Move-in
Whether you are joining us for the first time or you are returning to the residence halls, we ask that you become familiar with the process for move-in, as it may look different year to year.
Spring 2023 move-in
The residence halls reopen for the spring semester at 8 a.m. on Friday, January 20. Front desks will be open 24/7 from this point forward and you can return any time. Some items to note:
- Residents are recommended to test for COVID-19 prior to arrival. Testing is not required, but to protect our entire community, we are asking that if you have cold-like symptoms, you remain home until you are symptom free.
- Students who test positive for COVID will be required to self-isolate off-campus. If you test positive and don't have alternative housing arrangements where you can recover, we will need to temporarily relocate you to an isolation space on campus. Limited isolation spaces are available so if our on-campus isolation space fill up, you may have to find alternative housing arrangements off-campus.
New to Housing
Please check-in at the residence hall front desk for the building where you are assigned. You can check your housing assignment on the Housing Portal. For directions to your building, please visit our Website that has Building Addresses.
Returning to Housing
If you are returning to on-campus housing, you do not need to check in at the front desk of your residence hall. Card access to your building and assignment (if applicable) will be active at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, January 20.
If you are sick when planning to arrive on campus
Please DO NOT attempt to check-in as you are jeopardizing your roommates, suitemates and our entire community. Please wait until you are asymptomatic. If you anticipate missing the first few days of classes, please contact your professor. If you need further assistance in this matter, reach out to your academic advisor.
Food Options
- The first meal in Pack Place is Brunch on Sunday, January 22
- Other dining venues will be available on Friday, January 20 and Saturday, January 21 and will accept credit/debit, Foodbucks and Wolfbucks.
- Please visit the Joe Crowley Student Union Hours of Operation or Nevada Dining for more details.
- If requesting to arrive prior to January 20, please complete the Early Arrival Application available on January 5. You may be able to arrive a day early in January. The early arrival rate is $25 per day.
Fall 2023 move-in
We are excited to collaborate with the Digital Wolf Pack Initiative, NevadaFIT and Wolf Card Office to host a centralized check-in process (tentatively scheduled at the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center) during NevadaFIT Opening Weekend (August 17-19). This process for is for incoming First-Year Students (who all attend NevadaFIT) and Transfer students choosing to participate in TransferFIT. All vehicles should park in the West Stadium Garage while checking in at the centralized check-in location. Sophomore and Above Students will move-in on August 25. See below for more information.
Incoming first-year NevadaFIT students and TransferFIT students
This move-in experience is for students who are new to the University, new to living on campus and/or any student participating in NevadaFIT or TransferFIT (residents living in the Transfer LLC or living elsewhere on campus and opting into TransferFIT).
In order to check-in for move-in, you will need to have an active WolfCard (student ID). Please submit your photo to the WolfCard Office prior to your Orientation (or no later than August 1) so you can pick up your ID at residence hall and NevadaFit check-in.
Instructions to upload a photo for your WolfCard
Please log in to your Housing Portal and verify your housing assignment. You will need your building and room number. Based on your housing assignment, please see the table below for your TENTATIVE check-in date and time at the centralized check-in location. You will drive your vehicle to the West Stadium Parking Garage, park, and then navigate to the centralized check-in location. Arriving at this time is critical to a successful, fast, and easy-as-possible move-in experience. The following considerations are taken into account when determining move-in date and time:
- Number of students on a floor or wing; and in a building
- Proximity of being able to unload vehicles as close to the building as possible
- Traffic flow around campus, especially with off-campus properties having students move in around the same time
- Access to elevators, exterior and interior stairwells
- Availability of laundry carts to help you move-in
- Coordinating iPad distribution for new students and capacity in the Knowledge Center (which centralized check-in will be held)
Failing to check-in during the window below will likely cause delays for you to check-in and/or we may ask you to return for another check-in time. Also, if you arrive on campus to check-in after 4:30pm, or on Sunday, you will need to check in directly at your residence hall.
Sophomore and above students not participating in TransferFIT
August 25, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
This move-in experience is for students who identify as sophomore and above, or upper division students, who are not participating in NevadaFIT or TransferFIT. More than likely, these students lived on campus last year and are returning to live on campus again, or they are new to campus and not participating in either NevadaFIT or TransferFIT.
If you identify in this category as a returning student, please check-in at your residence hall on Friday, August 26, 9-3 p.m. While you are welcome to check-in after this time, please know there will be several activities occurring around campus in which you can participate, connect with friends and meet others and get this academic year off to a great start. Canada Hall is our only residence hall specifically for sophomore and above/upper division students, so move in for this building is Friday, August 26, 9-3 p.m.
