About Your Room
Making Your Room Your Home
Remember, most students come with too much; very few come with too little. Your room already comes with a bed, dresser or built-in storage, limited closet space, desk and chair. Each room also has a telephone and is wired for the Internet. Please be aware that most students in multiple rooms share closets.
What to Bring
See our handy checklist "What to Bring."
Telephone Service
A telephone is provided in each room. Basic service includes on-campus and local calls only. When you arrive on campus, you will receive a card with a PIN (personal identification number) in your mailbox. This number allows you to charge long distance calls to your own AT&T account from almost any phone on campus. You and your roommate(s) get separate bills for the calls each of you make. You also have your own phone number and voice mail box. Your phone number will change each year as you move rooms.
Problems with your PIN
If you are having problems with your PIN please call 1-800-445-6063. They will assist you.
Computers
Computers may be used in your residence house room. We have a state-of-the-art communications network providing sophisticated phone and data connectivity from every room on campus, and many wireless access points. The network enables you to access many academic resources, such as the automated library system, the courseware server, the CamelWeb intranet, electronic mail, and the Web from your room if you own either an Apple Macintosh or a Windows-based computer with a 10-Base-T Ethernet capability.
What About Pets?
Life on campus is just not compatible with pet ownership. But feel free to bring your fish in a tank no larger than 10 gallons. Many of your fellow students are allergic to animals and even the most well-cared-for animals carry parasites such as fleas, ticks and mites. Because of the demands on your time as a student, pets would be unattended for long periods of time. That would not be fair to the animals or to your neighbors.
Bike Racks
For students who choose to bring a bicycle, bike racks are available in most residential areas. Some are outside while others are inside on the first floor.
Getting your mail
Student mail and packages should be sent directly to their assigned campus box. New students will receive their campus box number during Freshman Orientation. You will keep the same mailbox all four years you are here. Your address will take the form shown below:
Student Name
Connecticut College (Box ####)
270 Mohegan Avenue
New London, CT 06320
#### = 4-digit box number.
Last Modified: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 16:54