Intern Housing Details

Check-in: Regular check-in begins at 1 p.m. and ends at 11 p.m. However, if you arrive later than 11 p.m., you may make advance arrangements for a late check in by contacting Event Sales between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday, or between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Fridays, at venues@seattleu.edu or 206-220-8420. If you are unexpectedly delayed on the day of your arrival and therefore have not made advance arrangements, you may still go to your assigned residence hall and use the phone next to the door to call Public Safety (the number will be posted, but it is 206-296-5990). Instructions will also be posted at the residence hall entrance to ensure you are able to check in no matter what time you arrive.

Check-out: All guests must check-out by 10 a.m. All your belongings must be removed from your room, and your key must be returned to the Bellarmine front desk by 10 a.m. on the day of your check out. Limited luggage storage is available behind the desk on a first-request basis. We are sorry, but we cannot store luggage overnight.

Since many interns will be with us for a long stay, we know you might wish to bring a number of your possessions. Large bins will be available for check-out from the front desk of your residence hall to help you move your belongings from a vehicle to your room. Bins must be returned to the front desk. 

When you arrive, you will be issued a room key and a Guest Card. Your room key will open your room door and is specifically assigned to you; if you have a roommate, that person will have their own specific key. Please bring your room key to the front desk at check-out in the envelope in which it was provided, or you will be charged a replacement fee for a new lock. If you leave your key in your room at check-out, it will be listed as “lost” and a replacement fee will be issued.

Your Guest Card will open the exterior doors of your housing facility and give you access to the elevators as well (for security purposes, the elevators can only go to residence floors if a programmed card is used).  

Meal hours for the available food service outlets on campus will be displayed in residence halls and will be posted online as well. If you lose your card, the replacement fee is $25.00 plus tax. Please notify the service desk staff immediately if you should lose your card so that building access can be turned off. 

If your plans for housing change, please remember to contact the Event Sales office. Requests for refunds must be received, in writing, by the Seattle University Event Sales office by no later than 21 days prior to your check-in date.

Refunds will be granted less the $100.00 non-refundable deposit, and will be given in the same tender in which they were received. No refunds will be made for requests received after 21 days prior to your check-in date.

The following unfortunately cannot be provided by Seattle University. Therefore, we suggest you bring:

• Toiletry items, such as shampoo or shaving gel
• Shower slippers
• Reading lamp
• Umbrella
• Towels for exercise/swimming/beach, as our towels cannot leave the building
• Larger towels if desired. The “bath towels” are not as large as those in the average home  
• Sweater or light jacket

The Seattle University Campus Store has all sorts of supplies, including clothing, food, books, electronics, and personal supplies. 

Weather in Seattle is typically very mild. Summer is usually comfortably warm, but Seattle can sometimes be subject to heat waves, for which you should dress accordingly. A fan is provided to each room for those few days when the temperature climbs above the 70s.

Because we are so close to the coastline, it does cool down quite a bit in the evenings, so it is best to be prepared for that as well. It does sometimes rain — the average summer rainfall is 1.1 in/2.8 cm, therefore an umbrella or rain jacket may be of use on occasion.

The sun is usually up rather early (about 5 a.m.) until late (about 9 p.m.). If you have trouble sleeping when it is not fully dark, you may wish to bring an eye mask. 

If your family or friends need to reach you in case of an emergency, they may call your service desk at any time between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m., every day, including holidays. Our staff will do our best to locate you as soon as we can.

If an emergency occurs when the service desk is not open, please have your family or friends contact the Seattle University Department of Public Safety, which is always open:

Emergency Line: (206) 296-5911

Non-Emergency Line (answered 24 hours): (206) 296-5990 

Only those guests 21 years of age and older are permitted to consume alcoholic beverages, and only in private bedrooms of residences. Alcoholic beverages may not be consumed in lounge areas of residence halls or anywhere else outside the residence halls on campus.