You will not be turned away if you check-in prior to August 26, but please note your meal plan (if applicable) will not be active until Friday, August 26.
Tentative Check-in Times (at the centralized check-in location)
After which you will relocate your vehicle to your residence hall to move-in. Please note these check-in times are tentative and subject to change. Updated check-in dates and times will be available on this web page by July 1, 2023
Note: Families with multiple vehicles will only be able to unload one vehicle at a time; the second vehicle must remain in the West Stadium Garage until the first vehicle has been removed from the unloading zone. Students with trailers, U-Haul trucks and RVs will need to move in after 4pm (due to space limitations at each hall).
Thursday, August 18, 8 a.m.Â
- Argenta Hall: Floor 2, Rooms 200-218 and Floor 6, Rooms 600-618
- First in the Pack students
- Great Basin Hall: Floor 3, Rooms 300-317
- Nevada LLC: Floor 2, Rooms 210-223 (Journalism LLC)
- Nye Hall: Floor 1, Rooms 100-116 and Floor 8, Rooms 800-818
- Sierra Hall: Floor 3, Rooms 301-317
Thursday, August 18, 9:30 a.m.Â
- Argenta Hall: Floor 8, Rooms 800-818
- Great Basin Hall: Floor 2, Rooms 251-267
- Nevada LLC: Floor 3, Rooms 310-323 (Education & Human Development and Honors LLCs)
- Juniper Hall: Floor 2, Rooms 2A-2G
- Nye Hall: Floor 2, Rooms 200-218
- Peavine Hall: Floor 1, Rooms 113-119
- Sierra Hall: Floor 7, Rooms 700-717
- TRiO Scholars
Thursday, August 18, 11 a.m.Â
- Argenta Hall: Floor 2, Rooms 250-268
- Manzanita Hall: Floor 3, Rooms 301-310
- Nye Hall: Floor 5, Rooms 500-518
- Peavine Hall: Floor 3, Rooms 310-325
- Sierra Hall: Floor 4, Rooms 401-417
- TRiO Stem Scholars
Thursday, August 18, 1:30 p.m.Â
- Argenta Hall: Floor 8, Rooms 850-868
- Great Basin Hall: Floor 3, Rooms 351-367
- Manzanita Hall: Floor 1, Rooms 101-107
- NevadaFIT and TransferFIT Mentors
- Nye Hall: Floor 7, Rooms 700-718
- Peavine Hall: Floor 2, Rooms 210-225
Thursday, August 18, 3 p.m.
- Argenta Hall: Floor 5, Rooms 500-518
- Canada Hall: Floor 5, Rooms 51-58 (Transfer LLC)
- Great Basin Hall: Floor 1, Rooms 100-117 (CABNR LLC)
- Manzanita Hall: Floor 2, Rooms 201-210
- Nevada LLC: Floor 4, Rooms 410-423
- Nye Hall: Floor 3, Rooms 300-318
- Sierra Hall: Floor 5, Rooms 501-517
- Transfer students participating in TransferFIT, all halls
Friday, August 19, 8 a.m.Â
- Argenta Hall: Floor 3, Rooms 300-318 (Public Health LLC)
- Great Basin Hall: Floor 4, Rooms 400-417 (Engineering LLC)
- Juniper Hall: Floors 3, Rooms 3H-3M and 4, Rooms 4H-4M
- Nye Hall: Floors 1, Rooms 150-166 and 6, Rooms 650-668
- Peavine Hall: Floor 5, Rooms 510-525
- Sierra Hall: Floor 3, Rooms 318-336
Friday, August 19, 9:30 a.m.Â
- Argenta Hall: Floor 7, Rooms 700-718
- Juniper Hall: Floor 2, Rooms 2H-2M
- Nevada LLC: Floor 5, Rooms 510-523 (Business LLC)
- Nye Hall: Floor 8, Rooms 850-868
- Peavine Hall: Floor 4, Rooms 410-425
- Sierra Hall: Floor 6, Rooms 601-617
Friday, August 19, 11 a.m.Â
- Argenta Hall: Floor 3, Rooms 350-368
- Great Basin Hall: Floor 4, Rooms 451-463 (Science & WiSE LLCs)
- Juniper Hall: Floor 3, Rooms 3A-3G
- Nevada LLC: Floor 3, Rooms 350-363 (Education & Human Development and Honors LLCs)
- Nye Hall: Floors 2, Rooms 250-268, and 6, Rooms 600-618
- Peavine Hall: Floor 1, Rooms 120-126
Friday, August 19, 1:30 p.m.
