Joining our resident community is guaranteed to be one of the most rewarding aspects of your time here. You’ll experience the highest standard of care from our staff. Each member of the 50-person Residence Life staff is committed to ensuring you have the resources needed to succeed in areas such as academics, faith, civility, values, and personal development.
We offer the quintessential traditional residence hall experience as well as our Housing Apartment Transition Program.
As part of the residential campus community you will be much closer to all aspects of the college experience. Classes. Library. Dining. Recreation. It easier to establish lifelong friendships surrounded by your peers. You will find that living on campus allows you to join a late night study group or attend an on-campus social activity easily.
Here you'll find comfortable facilities that energize your mind, body and spirit (study lounges, fitness facilities, spiritual spaces) living on campus gains you quick and easy access to these spaces.
To receive Saint Francis University Institutional Aid (institutional merit aid, athletic scholarship, University grants, endowed university scholarships, etc.) full-time dependent (determined by Federal guidelines) undergraduate students must do one of the following:
To be eligible for institutional aid, students who commute from the home of a parent or legal guardian or are dependents of a SFU employee and receiving tuition remission benefits must be registered with the Office of Residence Life and approved as a commuter.
For full details, please contact the Office of Financial Aid at 814.472.3010.
Our Residence Life staff is very committed to your success. We provide staffing in the residence halls which includes 44 Resident Assistants and 4 professional live-in staff members. We are on duty 24-7-365, whether it is something as small as you locked yourself out of your room or you need immediate help with an issue, we are there ready to serve you.
Incoming students will be notified when they can complete the Roommate Questionnaire in conjunction with summer orientation information. Students are housed in order of when their tuition deposit is received. If you already have someone in mind to live with, you can note it on the form. As long as both of you list each other, we will house you together. If you do not have a roommate in mind, don’t worry! Our office uses the answers on the Roommate Questionnaire to place you with the best possible match for your roommate. Students attending Summer Orientation and Academic Registration (SOAR) will receive their housing assignment and roommate contact information at SOAR.
Returning students are notified by the Office of Residence Life in late March/early April when the Online Room Draw process begins and housing assignments for the next academic year are made at that time.
While designated private rooms are mostly only available to junior and senior students only, students can mark their request for a single room on the Roommate Questionnaire. We keep a wait list for these requests and will notify the students if an opening occurs. Students and parents should note that single/ private rooms are charged an additional amount. We do recognize that students may have a medical need for a single room, and can make accommodations as space allows. If your son or daughter needs an accommodation for housing, please contact the Office of Residence Life at 814-472-3029 for further information.
As with everything we do, our residence hall programs are very intentional based off of needs assessments performed each semester. Every month, in every residence hall, you will have a program center around each of the topics: F-Faith, L-Leadership,A-Academics, S-Service and H-Health.
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