Academic Breaks & Semester Closings

Our residence halls close for specified academic breaks and at the close of each semester. 

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Spring 2025 Information

Spring Semester Closing 2025

All buildings close: Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 12:00 pm CT

Finals Week is May 5-9, 2025. Students should plan to complete the checkout process 24 hours after their last final. All university owned or managed residence halls, residential colleges, and apartments close on Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. CT.

  • For residents that need housing during May Intersession, Summer First Term, Summer Second Term, or August Intersession, Student Housing provides an option for summer housing. Information will be sent to residents via Ole Miss Gmail. The summer housing application will be available beginning April 1, 2025 at 9:00 am CT.

Prior to checking out, student rooms must be completely empty and clean. Personal items should not be left in any room or hallway. All trash must be brought to the dumpster. Rooms left excessively dirty will result in additional fees. Any personal items left in university owned or managed residence halls, residential colleges, or apartments after buildings close on Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. CT will be considered abandoned property, packed and removed at the student’s expense. Charges for packing and removal will be applied to the student’s bursar account.

Students must select a Spring 2025 Checkout Appointment in the Student Housing Portal, notifying Student Housing when they plan to move out. At their designated time, students will complete checkout within the Student Housing Portal using one of two options.

  • Express Checkout  The student is fully responsible for independently verifying that they are ready to properly check out of their room. The student will complete the checkout process online at their convenience. No Student Housing staff member will be present to physically check the student’s space while the student remains in the room.
  • In-person Checkout  The student can complete the checkout process in-person with a Student Housing staff member. The student should go to the front desk of their assigned residence hall or apartment and request and in-person checkout. In-person checkouts will be available daily. A Student Housing staff member will be present to physically walk through the room with the student to verify potential damages and cleanliness of the student’s space.

Student must login to the Student Housing Portal and select Check In/Check Out from the red menu bar. They will then be directed to either the express checkout process or the in-person checkout process. Both require the student to complete check out in the Student Housing Portal. Students cannot check out at the front desk.

Damage & Closing Charges

Students will receive an email about any damage & closing charges on Friday, May 23, 2025. The damage & closing charge appeal process will be open on the Student Housing Portal from Friday, May 23, 2025, until Monday, June 9, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. CT. Any appeals submitted after this time/date will not be considered. Charges will not be placed on the student’s bursar account until after the appeal window closes. Damage & closing charges will be placed on student Bursar accounts by 5:00 p.m. CT on Friday, June 13, 2025. Charges placed on student’s accounts after the damage appeal period closes are final. 

  • All questions regarding damage charges in Burns, Minor, Pittman, RH2, RH3, Stockard, and Martin should be directed to Taylor Alston at tmalston@olemiss.edu.
  • All questions regarding damage charges in Crosby, Brown, Hefley, Deaton, RH1, Northgate, and Stewart should be directed to David Laird at drlaird@olemiss.edu.
  • All questions regarding damage charges at RC South, Luckyday, The Quarters Oxford, The Lark, Revel Oxford, Gather Oxford, Campus Walk, and Taylor Bend should be directed to Missy Belcher at mbelcher@olemiss.edu.

 

Student Housing Portal

Academic Breaks

See which halls stay open during academic breaks.

All halls will remain open for Thanksgiving Break.

Buildings that remain open: Residence Hall 3, Luckyday Residential College, Residential College South, and all apartment communities. 

Dates for halls that close for winter break: 

  • Halls close: December 14, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. CT 
  • Halls open for Winter Intersession: January 5, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. CT
  • Halls open for new Spring semester students: January 15, 2025

All halls will remain open for Spring Break.

All students must moved out of their booking 24 hours following his or her last final exam.