New First Time Students, as well as transfer students who are taking a First Year Seminar (those with fewer than 30 transfer credits), will be placed by their First-Year Seminar in a first-year residence hall. All other transfer students will be placed in the upper class residence halls.
The information completed on the application will also be used in the pairing of roommates such as: day or night, clean or messy, study habits and smoker/non-smoker.
Send your favorite student love from afar with a surprise Care Package.
Heading off to college is an exciting milestone full of new adventures. Our popular Care Packages offer the chance to support your favorite student from afar in a fun, tasty way as they settle into college. Select your bundle and we’ll deliver tasteful surprises at special moments throughout the school year. What’s more, you can send a personal note with every box.
Need Bed Linens for your room?? Remember the beds in the halls are Extra Large Twins. This is a fun and exciting option!
Dorm essentials for every style and budget. Superior comfort and quality. convenient, affordable value packs. Dormify is our official campus retailer.
Visit at: University Linen Program
Sincerely,
Drake University Residence Hall Association
*Proceeds from the care packages and linen packages go to funding educational, social, and recreational activities we sponsor on campus.
New First Year & Transfer Student Move-In: Wednesday, August 21, 2024*
Returning Student Move-In: Friday, August, 23, 2024*
*Students will need to sign up for a move in time slot, emails will be sent to the students ndkllx.com email on August 1st.
Winter Break All Halls Close: Saturday, December 14, 2024 at noon.
J-Term Housing: Only students who are enrolled in on-campus or partial on-campus J-Term courses, who have academic year residence hall assignments in a J-Term hall may return beginning Sunday, January 5, 2025 at 3:00pm. There are additional room and board charges for J-Term.
J-Term housing will end Saturday, January 25, 2025 at noon
Halls Open for Spring Semester: January 25, 2025 at noon.
Spring Break Closing (Carpenter, Crawford, and Stalnaker): Saturday, March 15, 2025 at noon.
Spring Break Opening (Carpenter, Crawford, and Stalnaker): Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 8:00 am.
Spring Semester Closing (Carpenter, Crawford, and Stalnaker): Saturday, May 17, 2025 at Noon.
Spring Semester Closing (Goodwin Kirk and Herriott): Saturday, May 17, 2025, at
5:00 pm.
Interim Hall Opens: Saturday, May 17, 2025 at Noon.
**ALL dates and times listed are subject to change based on University need**
Welcome Week starts on August 22
Orientation for new domestic students starts January 24, 2025 for Residence Hall students for the Spring 2025 Term.
Orientation for new international students starts TBA, for Residence Hall students for the Spring 2025 Term.
Please log into myDrake, click on the fork&knife icon, (Housing & Meal Plan Selection portal) in the drop down menu, click on "Apply Here" to get back into your completed "Residence Hall 2024-2025" Housing & Meal Plan Application/Contract, once in your application you will see on the left hand side, "Roommate Selection", you will click on this and follow the directions on this page to begin the process of request. Please know that all students must have the "Residence Hall 2024-2025" application/contract completed in order to see and request each other as roommates.
Nearly all of the first year students on campus live in double rooms, as well as a few triple rooms. New upper class students live predominately in double and four person rooms, as well as a few triple rooms. There are more than 40 three-person rooms on campus. New First time & Transfer students, who have completed and submitted a housing and dining contract online, are assigned to available spaces in the order in which the contract and $250 housing deposit were received. Most first-year students receive another first-year student as a roommate, but this is not guaranteed.
Assignments will be available online beginning July 26, 2024 for students requesting housing for the Fall Term who complete and submit their online contract and deposit before June 30, 2024.
To access your room assignment, follow these steps (after the dates designated above):
1. Log into my.ndkllx.com
2. Click on the Self Service icon in the "Commonly Used Apps"
3. Click on the "Housing Roommates" in the Student Record card
4. Select term
Assignments will be available online beginning TBA for students requesting housing for the Spring Term who complete and submit their online contract and deposit before December 4, 2024.