Northeastern Junior College 2023-2024 Catalog

Residence Life - Housing

Residence Halls

Each residence hall is under the leadership of a professional Residence Hall Director or Resident Assistant staff. The staff is carefully selected and receives extensive training. Together they provide a living and learning community whereby each resident has the opportunity to make new friends, grow individually, and receive support for their academic endeavors.

Residence Life Policy

All first-year students with fewer than thirty (30) semester credit hours earned are required to live in the residence halls for two semesters or until thirty (30) semester credits are earned. First-year students who are exempt from the housing policy are:

  1. Over twenty-one years of age
  2. Married
  3. Have minor dependent children
  4. Commuting to Northeastern from a parent or guardian’s residence within a 60-mile radius.

Contract

The Residence Hall Contract, from the beginning date of the contract period, binds the resident to the length of contract.  All students residing in the residence halls are required to purchase a meal plan in conjunction with the Residence Hall Contract. Students may choose between the following meal plans:

  • 10 meals plus 150 flex points
  • 14 meals plus 100 flex points
  • 19 meals plus 50 flex points
  • 75 block meals plus 150 flex points
  • 100 block meals plus 100 flex points

Off-campus students may purchase meals daily or purchase a prepaid meal plan through the Cashier's Office.

Room Assignment Policy

All residents must pay a $150.00 room deposit and complete a contract to reserve accommodations. Colorado law requires college students born since January 1, 1957, to be immunized against measles, mumps, and rubella. All students under the age of 19 must show proof of immunity if they attend a college or university with on-campus housing.

For all public and non-public post-secondary institutions in Colorado, state law requires that each incoming first-year student residing in student housing or any student who the institution requires to live on campus must submit to Northeastern proof (i.e., a standard certificate indicating immunizations were administered to the student) of immunization or the student must sign a waiver stating they have reviewed information on meningococcal disease and acknowledge the potential health risks associated with bacterial meningitis or meningococcal disease and have decided not to receive the vaccination. If the student is under the age of 18 years, the student's parent or guardian provides this information.

Contract Release

 The Residence Hall Contract is a legal and binding document for services rendered or reserved. The Department of Residence Life realizes, however, that circumstances may change once students move into the residence halls and, for this reason, the following guidelines will govern a contract release request:

  • Medical: The student has developed a specific medical situation which prevents him or her from fulfilling the terms of the contract. A medical verification which specifically states the nature of the medical situation and why it contributes to the student’s contract release request must be supplied by a health care professional (on doctor’s letterhead with signature) and must accompany all requests for a release based on medical reasons.
  • Financial: The student’s financial situation has undergone an involuntary change which was beyond the control of the student when he/she first signed their Residence Hall Contract. For all financially related requests the Financial Aid Office must supply a Student Financial Profile.
  • Extenuating Circumstances: These include situations, other than financial or medical, which the student feels warrant a release from their contract. Examples of extenuating circumstances include an upcoming marriage, a counseling related issue, etc.

Students who move out without meeting with the Director of Residence Life and Student Activities or without meeting the contract release guidelines will forfeit their damage deposit and one half of their housing fee. There will be no room refunds after eight weeks of the semester.

Refunds of Room Deposits

Housing deposits of $150.00 will be refunded only in accordance with the following procedure:

A full refund of the deposit will be granted if the cancellation form is filled out prior to July 1 of that current year for the fall semester and December 1 for the spring semester or within 30 days of initiating the contract. Requests after the designated dates will not be honored and the deposit forfeited. Students on a wait list for hall assignments after July 1 or December 1 are not subject to a forfeiture of deposit.

Food Services

The college has one main cafeteria that seats three hundred people with the option of banquet facilities to accommodate four hundred fifty persons in the Student Center Ballroom. The college contracts the food services operation to a private company; the current vendor is Aladdin.

Northeastern requires all student residents to contract for a meal (board) plan while living on campus.

Each student is issued a photo ID that has their meal plan encoded. The ID card gives the student access to the cafeteria for their selected meal plan.

The cafeteria is open the days the residence halls are open and closed for the major breaks, such as between semesters, Thanksgiving break, and spring break.

The food service company strives to serve students with various menus, quality service, and unlimited seconds for most meals. Special catering is available upon request for any location on campus. Purchasing food catering or food service from vendors other than the contracted food service company is prohibited.

Academic Standard for Returning Residence Hall Students

Returning students wanting to reside in the residence halls must have at least a 2.00 CUM GPA. Incoming first-year students will have a year to show sufficient academic progress for continued residence on campus.

Health Services

The Family Care Clinic serves Northeastern students. It is located at 615 Fairhurst in Sterling or the Clinic on Main Street (depending on Doctor seen). The Clinic is fully staffed and provides front line health care. Full-time students (12 credit hours or more) may be seen by staff without charge. Other minimal fees are assessed to all patients to cover the cost of materials such as strep screening, urine screening, any lab procedures, and supplies such as braces, condoms, bandages, etc. You can reach the Family Care Clinic at 970-521-3223.