UNIVERSITY OF Spring Move-Out

As another academic year draws to a close, Recess status, please email Panther Central we’ve prepared this newsletter to help at [email protected]. Please remove all you move out of your on-campus housing personal belongings, including furniture and accommodation! trash. If you live in a residence hall, sealed bags of dry trash and flattened cardboard boxes may be left in your room. Any items that are left behind in your room will be Official Closing considered trash and will be discarded. All All on-campus housing accommodations wet and food-related garbage must be will officially close at noon on Sunday, April placed in the appropriate trash rooms 29, 2018. It is highly recommended that before you leave. If you live in an you make arrangements to vacate your apartment, you must take your trash to residence no later than 24 hours after your the trash area of your building. Refer to final exam. Your entire living area must be the checklists in this brochure for specific clean and vacant at that time. cleaning instructions. You must leave your room or apartment in a clean and orderly Graduating seniors may stay in their rooms condition. or apartments until noon on Monday, April 30, 2018. Seniors must inform Panther Central if they plan to stay this extra night. All other residents’ key cards will be deactivated after noon on Sunday, April 29, 2018.

Cleaning Your Room or Apartment University residence hall and apartment- style accommodations are used during the summer for conferences and other programs. Because of this, you may not leave any personal items in your room or apartment over the summer. Please Note: If you currently live in Tower A or C and previously completed a Summer Recess Housing Application, you should follow the instructions Panther Central provided to you. If you are uncertain about your Summer Spring Move-Out

Microwave and Refrigerator Collection: If you rented a MicroFridge, it will be picked Moving Carts up after you have vacated your room. Moving carts will be available to help make Please remember to clean your MicroFridge your move-out experience as stress free as and leave it plugged in before leaving. possible. In order to utilize a cart, you will Should you have any questions, please call be required to sign out and return your cart CSI (formerly the Melvin Group) at to the cart station when you are finished. 1-800-525-7307. Please read further for cart station locations and times.

LOCATIONS AND TIMES Room Inspection Where: and Schenley We will inspect all rooms and apartments Quad (Towers Lobby and Garage), Lothrop after they are vacated on Sunday, April Hall (Lothrop Main Lobby), 29, 2018. You may be assessed for any (Forbes Main Lobby), Irvis and Panther Halls damages incurred or extraordinary cleaning (outside location between both buildings), required. We will immediately discard any Nordenberg Hall (Nordenberg Lobby) and personal articles left behind, and you may Sutherland Hall (Sutherland Main Lobby - be charged for the disposal costs. If you Panther Central Express) reside in or the Forbes-Craig Apartments, be sure to leave your cable When: Thursday, April 26-Saturday, April 28, box and remote in your room. For Centre 2018 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday, April Plaza residents, please leave your cable 29, 2018 from 9 a.m. to noon. box, remote, and internet modem. All students will be assessed a charge if these Apartment-Style Accommodations items are removed from their rooms. Residents: Carts will be available in the Bouquet Gardens J lobby Thursday, April 26-Saturday, April 28, 2018 Wristbands from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday, April 29, Wristbands for guests will be issued at all 2018 from 9 a.m. to noon. cart stations for move-out. Please Note: You must accompany your guest to the cart Centre Plaza and Ruskin Hall Residents: station and provide your Pitt ID in order for Carts will be available in the lobby of each your guest to receive a wristband. These building Thursday, April 26-Saturday, April 28, wristbands are only valid for the times the 2018 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday, April stations are staffed. All other times, guests 29, 2018 from 9 a.m. to noon. must be signed in by the resident. Forbes-Craig: Carts will be available in the garage by the elevators Thursday, April 26-Saturday, April 28, 2018 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday, April 29, 2018 from 9 a.m. to noon. Spring Move-Out

Parking Bicycles Beginning on Thursday, April 26, 2018 The University will be repairing bicycle racks University Police will be on duty to direct this summer. Please take your bicycle when you to available parking areas for loading you leave campus. Any bike that is not purposes only. The following parking areas removed will be considered abandoned are available Thursday, April 26-Saturday, and will be disposed of by the Parking April 28, 2018 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Office. Sunday, April 29, 2018 from 9 a.m. to noon.