- Argenta Hall: Floors 4, Rooms 450-468 and 6, Rooms 650-670
- Juniper Hall: Floor 4, Rooms 4A-4G
- Nevada LLC: Floor 2, Rooms 250-263 (Liberal Arts LLC)
- Nye Hall: Floors 4, Rooms 400-418 and 7, Rooms 750-768
- Peavine Hall: Floor 3, Rooms 326-365
- Sierra Hall: Floor 4, Rooms 418-436
Friday, August 19, 3 p.m.
- Argenta Hall: Floor 5, Rooms 550-568
- Great Basin Hall: Floor 5, Rooms 500-517 (Indigenous and GSI LLCs)
- Manzanita Hall: Floor 1, Rooms 108-114
- Nevada LLC: Floor 4, Rooms 450-463
- Nye Hall: Floor 3, Rooms 350-368
- Peavine Hall: Floor 2, Rooms 226-265
- Sierra Hall: Floor 5, Rooms 518-536
Saturday, August 20, 8 a.m.Â
- Argenta Hall: Floor 4, Rooms 400-418
- Great Basin Hall: Floor 2, Rooms 200-217 (Black Scholars and Latinx LLCs)
- Manzanita Hall: Floor 3, Rooms 311-326
- Nye Hall: Floor 5, Rooms 550-568
- Peavine Hall: Floor 5, Rooms 526-565
- Sierra Hall: Floor 7, Rooms 718-736
Note: HonorsFIT residents living in the above communities will need to arrive on campus by 5 p.m., Friday, August 19. Our staff is expecting you any time Thursday and Friday as your HonorsFIT experience starts Saturday morning, August 20. Please contact the Honors College for more information.
Saturday, August 20, 9:30 a.m.Â
- Argenta Hall: Floor 7, Rooms 750-768
- Manzanita Hall: Floor 2, Rooms 211-221
- Nevada LLC: Floor 5, Rooms 550-563 (Business LLC)
- Nye Hall: Floor 4, Rooms 450-468
- Peavine Hall: Floor 4, Rooms 426-465
- Sierra Hall: Floor 6, Rooms 618-636
Note: HonorsFIT residents living in the above communities will need to arrive on campus by 5 p.m., Friday, August 19. Our staff is expecting you any time Thursday and Friday as your HonorsFIT experience starts Saturday morning, August 20. Please contact the Honors College for more information.
Important details about move-in
- Failure to arrive during your allotted time will likely cause delays when you arrive on campus to check-in.
- Hand trucks and carts will be available, however if you don't feel comfortable using community equipment, you may bring your own. These items are also in short supply, so bringing your own may help expedite your move-in.
- Family and friends are welcome to help you move-in, but please be aware that more people may cause slower access to stairwells and elevators. Family and friends do not need to provide proof of COVID vaccine or negative test results, unless they are staying overnight.
- We are trying to coordinate volunteers who will provide assistance during move-in dates/times, but please don't count on this support.
- Move-in tends to occur during a hot time of year. We recommend you and your helpers plan accordingly (weather and moving-appropriate clothing, bringing water, etc.).
- It is critical all incoming students have checked in by 5 p.m. on Saturday, August 20, as NevadaFIT and the Opening Ceremony for all students and their support systems starts that evening.
- At present, residents will need to demonstrate proof of COVID-negative test received within 72 hours prior to arrival. More details can be found below under "COVID and vaccination requirements."
- Residence hall check-in at the Knowledge Center ends at 4pm. If you arrive after this time (until 5pm), please go to the Knowledge Center to get your ID, check-in for NevadaFIT, and get your iPad; after which proceed to your residence where you will check-in to housing. If you arrive after 5pm, check in at your residence hall front desk, move-in and head to the Knowledge Center the next day to get your Wolf Card and iPad, and check-in for NevadaFIT - you will be issued have a temporary key access card until your Wolf Card is activated with your building (and room, if applicable) access.
Preparing for move-in day and welcome week
Please visit our driving to campus page where you will find specific driving directions to each residence hall move-in location.
After you have done your best to move your belongings from your car to your room within an hour, we need you to move your vehicle so other residents can move in. At check-in in the Knowledge Center, you will be provided with a color-specific (based on your residence hall) map directing you to "extended parking."
Vehicles without a University-issued permit
Please move vehicle to North Stadium Lot.
