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What to Bring
What to Bring

Student rooms are furnished with an extra long twin bed (regular length in Creekview Apartments and some Campus Apartment and Creekview Suite rooms), desk, chair, dresser, and trash and recycle bin for each resident. We suggest that you bring special items that will make your new home feel like home, but you can't bring everything!

Some of the basic items you might want to add to your list are:

  • Pillows

  • Linens

  • Mattress Pad

  • Towels

  • Posters and pictures

  • Cell phone

  • Computer or lap top

  • Study lamp

  • Flashlight

  • Laundry supplies

  • Hangers

  • Reusable grocery bags

  • Reusable water bottle

  • Toiletry Carrier

  • Blankets

  • Umbrella

  • Padlock - desks have a drawer that can be locked with a padlock.

Residents in each apartment and suite are responsible for the cleaning of the common area kitchen, bathroom, living room and hallway and are responsible for supplying toiletries and bathroom tissue.

You can bring a TV, but, there are TVs in the common areas of the Hill, Canyon, Creekview, College Creek Great Hall, and JGC Rec Room.

When considering your blankets, linens, and mattress pads, please note:
  • All buildings (with the exception of some rooms in Campus Apartments and Creekview Apartments and Creekview Suites) have extra long mattresses measure approximately 34" wide by 78"-80" long by 6" thick.

  • In Campus Apartments, all beds are extra long twin beds except for the following:
    Double rooms 1-16, 25-32, 40-47 on the A2 or B1 side have standard twin beds.
    Double rooms 17-24, 33-39, 48-55 on the A1 or B2 side have standard twin beds.

  • All the beds in Creekview Suites are standard twin beds, except for rooms that end with the number 6; these rooms have extra long twin beds.

  • All the beds in Creekview Apartments are standard twin beds, except for rooms that end with the number 6; these rooms have extra long twin beds. .

You can also order linens (and carepackages) and have them shipped directly to Humboldt. Dormroom.com has a collection of bedroom and bathroom essentials. They carry a variety of items such as twin XL blankets and linens, pillows, extra-long twin memory foam mattress toppers, towel sets, shower caddies, sandals and more. You can visit their website to find out more dormroom.com

Microwaves are also provided in the residence halls.

  • Sunset and Redwood: in the 1st floor kitchen and one in each room.

  • Cypress: in the kitchen of each suite.

  • Campus Apartments: 1st level lounge and in the kitchen of each apartment.

  • Canyon: on the 1st level of each building and one in each room.

  • Creekview: in the kitchen of each apartment or suite.

  • College Creek: in the kitchen of each apartment.

Cal Poly Humboldt Housing will provide one microwave and one mini refrigerator per room for the residents of Redwood, Sunset, Alder, Cedar, Chinquapin, Hemlock, Madrone, Maple, Tan Oak and Pepperwood. Only one microwave and one mini refrigerator is allowed in each room.

Residents of College Creek, Campus Apartments, Cypress and Creekview are not allowed to have microwaves and mini refrigerators in their personal rooms. Microwaves and refrigerators are provided in the kitchen area of each apartment or suite of these complexes.

Students should not purchase and bring these items from home.

Students with medical needs requiring additional refrigeration space need to contact Housing by emailing housing@humboldt.edu If approved, the refrigerator must be kept in an open space that allows ventilation. Refrigerators may not be placed in a closet or under desks.

Additional kitchen appliances available:

  • Sunset and Redwood: a refrigerator and stove in the 1st floor kitchen.

  • Cypress: a refrigerator and stove in the kitchen. Dishwashers are located in remodeled apartments, 4110, 4210, 4310, 4320, 4410, 4420,4510, 4520, 4810, 4820, 4910, and 4920. The remaining suites will include a dishwasher once they have been remodeled.

  • Canyon: a refrigerator and stove on the 1st level kitchen.

  • Campus Apartments: a refrigerator and stove in the shared kitchen.

  • Creekview Apartments: a refrigerator and stove in the kitchen of each apartment.

  • Creekview Suites: a refrigerator and induction stove kitchenette in each suite.

  • College Creek: a dishwasher, refrigerator and stove in the kitchen of each apartment.