Move
Out
Friday, May 3
- Spring 2024 classes end.
- Quiet hours begin at 11 p.m. and continue through hall closing (May 11).
- Current residents with items in storage are asked to remove them no later than Sunday, May 5.
May 6 – May 10 (Finals Week)
- Plan to move out within 24 hours of your last final and no later than 10 a.m., Saturday, May 11.
- Overnight guests are not permitted.
- During move-out, vehicles may park in loading zones and hall lots for short periods of time to load, but cars must be moved once loading is complete as parking regulations are still enforced. Vehicles should avoid parking and/or loading in bike lanes for safety concerns.
- Unattended vehicles, anything blocking traffic, violations of ADA spaces, vehicles parking in fire lanes, parking in bike lanes, or vehicles parked in other reserved and “no parking” spaces indicated with temporary and/or permanent signage, may be towed at the owner’s expense or ticketed.
Friday, May 10
- Spring meal plans deactivate at 2 p.m.
- Braiden, The Foundry, Ram’s Horn, the Marketplace and Cafes, and all Grubhub ordering locations will close at 2 p.m. To receive a to-go meal, please request a to-go container from the meal check stations before 2 p.m.
- Durrell Marketplace & Café will be open from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Meal plans will not be accepted after 2 p.m. RamCash and credit/debit cards are accepted.
Saturday, May 11
- Residence halls close and students must move out no later than 10 a.m.
- Summer hours of operation start; Summer meal plans activate. RamCash and credit/debit cards are accepted at dining locations. housing.colostate.edu/dining/hours/
Room Preparation / Donation Program
Pack It.
- Remove personal property from room, bathrooms, closets, drawers, and vanities.
- Return all University property to its appropriate area – including items borrowed from the front desk and cups, plates and silverware from the dining centers. Don’t forget about the ReusePass containers!
Clean your room thoroughly and reset the furniture to avoid charges:
- If you are the first roommate to leave, please do not leave all the work to your remaining roommate. All residents of the room may be responsible for improper checkout and excess cleaning charges.
- Return furniture to the setting at the time of move-in, including returning the bed to the low setting (20” from the frame to the floor). Please work with your roommate or a neighbor to help you safely do so. If assistance with bed de-lofting is needed, submit a maintenance request, no later than the Friday before Finals Week.
- Remove writing, marks, and residue from walls, ceilings, and doors.
- Clean up bathroom areas in suite halls.
- Vacuum the carpet in and immediately outside your room, including under beds.
- Empty all trash/recycling/composting to the designated dumpsters outside your hall and wash out bins (DO NOT leave it in hallways, restrooms, fire towers, or other common areas).
- If you have rented a Micro-Fridge, unplug, defrost, empty and clean it, then leave it in your room (with fridge door open) when you check out.
- Close and lock windows, and close drapes (ask your RA for more information about securing windows).
- Turn lights off.
- Close and lock doors.
Store It.
- Remember to start packing before finals and take things home in the weeks leading up to move-out if you can.
- If you are currently storing anything in your hall’s storage area, contact your RA before finals week to get items out by May 10.
PLEASE NOTE, effective May 2024, the use of storage rooms will be discontinued. Options for storage in the Fort Collins area can be identified online including some details via the Parent & Family Program website, parentsandfamily.colostate.edu/preferred-business-partners/.
Bike Storage and Shipping
- Leaving campus for the Summer? Need a safe place to store your bicycle? Learn more at cr.colostate.edu/bicycle-storage.html
- Are you returning home and want your bike to go home with you? Learn more at cr.colostate.edu/ship-my-bike-home.html
Donate It!
Donation Trailers
If there are items you can’t take home or store, please drop off gently used items (such as clothing, linens, school/household supplies, functioning small appliances, mattress toppers, and minifridges) to the Donation Station trucks/trailers outside of the halls. Items collected benefit several local and regional charities.
- Wednesday, May 8–Friday, May 10, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Key Pack
Check-Out
- Complete an address change through your RamWeb account prior to check-out.
- Go to the Housing Portal, click on Resources and complete the May Departure Form.
- Bring your key pack to the front desk. If you are leaving during hours the desk is closed, 12 a.m. – 7 a.m., call the RA duty number for additional guidance.
Charges
Charges may be assessed if the above procedures are not followed, and may include:
- Failure to turn in keys: charges vary.
- Room cleaning charge: minimum of $50.
- Damages to room: charges vary.
- Bed lofting – Return all lofted beds to the standard low height (20 inches). Failure to do so will result in additional move-out charges. Failure to do so (or improperly doing so) will result in a $50 fee.
Parking & Loading
- Please park in loading zones and hall lots only.
- Please keep in mind there will be NO additional loading zones for move-out and curbside parking and / or loading is not allowed on the street.
- All regular parking and loading policies and enforcement will be in place.
(Exceptions may be made for anyone who is clearly in the process of loading provided no other parking regulations are being violated). - Unattended vehicles, anything blocking traffic, violations of ADA spaces, vehicles parking in fire lanes, parking in bike lanes, or vehicles parked in other reserved and “no parking” spaces indicated with temporary and/or permanent signage, may be towed at the owner’s expense or ticketed.