Marshall University

The Department of Residence Services provides on campus housing for students with the options of ten residential halls and off campus apartments. Living on campus has many advantages. Marshall requires freshmen and sophomores who live outside the 50-mile commuting range to live in campus residence halls. The residence halls not only want to make safe and fun, but convenient too. They equip the hall and the rooms with newspapers, cable television, fun, free activities on their floor, late-night snacks, unlimited meals, wireless internet in lobbies, free internet connections in rooms, 24 hour, on-call maintenance, security, fitness center and special cell phone offers for Marshall university students. Freshman students will be assigned to live in the first year student residence halls with the amenities like study and community lounges; fully furnished bedroom, semi-private bathroom shared with one roommate, desk and desk chair, dresser, laundry facilities, vending machines (beverage and snack), high-speed internet and cable television. Meal Plans are mandatory for all students living on campus. The meal plan options are unlimited meal plan (required of all freshman), 15-meal per week plan and 10-meal per week plan. Marshall University is pleased to offer apartment living for non-traditional, upper-class, and graduate students at University Heights. The apartment complex is conveniently located approximately four miles from the main campus, close to shopping, restaurants, the bus line, and schools. The two and three-story apartment buildings are located in a beautiful suburban area of Huntington complemented by the natural rolling hills, trees, and flowers of West Virginia. All apartments are furnished including beds, dressers, electric ranges, ovens, refrigerators, fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, and built-in cabinetry. Furnishings and window coverings vary by apartment.