CVTC Student Housing at UWRF

Fall Semester: UWRF has set aside a limited number of spaces in a traditional residence hall with double-occupancy rooms. These rooms will be available on a first-come, first-served basis and will be held until the application deadline of Monday, June 2, 2025 at noon, for the 2025-2026 academic year. 

• You must be enrolled as a full-time student taking 12 or more credits at CVTC.
• Eligibility to live in the residence halls may be affected by past or current criminal convictions or student conduct violations.
• To live in UWRF residence halls, you must complete the UWRF online sexual assault prevention training course.

Residence hall room and meal plan rates for each academic year are reviewed by Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents and approved prior to each academic year. Rates for the 2025-2026 academic year will be posted on the Contracts and Rates webpage and meal plan rates will be posted on the Dining webpages once they have been approved.

• Review the following Terms and Conditions:
  • 2025-2026 Terms and Conditions of the Residence Hall Contract for CVTC Enrolled Students
• Complete the following Application for Housing:
  • 2025-2026 Application and Contract for CVTC students to live in the UWRF Residence Halls
• Submit Application and Contract Payment
  • Application Deadline: Monday, June 2 at noon
  • Mail or hand deliver your completed application, with contract and your $500 contract payment, to UWRF Residence Life by the Application Deadline.
  • $465 of the $500 payment will be applied to your room fees and $35 is a non-refundable processing fee.
  • Mailing Address: 
    UWRF Residence Life Department
    B3 East Hathorn hall
    410 S. 3rd St.
    River Falls, WI  54022

Once we receive your complete application with contract form and the $500 contract payment, we will verify your eligibility with CVTC. Once eligibility is confirmed, we will assign you to a residence hall room and send notification to your CVTC email address. The room assignment notification will include:

• Room and hall
• Name and email of roommate
• Move in information
• Fall semester cost and payment procedures
• Instructions for how to complete the required UWRF online sexual assault prevention training course

All CVTC students living on-campus at UWRF must be on a meal plan contracted through UWRF Dining Services. You will automatically be placed on the 45 Block meal plan. You may choose to change your meal plan to the 14 Weekly, 21 Weekly, 75 Block Plan or All-Access Plan. Change requests must be within the first seven days of the start of the meal plan for each semester.

Students wanting to change meal plans may contact dining@uwrf.edu. Visit the Dining website for more information.

You'll need an ID card to access your residence hall and use your meal plan. After you have been officially approved for on-campus housing at UWRF, your ID card can be obtained one of two ways.

Receiving your ID Card:

• Visit UWRF: Visit the UWRF Carding Office, located in 160 Davee Library and open Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Let the Carding Office staff know that you have been approved to live on campus at UWRF and need to have a UWRF ID Card created for housing and meal plan purposes.
• Email DoTS: If visiting UWRF in-person is not possible, then you may email dots@uwrf.edu in advance of arriving to UWRF. Attach a personal photo of yourself to the email so that the photo is printed on your UWRF ID card. Indicate in the email that you are a CVTC student approved to live on campus and would like the attached photo to be used on your UWRF ID Card. The Carding Office will coordinate with you on the delivery of your ID Card.

Visit the Carding Office webpage to view frequently asked questions.

• Contract Payment with Application (Application Deadline: June 2, 2025, noon):
  • The $500 contract payment is due to Residence Life with your completed application by the deadline. A $465 prepayment will be applied to your first semester room fee and $35 is a nonrefundable processing fee. Mail your payment and application to the Residence Life Department address - shown under "How to Apply" on this page.
• October 15 Deadline, Fall Housing and Meal Cost:
  • Fall semester payment for housing and meal plan is due to UWRF Student Billing by October 15.
• March 15 Deadline, Spring Housing and Meal Cost:
  • The full payment for spring semester housing and meal plan is due to UWRF Student Billing by March 15. 
• Submit Fall and Spring Housing Payments:
  • Housing payments (check or cash) can be made in person at 226 Rodli Hall, Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Payments may also be mailed to the UWRF Student Billing Office but must be received at the office by the deadline date to avoid a finance charge. Mail to:
    • UWRF Student Billing Office
      410 S. 3rd St.
      River Falls, WI, 54022
  • A 1.25% finance charge will be assessed each month on any outstanding balance after the payment due dates.
  • Questions about billing or payments? Email billing@uwrf.edu or call 715-425-3145. Please indicate that you are a CVTC student living on campus at UWRF.

Residence Hall Assignment

All CVTC students will be assigned to a first-year residence hall located on the east side of campus (nearest to CVTC). Students who are approved for an accommodation cannot be guaranteed placement in the same residence hall as other CVTC students. 

Can I request a different residence hall?

Based on student eligibility and room availability, CVTC students may request to be assigned to other halls:

• South Fork Suites (must be 2+ years post high school graduation)
• Ames Suites, Hathorn Hall and Prucha Quads (must be 1+ years post high school graduation)
• Halls for All Students: Johnson Hall, May Hall, Prucha traditional rooms, Stratton Hall, McMillan floors 1 and 2
• First Year Halls: Crabtree Hall, Grimm Hall, McMillan floors 3 and 4, Parker Hall

Residence Hall Rates

These buildings have a higher cost. South Fork Suites, Ames Suites, and Prucha Quads. Please visit our Contract and Rates page for more information. 

CVTC students will be paired with roommates who are also CVTC students. If there is an odd number of CVTC students living on campus, then we may pair one CVTC student with a UWRF student.

If you have a preferred roommate, your requested roommate should be indicated on the Application and Contract form.

Policies and procedures are outlined in the Residence Life Community Standards and Conduct Procedures section of the Residence Life Student Guide. All residents are responsible for reviewing, understanding and adhering to the policies and procedures.

Yes, CVTC students are eligible to purchase a parking permit for the UWRF campus. Contact University Parking at parking@uwrf.edu or 715-425-3333. More information about parking is available on the Parking website.

Yes, you can purchase an inter-institutional membership to the Falcon Center from the front desk of the Fitness Center. More information about memberships can be found on the Memberships webpage.

This policy requires Universities of Wisconsin students to provide disclosures about the following prior to living in university housing:

• Any prior felony pleas or convictions in which the student was treated as an adult during the proceeding and
• Non-academic, post-secondary disciplinary violations that resulted in expulsion, dismissal or suspension.

This policy establishes a structure by which such disclosures are to be reviewed at the institution. More information about this policy can be found on the Universities of Wisconsin website.