Residence Life
Residence halls at the University of Jamestown provide students with a living and learning environment that is an integral part of the total educational purpose of the university. The residence halls provide educational support services to the university by creating and maintaining a guided, group living experience for personal, scholarship, and social improvement of the individual resident. Students with circumstances requiring additional consideration or accommodations should contact the Director of Residence Life.
All full-time University of Jamestown undergraduate students are encouraged to live on campus. Students wishing to live off campus or opt out of the meal plan will have their total institutional scholarship package prorated. Proration calculations can be reviewed with the Office of Student Affairs. Students must submit the Campus Room and Board Scholarship Proration Application to the Vice President for Student Affairs for approval.
Food Service
All full-time University of Jamestown undergraduate students are encouraged to live on campus. Students wishing to live off campus or opt out of the meal plan will have their total institutional scholarship package prorated. Proration calculations can be reviewed with the Office of Student Affairs. Students must submit the Campus Room and Board Scholarship Proration Application to the Vice President for Student Affairs for approval.
All students on the campus meal plan eat their meals in the Knight Hall dining center in Westminster Hall. Caribou Coffee and Knight & Day Coffee House accept Jimmie Bucks as well.
Health Services
Two health service providers are located close to campus: Essentia Health and Sanford Health. The Jamestown Regional Medical Center, Medallus Urgent Care, and the Central Valley Health Unit are within a short driving distance. The University does not provide health insurance for students or health services on campus.
Raugust Library
Raugust Library, built in 1971, is located at the heart of the Jamestown campus. For many students, the library is their favorite learning and meeting place. In the library, you will find a comfortable learning environment with wireless internet access and an entire second floor dedicated to quiet study.
We offer the UJ community – students, faculty, and staff – a wide range of services and resources:
- One-on-one research and citation help
- Online how-to guides, videos and tutorials
- Individual and group study spaces with whiteboards and TV displays
- More than 150,000 books, DVDs, and other materials
- Online resources providing 24/7 on and off-campus access to millions of articles, ebooks, and streaming videos and music
- A 1-credit research skills course (ID201)
- Course-integrated information literacy instruction
- Course Reserve materials for individual classes
- Interlibrary Loan
- Mail delivery of library resources (distance students)
- Printing and photocopying
- University Archive and special collections
The library is a member of ODIN (Online Dakota Information Network), allowing access to an additional eighteen million items from other libraries in the state of North Dakota. Moreover, the library has access to other interlibrary loan networks that allow library staff to fulfill requests using the collections of libraries all over the world.
Our special collections include the University Archive, which houses university and local historical records, the Curriculum library, which contains children’s books and educational materials, and an extensive collection of the works of Louis L’Amour in a dozen languages.
The library building is also home to other student support services including the UJ Writing Center, the Student Success Center and Career Services.
Residence Hall Contract
All students residing in the residence halls are required to sign a yearly contract. Students looking to move off campus should review the Campus Room and Board Scholarship Proration Application.
Residence Hall Regulations
All new students receive an email copy of the University Handbook each fall. The handbook is also available in the Office of Student Affairs or on the University web site. All residence hall regulations are based on an attempt to balance the concern for the individual with the concern for the community. Each residence hall is staffed by a resident director and/or assistant resident director who oversee general residence hall living and who work closely with the resident assistants to develop optimum living conditions for all residents.