RESIDENCE HALL PARKING LOT Bouquet Gardens SN Lot Mail (Bouquet Street) If you live in a residence hall, Bouquet Gardens, Forbes-Craig, Ruskin Hall Forbes-Craig Forbes Craig Garage & Dithridge Street or Fraternity complex, remember to submit your forwarding address online Forbes Hall Forbes Avenue (front entrance) at www.pts.pitt.edu/mailserv/student/ mailforwardrequest.php. Fraternities UD Lot (University Drive) If you live in Centre Plaza, you should Lothrop Street complete and mail a forwarding address Nordenberg University Place form. You can obtain a form at the local & Thackeray post office or the Litchfield Towers mail Panther and Irvis Hall UD Lot room. You also can go to any post office (University Drive) or www.usps.com to fill out a forwarding Ruskin Hall Ruskin Avenue, address form. RA Lot

Schenley Quad SQ Lot (Schenley Quad), If you do not leave a forwarding address, Halls North Bouquet & Thackeray your mail will be returned to sender. We will not hold mail in mail rooms. Sutherland Hall & House 8 U Lot, Sutherland Rear Entrance (loading in the front circular driveway is not permitted)

Towers A and B Forbes Avenue Meters, North Bouquet & Thackeray

Tower C BQ Lot (Bouquet Street)

If you need to park your car for an extended period, please contact the Parking Office at 412-624-4034. Spring Move-Out

• House 5: Key envelopes will be delivered Key Return to your room prior to finals week. All Students currently using University IDs to residents should place their room keys enter their living accommodations do not in a key envelope and provide the have to return their IDs upon departure. envelope to the Irvis Hall Welcome Please keep your student ID, as you will Attendant before leaving campus. need it when you return to campus next term. • SkyVue Apartments: Key envelopes will be delivered to your apartment prior to All residents should lock their rooms and/or finals week. Please place your mailbox apartments when exiting. keys , room keys and key FOBs in the key envelope and drop them off at Panther If you have been issued a room, apartment, Central before leaving campus. or mailbox key for your residence hall or apartment-style accommodation, consider You will be assessed a $200 fee for key the following: FOBs that are not returned. Additional fees will be charged for lost bedroom • Centre Plaza: Key envelopes will be door keys and mailbox keys. delivered to your apartment prior to finals week. Before leaving campus, You will be assessed a $20 fee for each please place your apartment, room key not returned, including keys to rooms, and mail keys in the key envelope and apartments, mailboxes, and garages. provide the envelope to the Centre Plaza Welcome Attendant. If you currently have a Centre Plaza parking permit or garage key, please place those items in the key envelope as well. Panther Central WE’RE AT YOUR SERVICE. • Forbes-Craig Apartments: Key Farewell, graduates. May fortune smile on envelopes will be delivered to your you. And we hope all the returning students apartment prior to finals week. Please have a safe, enjoyable, and productive place your mailbox keys, parking summer. See you in the fall! ! permits, garage keys, and/or garage transmitters in the key envelope and For more information on housing, dining, drop them off to Panther Central before and Panther Card services, visit Panther leaving campus. Central at pc.pitt.edu or call 412-648-1100. Checkin’ it Twice APARTMENT-STYLE ACCOMMODATION Centre Plaza, Forbes-Craig Apartments, DEPARTURE CHECKLIST and Ruskin Hall Kitchen ☐ Leave cable box, remote, and cable together in an obvious and noticeable ☐ Clean countertops, sinks place within the apartment

☐ Wipe out cabinets, wash exteriors ☐ For Centre Plaza residents ONLY: Please leave your modem behind as well in an ☐ Sweep, mop floors obvious and noticeable location ☐ Defrost and clean refrigerator Stove RESIDENCE HALL/FRATERNITY ☐ Clean burners, under burners COMPLEX DEPARTURE CHECKLIST ☐ Clean burner rings, drip pans ☐ Remove all personal belongings ☐ Clean oven, broiler pans ☐ Garbage removed ☐ Clean grease from surrounding walls ☐ All appliances unplugged (coffee pot, etc) Bathrooms ☐ All food removed ☐ Clean tub and faucets ☐ Clean MicroFridge/microwaves ☐ Clean sink, faucets ☐ Leave refrigerators and MicroFridge ☐ Clean toilet plugged in

General ☐ Dry trash and flattened cardboard boxes may be left in your room ☐ Clean all mirrors Take wet and food-related trash to your ☐ Sweep and vacuum floors ☐ trashroom ☐ Remove all personal items ☐ Windows closed and locked ☐ Dispose of trash properly ☐ Lights turned off ☐ Turn off all lights ☐ Doors shut and locked upon departure ☐ Lock windows and doors ☐ Residence Life departure doorhanger ☐ Place keys and parking passes in placed outside of your door marked envelopes; deposit in designated locations ☐ Turn in key to University personnel (if applicable) ☐ Keep air conditioning on (if applicable) ☐ Contact Resident Assistant to report any room damages (fraternity and sorority residents contact Panther Central)