Seattle University is a non-smoking campus. The use or sale of Tobacco Products is prohibited on and within all Seattle University property. Products approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the uses of mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease are permitted under this policy. “Tobacco Products” includes cigarettes, cigars, pipes, all forms of smokeless tobacco, clove cigarettes, and any other smoking devices that use tobacco (e.g., hookahs), and nicotine delivery devices that simulate the use of tobacco (e.g., electronic cigarettes, vaping). If you are a smoker, you may ask the front desk staff for the closest off-campus areas where smoking is allowed.

Use and possession of marijuana in any form, either on campus or during any university-sponsored or affiliated activity, is prohibited.

You may not allow any other person(s) to remain overnight in your room for more than three (3) nights. Allowing someone to stay longer than three (3) nights without prior written consent from the University will result in your being assessed additional lodging and penalty charges. Minors who are not participants in a Program that has contracted with Seattle University may not stay in campus accommodations, even as guests. 

Animals are generally prohibited in all campus buildings. Exceptions to this general prohibition include animals that qualify as “service animals” under the Americans with Disabilities Act and animals considered “emotional support animals” under the Fair Housing Act. Animals that qualify as “service animals” under the Americans with Disabilities Act are generally allowed in campus buildings. Animals that qualify as “emotional support animals” are generally prohibited from all campus buildings, with the limited exception that they may be allowed in campus residence halls in certain circumstances as a reasonable accommodation for a disability. “Service animals” and “emotional support animals” must meet all requirements for such animals under university policy, including appropriate documentation from a healthcare provider explaining the need for the animal as well as appropriate documentation regarding the animal’s training and health history. The Registrant must obtain permission in writing in advance of check-in if planning to bring any animal on campus.

Please see “Emotional Support Animal ESA” section for further details. 

A guest requesting an emotional support animal should complete the following steps prior to moving into any Seattle University residence:

• Discuss with Event Sales (ES) the requested accommodation, providing documentation as indicated below. At the same time, review animal care plans.
• Upon approval of an "ESA for residence", the guest will be notified of the approval and next steps. 

Expectations after your assignment has been made and before move-in:

• Guest submits to ES a vet report of good health/vaccination and proof that the animal is licensed per King County and Seattle regulations.
• Final approval given for animal to come into residence by ES after animal care expectation meeting and vet report/licensing has been shared to ES.
• All steps must be completed prior to animal arrival. Guests who bring an animal on campus prior to obtaining permission may be asked to remove the animal from campus. 

In order to be approved for an Emotional Support Animal (ESA), you will need documentation from an appropriate professional that:

• Identifies you and states that you have a disability/health condition;
• Shares the relevant history of working together with the animal as it relates to the disability, and need for the animal being prescribed;
• Explains how the animal helps alleviate the impact of the identified disability/health condition, including the following specific information
• Is it the long-term relationship that has broad and diffuse impact that reduces the overall level of symptoms? Is it in moments of high stress?
• Are there any specific examples that would assist ES in considering the request for approval of the animal?
• Identifies the basis for providing passive support (e.g. the ongoing relationship with the animal or that it serves a defined role in the person's treatment plan), and states that it is necessary for full participation in or to benefit from particular programs or environments.

Animal Care and Conduct

All animals are the responsibility of their handlers and should be under their control (in proximity to the handler and responsive to commands, in harness, leashed or in a carrier).

• An ESA or service animal must be housebroken and under owner's control (voice or tether) at all times.
• Puppy rearing (under six months of age) which focuses on socialization and general obedience training may not qualify as housebroken.
• ESAs must not be left alone for extended periods of time. It is the responsibility of the handler to arrange for care for the animal if the handler will be away from the animal overnight.
• -All waste from ESAs or service animals must be disposed of in outside receptacles.

An animal's behavior is considered the handler's behavior; the animal will be held to the same basic standard of conduct as its handler.

If the animal is disruptive to university business or community behavioral expectations for educational, medical, and residential environments, handlers may be asked to correct the animal's behavior or remove it from the environment.