Commencement: Residential Checkout 

Residence Hall and On-Campus Residents Checkout

Information detailing checkout procedures will be sent to all students living on campus from the Division of Student Life. Please read and follow the instructions carefully.

Deadline for January Graduates
January graduates must vacate the residence halls, the Courtyard Townhouses, Ross House, Larsen House and the Prospect Hill Apartments by 12:00 pm on December 19. January graduates living in the Underwood Apartments must vacate their residences by 12:00 pm on December 31. Students living on campus must schedule a checkout appointment with the Resident Assistant (RA) or House Manager and vacate the room by the designated time. Please see Returning Keys regarding where and how to return your residence keys.

To have your mail forwarded from your assigned PO Box, you must go to the campus Post Office and fill out a forwarding address form. Your mail will otherwise be returned to sender. The Post Office will forward your mail for three months only. If you will not be returning to Mills, then be sure to note on the form that the mail forwarding is "permanent" rather than "temporary."

Deadline for May Graduates
Residence hall checkout deadline is 12:00 pm on Sunday, May 18. Students living on campus must schedule a checkout appointment with the Resident Assistant (RA) or House Manager and vacate the room by the designated time. Please see Returning Keys regarding where and how to return your residence keys.

To have your mail forwarded from your assigned PO Box, you must go to the campus Post Office and fill out a forwarding address form. Your mail will otherwise be returned to sender. The Post Office will forward your mail for three months only. If you will not be returning to Mills, then be sure to note on the form that the mail forwarding is "permanent" rather than "temporary." 

Mobile Storage Units
Drop-Off Sites for Mobile Storage Containers:
Ethel Moore/Mary Morse:
Past EM Up the Road, off to Left Side of Road,
by the Dumpsters and the Gate to the Courtyard
Prospect Hill: Parking Stalls Out Front
(must be confined to ONE parking stall)
Orchard Meadow/Warren Olney:
Back Parking Lot by Courtyard
(turn Left at Orchard Meadow, follow road until it
turns to the Right, confine unit to one stall)
Ege/Larsen House/Ross House:
Larsen House Parking Lot
(must be confined to ONE parking stall)

Regulations for Mobile Storage Containers:
Delivery Times:
Delivery Companies may ONLY deliver Storage Containers between the hours of 9:00 am and 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday.
Delivery Companies attempting to deliver at other times will be turned away.

Delivery Procedure:
Delivery Companies must have a Public Safety escort to the Drop-Off Site.
See above for Drop-Off Sites.

Unit Pick-Up:
Delivery Companies may ONLY pick up Storage Containers between the hours of 9:00 am and 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Storage Containers must be picked up by Delivery Companies before 5:00 pm on Monday, May 19th.
NO UNITS MAY BE PICKED UP ON SATURDAY, MAY 17th!

Returning Keys 
You must return any Mills College keys in your possession in order to clear your student account. Obtain a receipt when you return your keys to the HMDS Office, Sage Hall 138. Do not leave keys at the front Gate House, or anywhere other than the locations indicated below!

If you need to return keys while the HMDS office is closed (at any other time than between 8:30 am and 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday), please get a key envelope from your RA, your House Manager, or the HMDS Office. Write your name, Mills ID number, and a list of the enclosed keys on the envelope, seal the envelope, and drop it, with your keys enclosed, into the Controller’s “Night Deposit” drop box. This drop box is located just outside the door at the right-hand entrance of Sage Hall.

Important: Fines for keys not returned will be charged to your student account and you will be billed. Your account will be placed on hold and you will not be able to obtain transcripts until your account is paid in full and/or the keys are returned. If lock changes are performed additional, non-reversible charges will be assessed.