 Welcome to the University of Vermont. Your journey starts here. As part of your UVM experience, you'll be living on campus for the next four semesters. Here, you will live in a theme-based learning community where you will connect with faculty, engage with staff, and connect with peers. To help you get started, we want to help you navigate the campus. Let's start with living in our community. Residential areas are located at cross-campus, and there's a wide variety of dining options, recreational facilities, academic spaces, not to mention beautiful outdoor spaces. A key part of your on-campus living experience is deciding if you want to preference roommates, which is actually optional. Many people choose not to. You are able to preference roommates only from your learning community. Note that roommate preference doesn't result in a specific room type. For example, two roommates that preference one another can be placed in a room with three beds. Of course, part of building strong communities is ensuring that spaces are inclusive. So if you think there may be any barriers to your inclusion, such as gender identity or expression, recovery status, or religious practices, please reach out to Residential Life. And while requests may be accepted at any point, we strongly encourage individuals requiring disability accommodations for housing to contact Student Accessibility Services while you're on campus to ensure that we can meet your needs. And now let's move on to dining. All first-year students are on the Unlimited Access Meal Plan their first semester, which means that you have unlimited entries to any of our all-you-care-to-each dining facilities. In these dining halls, there is something for everyone, including options for vegans, vegetarians, and those with food allergies. Dishes feature locally sourced, fresh and greetings influenced by a variety of cultures. We are committed to providing inclusive dining spaces that accommodate students with food allergies and medical needs. We have multiple allergen-free stations across campus. And each dining hall has a my-zone, which is a gluten and nut-free pantry with a dedicated toaster. As a community member, let's respect this space to keep it safe for those who truly need it. Students with food allergies or medical needs should contact the UVM dining dietitian for more information. What if you don't have time to dine in one of the dining halls? Our Unlimited Access Meal Plan comes with retail points. You can use points at one of our many locations across campus for lattes, sushi, smoothies, and grab-and-go options, where one point equals one dollar. Points included in your meal plan carry over from fall to spring semester, but will not transfer from one academic year to the next. You can always purchase additional points separately. The balance of those extra points will always roll over. Now, after you get settled, remember that you can still change your meal plan or even your learning community. After orientation, if you're feeling like a different learning community might be a better fit, simply submit a Trading Spaces Online form and will fulfill your request as space permits. So what's next? Monitor your UVM email account regularly as there will be periodic updates throughout the summer regarding your housing assignment and roommates, move-in times, and more. Phew, that was a lot! But don't worry, that's what RAs, staff, and faculty are here for. We're dedicated to your success along the way. We're excited to welcome you to UVM, and we will see you at Move-In.