Vehicles with a University-issued permit
Please move vehicle from the Unloading Zone to the following locations (based on your University-issued permit):
Sierra Street Parking Garage
Please move to levels 3-5 to allow other residents to unload on level 1 and 2.
- Argenta Hall
- Canada Hall
- Juniper Hall
- Manzanita Hall
- Nevada Living Learning Community (LLC)
- Nye Hall
- Peavine Hall
- Sierra Hall
Brian Whalen Garage (top floor)
- Great Basin Hall
Please note Parking Services will strictly enforce parking permits starting on the first day of class.
As more information becomes available regarding the Opening Ceremony and start of NevadaFIT, the details may change. They will be finalized by August 1. In the interim, what is listed below is the current and tentative plan.
Residential meal plans tentatively start Thursday, August 18. Residents with a fall meal plan will be able to use their meal plans for brunch and dinner in the Den (located just East of Great Basin Hall) or DownUnder (located in Argenta Hall) August 18-21, and then for three meals each day during NevadaFIT.
Dining Hours (August 18-28)
- Thursday, August 18: Brunch (10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.) and Dinner (4:30-8:30 p.m.) - Students swipe in at Pack Place in the Downunder, located on the ground floor of Argenta Hall; parents/supporters eat free
- Friday, August 19: Brunch (10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.) and Dinner (4:30-8:30 p.m.) - Students swipe in at Pack Place in the Downunder, located on the ground floor of Argenta Hall; parents/supporters eat free
- Saturday, August 20: Brunch (10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.) - Students swipe in at Pack Place in the Downunder, located on the ground floor of Argenta Hall; parents/supporters eat free
- Dinner will be available for NevadaFIT students at the NevadaFIT Opening Ceremony and BBQ
- Sunday, August 21: Brunch (10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.) and Dinner (4:30-8:30 p.m.) - Students swipe in at Pack Place in the Downunder, located on the ground floor of Argenta Hall; parents/supporters eat free
- August 22 - August 25 lunch:
- Students semester meal plan "swipes" get turned off but FoodBucks and WolfBucks are still available
- Student participating in NevadaFIT have meal tickets to eat at specific locations across campus for breakfast, lunch and dinner)
- Sophomore and above students not participating in NevadaFIT can use their semester meal plan FoodBucks, WolfBucks, credit/debit, cash at select locations or purchase a meal plan online at Nevada Dining.
- Friday, August 26-Sunday, August 28:
- Dinner Friday, Saturday and Sunday (4:30-8:30 p.m.) = Students swipe in at Pack Place in the Downunder, located on the ground floor of Argenta Hall
- Brunch Saturday and Sunday (10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.): Students swipe in at Pack Place in the Downunder, located on the ground floor of Argenta Hall
- Monday, August 29 starts the regular schedule for all dining venues on campus. Please see Nevada Dining and the Joe Crowley Student Union websites for more information.
Hours (NevadaFIT and TransferFIT)
Please check your NevadaFIT or TransferFIT schedule.
Dining venues open during NevadaFIT/TransferFIT
Please visit the Nevada Dining website for more information on dining venues, hours, meal plans and meal trades. Students without a fall meal plan and not participating in NevadaFIT/TransferFIT can use their Food Bucks during this time frame.
Additional dining venues will open on August 29 on the first day of classes.
Meal plan changes
You may change your meal plans once from August 18, 2021, through 5 p.m., September 10, 2022, by completing the meal plan change form on your housing portal. Changes after September 10 are for meal plan increases only. To learn more about our dining program, please review our campus dining information.
Vaccination requirements
- If you are a freshman and under the age of 23, you are required to submit proof of Meningitis vaccination by visiting the Immunizations page on the University's website. If you received your vaccination prior to August 31, 2016, you will need an updated vaccination prior to move-in.
- If there are any requirements and/or restrictions related to a COVID-19 vaccine, this information will be shared by email with residents (and this site will be updated). To date, the only requirements/restrictions in place is the need for residents to demonstrate a COVID-negative test result received within 72 hours prior to arrival.
COVID requirements
In order to move into your residential assignment a negative COVID-19 test is required. You will need to provide a COVID-negative test result completed within 72 hours prior to arrival at the front desk, regardless of your vaccination status. Once this document is provided, you will be granted access into your hall and wing (if applicable).
Please coordinate a PCR test at a testing facility so that the test date is within 72 hours prior to your arrival on campus.
