Texas A&M University-Kingsville remains committed to our students and their families with flexible options during these challenging times. For those students who wish or must remain on campus the residence halls, food service, computer labs, the Business Office, the Javelina Enrollment Services Center and the library will remain open.
For those students who choose to return home and pursue your courses remotely we would appreciate if you would let us know your intent by Wednesday, April 1, by filling out this form.
Credit: Students checking out of housing and/or canceling a meal plan will have a prorated credit applied to any remaining outstanding university balance or credited to their next semester bill.
Refund: Students who are graduating in May and who check out of the residence halls and/or cancel a meal plan, may be eligible to receive a cash refund upon completion of their degree program.
Prorated credits and refunds will be calculated based on the date the application is submitted.
When filling out the Express Housing Checkout application, students will be required to select a date and time for moveout to allow us to maintain proper social distancing during checkout. We ask that students honor the scheduled move-out time for which the sign-up. Students will also be asked to provide their own boxes and may be assisted by no more than two individuals.
While the university is adapting to COVID-19 by transitioning to online classes, and cancelling events, the campus is not completely devoid of students.
As of March 17, 269 students still reside on campus. Preventative measures have been placed at the dorms by increasing the cleaning and wipe downs in the halls and updating cleaning products.
With safety in mind, TAMUK aims to provide students with a comfortable place to stay during the pandemic.
“[It’s beneficial] for those students from far away , work in town or need to leave their belongings here until there is a clearer picture of what is the best practice to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus,” Executive Director University Housing & Residence Life, Thomas Martin said.
For some students living in a dorm setting encourages them to focus in school and avoid a lax mindset.
“A benefit of staying in the dorm is that I’m still in a school environment and so with these online classes I still have a space that can help be stay on track and it discourages me from thinking we are still on vacation,” Erin Landin, animal science major said.
Other students are benefiting from staying in the campus financially, as they cannot afford to go home of have jobs in the area.
“I think that it’s great [for campus to be open] because there are students who need the dorm for more than just school. I stayed in the dorm over the break so I could work at my second job,” Victoria Trevino, agriculture education major said.
Students staying in the dorms because of insufficient funds are looking forward to hearing a statement form the university in regards to prorated reimbursement for their dorms.
“A lot of students like myself can’t afford to go back home once we’ve already spent money on the dorm. Without a refund it’ll be really hard to try to make up the money that we’ve lost. I appreciate that they’re letting us stay here and keeping open facilities for us to still use to ensure that our semester goes well and as planned,” Landin said.
While Trinity University in San Antonio and others universities in Texas have announced that they will provide students with prorated reimbursement for their room and board, Texas A&M-Kingsville has not decided in the subject matter.
“We are waiting for the A&M System to let us know what we can or cannot do. Once we know, we will certainly make all our students aware of the options,” Martin said.
