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"Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way."
-- Booker T. Washington
Residential Life and Housing
Required Campus Housing
Students who meet any one of the following criteria are not required to live on campus:
- Students who commute from the primary residence of a parent or guardian which is within 50 miles of the Juniata College campus. (Excluding PAR Students).
- Students who are 23 years of age or older.
- Students who have part-time student status (enrolled for 11 credit hours or less per semester).
- Students, who are married, have children, or other circumstances requiring accommodations not available in college-owed housing. Appropriate documentation must be provided in order to receive special consideration. Such documentation must be submitted to The Office of Residence Life no later than thirty (30) days prior to the beginning of the semester. The student will be informed in writing regarding appeals for special considerations.
Terms for Residential Status:
- Resident – lives in college-owned housing
- Non-Resident – dependent student who has been granted approval by the Office of Residence Life to live off-campus.
- Commuter – student who meets the criteria to live off-campus.
- Independent Commuter – financially independent student who meets the criteria to live off-campus.