Attention McDaniel Residential Students:

We appreciate everyone’s patience regarding the residence hall move out process and we understand that many of you are anxious to recover your belongings. With the health and safety of everyone in mind, we are limiting the number of students who can move out of an individual building at one time. We hope that this reduces the likelihood of crossing paths with groups of people. Please contact the Office of Residence Life at (410) 857-2240 or at reslife@mcdaniel.edu if you have questions or would like to discuss an individual circumstance.

Residence hall move out begins on Monday, May 18, 2020 at 10:00am and goes through Friday, May 22, 2020. Please sign up for a move out time using the McDaniel College Spring 2020 Check Out Sign-Up. The move out process will continue until all students have had the opportunity to return to campus for their belongings.

**Residents of individual campus houses/Garden Apartments/North Village: The Residence Life Staff will continue to contact these residents about move out times. Residents of these areas do NOT sign up for move out time slots using the survey link above.

Below are the Center for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines to follow while on our campus:

• We are advising anyone with fever, cough or respiratory symptoms resembling COVID-19 symptoms not to travel to campus.
• Cover your mouth and nose with a mask or cloth face cover when around others
• Continue to keep about 6 feet between yourself and others. The cloth face cover is not a substitute for social distancing.
• Cover coughs and sneezes; and
• Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds especially after you have been in a public place, or after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing. If soap and water are not readily available, use a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. Cover all surfaces of your hands and rub them together until they feel dry. Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.

OPTION A:

For students who are able to come to campus:

Students and families are expected to adhere to the following guidelines:

• Arrive to campus at the scheduled time and move all your belongings out of the residence hall.
• As you arrive to campus, call 410-857-2237 to share with Residence Life staff that you have arrived to start moving out. If you connect with voicemail, please leave your name and information so staff checking messages can log your arrival.
• Move your belongings out during the time you selected on the Checkout Sign-Up form. For everyone’s health and safety, the move out times are dispersed throughout each day to avoid having too many people in one location at the same time.
• No more than 2 other individuals may accompany you to campus to move out of your room.
• All individuals must wear face masks while on campus. We also advise you to wear gloves where possible.
• The mailboxes are currently inaccessible due to construction in the College Center, but you can enter the building from the middle level near the Post Office and they will be open 9am-4pm. Please see information below about submitting your forwarding address information if you have not done so already.
• Return your housing keys as well as any other campus issued keys in the envelope provided by Residence Life at one of the two key drop off locations: the Department of Campus Safety Office or the Physical Plant Building (192 Pennsylvania Ave.) key drop.

OPTION B:

For students who are unable to come to campus so a friend or family member will be coming to campus to move out the student’s belongings:

The student who is not able to return to campus should do the following:

• Complete the McDaniel College Spring 2020 Check Out Sign-Up by 11:59pm the night before your chosen move out time. The form allows for you to identify someone and authorize College staff to allow them entry to your room.
• The individuals coming to campus must wear a face mask while on campus and we also advise that they wear gloves.
• When possible, provide your friend or family member with any College issued keys so the keys can be returned while they are on campus. If this is not possible, you must mail all College issued keys in your possession to the College at the following address:
  
  Office of Residence Life
  McDaniel College
  2 College Hill
  Westminster, MD 21157 

When the friend or family member arrives, they should do the following:

• Call the Residence Life Staff at (410) 857-2243 upon arrival to campus to share that they have arrived and arrange for staff to key them into the room if they do not have the student’s key(s).
• Upon completing the move out process, return housing keys as well as any other college issued keys in the envelope provided by Residence Life at one of the two key drop off locations: the Department of Campus Safety Office or the Physical Plant Building (192 Pennsylvania Ave.) key drop.

Additional Move out Information

• It is important that all belongings are moved out of student rooms. If you cannot take everything home with you in person, we encourage you to make use of off campus storage or shipping options described below. The College is not responsible for any belongings left behind.
• College-owned refrigerators and microfridges must be emptied but not unplugged. Please note that some perishable items have already been disposed of by Residence Life Staff.
• Please use the dumpsters that will be on campus to discard unwanted items. We ask that you do not leave personal belongings in hallways and lounges. The dumpsters will be located:
  • Outside Blanche near the WMC Theater
  • Outside Whiteford
  • Between Rouzer and DMC
  • Garden Apartments
  • Water tower lot near North Village
  • Behind ANW
• Failure to return keys to the Office of Residence Life will result in the resident being charged a lock core change fee.
• Mail forwarding. The McDaniel Post Office is still looking for responses from students to their survey to collect forwarding addresses. Please visit this link if you have not done so already: Mail Forwarding Form
• Bookstore Rental Returns: We are pleased to announce that Spring Semester Rentals are no longer due May 15. The due date for all Spring Rental Returns has been pushed back to Monday, June 15. Once this date draws closer, Renters will receive automated email reminders to return their books. As of now students will need to return their rentals via UPS as the Bookstore is still closed to the public. A link will be included in those emails that will take students to a FREE UPS label that can be used to ship their Rentals. Those wishing to return their Rentals early and not wait for the automated emails can use the following link to access a FREE UPS label: Book Return Label. If you are in need of your Order# please email: sm412@bncollege.com

Storage Information

* Please note that McDaniel College does not endorse any of these companies, but is providing a list of options for students and families.

• Glamour Moving and Storage
  • Company will pack up the residence hall room, transport to storage facility or ship to home address.
  • Contact them before signing up for a time slot to confirm they can commit to the appointment.
  • www.glamourmoving.com
    410-876-6919
• Legacy Logistics
  • Company will pack up the residence hall room, transport to storage facility or ship to home address.
  • Contact them before signing up for a time slot to confirm they can commit to the appointment.
  • www.shipmyroom.com
    484-637-9333
• Westminster Self-Storage
  • Student responsible for packing up belongings and taking them to the storage location.
  • Wssmd.com
    410-857-4169
• EZ Storage
  • Student responsible for packing up belongings and taking them to the storage location.
  • www.ezstorage.com/locations/westminster/
  • 410-753-2315

Shipping Information

If you need to ship belongings, the following information may be helpful.

• McDaniel College Post Office, Decker College Center 2nd Floor
  • 410-857-2270
    Monday, May 18-Friday, May 22, 9:00am-4:00pm
• Westminster Post Office
  • 345 Woodward Road
    410-848-4805
  • Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm, Saturday 8:00am-1:00pm, Sunday closed
  • Currently operating under normal hours but you are encouraged to call and confirm this as you get closer to your sign-up time.
• Westminster UPS
  • 9 Westminster Shopping Center, Westminster, MD 21157
  • 410-871-9750
  • Monday-Friday 8:30am-7:00pm, Saturday 9:00am-3:00pm, Currently operating under normal hours but you are encouraged to call and confirm this as you get closer to your sign-up time.
• Fedex Drop Off in Walgreens
  • 500 Meadow Creek Drive, Westminster, MD 21158
  • 410-848-0513
  • Monday-Sunday 9:00am-9:00pm (note this is a recent change from their online posted 8:00am-10:00pm hours)
  • Currently operating under normal hours but you are encouraged to call and confirm this as you get closer to your sign-up time.
• Shipping Station
  • 332 140 Village Rd Ste 7, Westminster, MD 21157
  • 410-857-7979
  • Monday-Friday 12:00pm-6:00pm (note these are current operating hours, different than hours found online)

Please know that the Residence Life Staff is available to answer any questions that you might have about this unique move out process and we thank you for your cooperation.

Thank you,
Office of Residence Life