-in and receive your room key.
Room keys WILL NOT be issued to any student who has not settled his/her financial account and/or submitted all required health records to the Office of Health Services.
What You Should Bring
Your residence hall room is most likely smaller than your room at home and you will be sharing it with one or two other students. We recommend that you bring the essential items (such as clothing, shoes and coats) and a few items to help your room feel like home. This will make move-in day easier and give you and your roommate(s) an opportunity to coordinate items for the room.
Recommended Items
- Alarm Clock
- Area rugs or room carpet
- Backpack
- Computer (including webcam and microphone in case of online classes/meetings)
- Fan
- Hangers for clothes
- Headphones
- Iron
- Laundry detergent & fabric softener sheets
- Pens, pencils, notebooks, etc …
- Pillows, sheets (Twin XL), comforter
- Refrigerator (1.7 – 4.6 cubic feet)
- Room decorations: pictures & posters
- Small garbage can
- Shower tote, robe, & shower shoes
- Surge protectors
- Television (19”- 42”) & coaxial cable
- Towel & wash clothes/sponge
- Toiletries: body wash, toothpaste, shampoo, etc.
- Umbrella
All electrical appliances (anything you plug into a wall outlet) must be UL certified. In order to reduce the risk of fire, room fans, clothes irons and surge protectors must each have an automatic shut-off mechanism. If your alarm clock can accept a battery back-up in case of a power outage, don’t forget to bring batteries for it.
Refrigerators are not needed in 225 Liberty St., 23 Park Place and Franklin Hall residences. If you’re moving into one of these three residences, please do not bring a refrigerator.
It would be a good idea to get in contact with your roommate before purchasing certain items. Decide ahead of time whether it makes sense to bring one large TV to share or if you’ll each need your own separate TVs. Decide together whether it makes sense to bring a small stereo or computer speakers, or if you and your roommate would prefer to use headphones 100% of the time.
Prohibited Items
The following items are not allowed in residence halls.
- Extension Cords
- Candles & incense
- Space heaters
- Alcohol or alcohol paraphernalia
- Air conditioning units
- Drug or drug paraphernalia
- Cable boxes/dish satellites
- Dartboards
- Toasters/toaster ovens/microwaves
- Halogen lamps
- Hot plates/cups
- Egg crate bedding
- Coffee makers with coil bottom
- Oil Diffusers
- Weightlifting and exercise equipment
- Pets
- Large speakers/Amps (stereo equipment over 6 inches in diameter)
- Fire Arms or Weapons of any sort (guns/bb guns, knives, nunchucks, blow darts, etc.)
- Fireworks, explosives, or any volatile chemicals or materials, fire causing devices
Contact Residential Education and Housing Office
Franklin Street Residence Hall, 1st Floor
Phone: 973-655-2895
Email: residence_life@bloomfield.edu
Academic Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:30AM – 4:30PM
Summer Hours: Monday – Thursday, 8:30 am – 5 pm (Closed on Fridays)
| Name | Title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jahkahli Johnson | Assistant Director of Residence Life | 973-655-2889 | johnsonjah@montclair.edu |
| Alexis Cobb | Community Director-Bloomfield | cobba@montclair.edu | |
| Marcus Leak | Community Director-Bloomfield | 973-655-2890 | leakm@montclair.edu |
| Taira Nails | Residence Life Coordinator | 973-655-2892 | nailst@montclair.edu |
Maintenance Requests/Work Orders
If you’re experiencing any issues with the building itself, furniture, and/or other maintenance related concerns, please email your Residence Life Coordinator, or Community Director with the specific details. Be sure to state your room number and where the item can be located, such as, the bottom dresser drawer on the left side of the room, or the outlet behind the desk on the right side of the room.
Please refer to the contact list to see which professional staff member you should be contacting about your maintenance concern. You can also notify your Resident Assistant (RA) and they will pass the information along and make sure it gets to the Facilities team.