Student Life - Housing, Food and Health

Estimated Annual Expenses

Average Room and Board
On-campus students:	$5,748.00

Room Rent and Board Refunds

Students who have made an advance payment of room rent will be granted a full refund of rent if they fail to attend any part of the next semester or term or do not reside in a residence hall. Prepaid board will be refunded on a special per diem basis.

Students who occupy an assigned accommodation and subsequently leave the Stockbridge School prior to the end of the first full class week shall automatically be charged a minimum of $100 for their room. Any student who leaves the Stockbridge School during the second through fifth weeks shall be charged $100 plus 20% of the remaining balance for each week or part thereof. No refunds will be made after the fifth week of the academic semester. Refunds will be made during the refund period only to students who officially withdraw from the Stockbridge School through the Stockbridge Registrar's Office and according to the Registrar's official withdrawal date. The Director is authorized to make exceptions to the above only for reasons of "extreme emergency." Any exceptions made, however, shall not apply to the $100 minimum charge which shall be levied in all cases automatically.

C. New England Regional Student Program (NERSP)

Students who are residents of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, or Rhode Island may be eligible for reduced tuition through the New England Regional Student Program (NERSP). Get an overview of how the program works, or visit the NERSP website for more details.

Food Services

University Food Services, 413-545-2472; www.aux.umass.edu/diningservices/, offers menus with a wide selection of food at each meal. These menus are based on sound nutritional patterns, on actual surveys of student food preferences, and on comments from students and staff members.

The student's UCard serves as his/her meal ticket and can be used in any of four dining commons. Students may select one of three plans: deluxe (unlimited number of meals), value (224 meals per semester), and basic (163 meals per semester).

Stockbridge students who live on campus are required to be on a meal plan. Others may purchase a meal at any dining commons on a cash basis or purchase a meal strip.

University Food Services also offers Snack Bar services in various parts of campus, as well as three convenience stores in Worcester, Franklin, and Hampden Dining Commons.

Health Services

University Health Services (UHS), 413-577-5000; www.umass.edu/uhs, provides a high quality comprehensive health program for the University community. Each student pays a health fee which provides a wide range of prepaid services at campus facilities. In addition, a number of other services are available on a co-payment basis.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts requires all students to have adequate immunization. The immunization questions on the Health Questionnaire will satisfy this requirement. Contact your health care practitioner to update your immunizations prior to enrollment.

The Stockbridge School also requires each entering student to complete a health questionnaire to assist in providing health care and in addressing potential public health problems on campus. Failure to return the health questionnaire will result in administrative sanctions.

A Supplemental Health Benefits Plan has been developed to provide for hospital and specialty care not available at the Health Center. Students are automatically enrolled in the Supplemental Health Benefits Plan unless they fully demonstrate comparable coverage by submitting the SHBP waiver to the Bursar with payment of their bill. Enrollment in SHBP meets both the Commonwealth and the Stockbridge School requirement that all students have adequate hospitalization insurance.

Housing

The Housing Assignment Office, 235 Whitmore Administration Building, 413-545-2100; www.housing.umass.edu, is responsible for all on-campus housing assignments for Stockbridge students. Students may elect to live in any one of the five residential neighborhoods on campus. All freshmen and sophomores are required to live on campus. Exceptions to this policy are married students, veterans of the U.S. Armed Services, members of fraternities and sororities who have been authorized to reside in their respective houses, and students who live in and commute from the home of their parent(s) or guardian(s) within a 40-mile radius of the campus. The Alpha Tau Gamma fraternity house is considered an alternative to on-campus housing for students who have pledged to be members of the fraternity.

Dorm rooms are basically furnished with a bed, desk, and chair.

All students requesting permission to live off campus are to submit Housing Exemption requests to the Housing Assignment Office. Do not sign an off campus lease before receiving an official response from that office.

Library

The University library system consists of the 28-story University Library, a music library, and the Biological and Physical Sciences Library.

A current University of Massachusetts UCard serves as a library card. Reference librarians can provide information about the library system and the use of its collections, and about Five College library cooperation.