Due to testing capacity, we highly recommend scheduling your COVID-19 test now. An appointment without test results will not grant you access to be able to move-in. Below is additional information and frequently asked questions our staff have received related to this requirement.
On-site testing options
We understand that receiving a PCR test in this time frame may not be possible for some of you. Therefore, the Student Health Center will be open at 8:00 a.m. on August 18, 19, and 20. However, it is strongly recommended to schedule testing prior to traveling to campus, as there may be significant lines for testing at the Student Health Center.
What happens if you test positive?
Based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, individuals who test positive for COVID-19, regardless of vaccination status, must self-isolate for five (5) days. If no symptoms are present or if symptoms are resolving after five (5) days, the individual can end self-isolation. “Resolving symptoms” means at least 24 hours has passed with no fever and without fever-reducing medicine; and other symptoms are improving.
Due to these guidelines, if you test positive for COVID-19, you will need to remain home (or off-campus) through this 5-day self-isolation period. If you need on-campus housing, you will be relocated to a self-isolation/quarantine housing assignment until the 5-day period is complete and you have resolving symptoms.
If you are sick when planning to arrive on campus
If you are sick, please do not attempt to check-in as you are jeopardizing your roommates, suitemates and our entire community. Please wait until you are asymptomatic. If you wait to get tested when you can arrive to campus, get tested, and are positive, you may not be able to check in. If you anticipate missing the first few days of NevadaFIT, please contact the NevadaFIT staff.
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
Q: If I test on Monday prior to my arrival, can I still move in on Thursday?
A: Yes, this is acceptable.
Q: If I tested positive because I was sick in the past, what do I do?
A: COVID-19 may remain in an individual’s system for up to 3 months. If you tested positive in the last 3 months are but currently asymptomatic (meaning you don’t have symptoms), you will still need to get tested with an antigen test. If that test is positive, you will need to show the COVID-positive test you received in the past 3 months (with the date on it).
Q: If I just received a booster vaccine shot and was told I’m ineligible for the PCR test, do I still need to test as I will likely be positive?
A: Yes, you will still need to get tested with an antigen test. If that test is positive, you will need to show your vaccination card that states the date you received the booster shot.
Q: Are at-home tests acceptable?
A: As shared above, PCR test results from a testing facility are preferred. However, if this option is unavailable to you, when you arrive on campus, utilize one of the test locations mentioned above. If you choose to use an antigen test (which may include at-home tests), you will need to:
- Write your name, ID #, and date and time of the test result on a piece of paper
- Take a picture of yourself with this piece of paper and your test result with your phone
- You will show this picture on your phone at check-in
Q: Can family/friends help me move in?
A: Yes. They will not need to demonstrate a COVID-negative test if they are just helping you move in; but if they plan to stay overnight, they will need to provide proof of a COVID-negative test (received within 72 hours prior to arrival) and be registered at the desk as an overnight guest.
Q: Do guests helping me move have to demonstrate COVID-negative test?
A: No. As long as they don’t spend the night, they do not need to share a COVID-negative test. If they stay overnight, they will need to be registered, and in order to be registered, they need to provide proof of a COVID-negative test (received within 72 hours prior to arrival).
Q: Are there any restrictions related to dining?
A: No. All dining locations will be open Thursday, August 18. Please visit the Joe Crowley Student Union Hours of Operation or Nevada Dining for more details on hours of operation for all dining venues on campus.
Q: Do I have to isolate if I don’t have test results?
A: You will be unable to move into your housing assignment if you don’t have COVID-negative results (except if you have proof of testing positive in the last 3 months – please see FAQ above). You will need to coordinate getting a COVID-test prior to moving in (and the result must be negative).
If you have additional questions above the above items, please contact our office at (775) 784-1113 or housing@unr.edu.
Please visit our What to bring and what to leave at home page for the list of items we recommend bringing with you as you transition to your new home on campus.
Please visit our addresses and phone numbers page for details about where to send packages and where residents can pick them up.
Your roommate information can be found online by logging in to your housing portal. Our software will allow you to view the name(s) and email address(es) of your roommate(s). Please email them to exchange contact information. We highly encourage you to connect prior to move-in and make plans for setting up your room.
Room and Board charges will be reflected on your MyNevada account in mid-July or within 10 business days of being assigned, along with tuition and fees.
If for some reason you desire a room change, you may complete a Room Change Request Form by logging into your housing portal and following the application timeline. We will accept room change requests for the first two weeks of the fall semester. Requests are accommodated as spaces become available.
We look forward to your arrival! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Residential Life, Housing, and Food Services office at (775) 784-1113.