Housing and Residence Life

Housing and Residence Life is committed to providing opportunities that contribute to your learning and development as well as further enhancing your university experience.

Research shows that students who live on campus perform better academically and graduate earlier than their off campus counterparts. Your residential experience will provide you with many new freedoms and personal choices, an experience in which you will meet students from all over the world, from an extremely diverse background that will help you in developing life-long friendships, and connections that span the globe.

Living in a residence hall community requires considerable cooperation, maturity, and, above all, respect for others. What you choose to do in your living, studying, and recreational environment will greatly influence your total academic experience. 

A room, apartment or house will come to mean many things to each student. More than just a place to live and study, it will provide a place where college memories are made. Living with roommates and other students provides you an opportunity to learn about others as members of the university residential community, and gain effective communication skills.

This community offers an environment that can contribute not only to academic achievement, but to social, recreational, and spiritual development as well. University residence halls have much to offer, but it is the responsibility of the students to make their housing unit a pleasant and meaningful place in which to live.

Themed Housing provides an opportunity to engage with other students through shared interests, tailored programming, and opportunities to join student organizations on campus.

Living Space
Students selecting to participate in this program will live together on the main Barry University campus in Miami Shores in Weber Hall. For more information on this opportunity including housing amenities, features and services, please contact reslife@barry.edu.

The Campus Safety Department (PSD) at Barry University is committed to working with the community to facilitate the development and maintenance of a safe environment.

Office Hours: 8:30am – 6:00pm Monday – Thursday / 8:30am – 5:30pm Friday

June through November is hurricane season in Florida. To provide for your safety, the University has developed emergency hurricane procedures. Once a hurricane watch is announced on the campus by the administration, immediate action will be taken. Your safety and the safety of others are dependent upon adherence to established procedures. Each resident must report to their RA in the designated area of their respective hall.

Students who choose to seek shelter must abide by all security precautions and instructions issued by the Director of Housing and Residence Life or his delegate.

Resident students who choose to stay off-campus must give their RA the name of the person with whom they are staying and an address and telephone number where they may be reached. This information will be communicated only to parents or guardians.

MyBarry is your personalized admissions system. Your account will enable you to check your admissions status, apply for campus housing, contact your advisors, and much more.

The Housing application can be submitted through your myBarry account after you have been accepted to the University or by login to campushousing.barry.edu. Your enrollment deposit must be paid before the housing application and non-refundable housing application fee can be submitted.

Once your housing assignment has been designated by Housing and Residence Life, your myBarry account will display your room number and floor plan. You will also have the opportunity to contact your future roommate if you both choose to share your information.

Feel free to bring these items and any other cozy reminders of home. Because your main purpose at Barry is to study, don't forget your thesaurus, dictionary, computer, calculator, and resource books. 

You may wish to bring your stereo system, but you should check with your roommate once you receive your housing assignment information.

Living in a residence hall community requires considerable cooperation, maturity, and, above all, respect for others. What you choose to do in your living, studying, and recreational environment will greatly influence your total academic experience. A room, apartment or house will come to mean many things to each student. More than just a place to live and study, it will provide a place where college memories are made. Living with roommates and other students provides you an opportunity to learn about others as members of the university residential community, and gain effective communication skills.

This community offers an environment that can contribute not only to academic achievement, but to social, recreational, and spiritual development as well. 

University residence halls have much to offer, but it is the responsibility of the students to make their housing unit a pleasant and meaningful place in which to live.

In this manual, you will find descriptions of each residence hall, policies & procedures, and services available to resident students. It is each resident's responsibility to read the manual carefully and adhere to the policies within. Please feel free to contact your resident assistant, residence coordinator, or the Department Of Housing and Residence Life whenever you have questions.

Residing on campus within the campus community is an extremely vital aspect of a student's personal and educational development. Research on this experience continues to indicate that students who live on campus tend to attain higher GPAs, have a higher satisfaction with their college experience, are more involved in campus activities, experience greater personal growth and are less likely to drop out. The residential experience contributes significantly to a student's education.

To support this educational development of students both inside the classroom and within the residential facilities Barry University has made living on campus part of its educational design. All new fulltime undergraduate students are required to live on campus for their first academic year. Exceptions to this policy are those who reside with their parents or guardians within Miami-Dade or Broward County or students in the School of Professional And Career Education. The university does encourage new students from Miami-Dade and Broward County to live on campus.

In general, pets and animals are not allowed on the Barry University campus or in the residence halls. An exception to this rule is if an animal is an Emotional Support Animal (ESA).

An ESA is a pet that provides therapeutic support or comfort to an individual who has a documented disability. The animal does not have to have specialized training, but must be able to alleviate one or more symptoms of a disabling condition. 

All students and employees will be required to have a virtual parking permit if intending to park on campus.

To purchase a parking permit, go to the Barry University Parking Portal and use your Barry Login to register your vehicle. Students may register their vehicle by the month, semester, or academic year. Faculty, staff, employees, and contingent workers may register their vehicle and obtain a virtual permit annually.

All members of the Barry Community must either register their vehicle and obtain a virtual permit or pay hourly/daily rates. 

Barry University virtual permit holders must update their records of any transfer or license plate replacement. If a vehicle is purchased, rented, borrowed, or used to replace another, the new vehicle information must be updated through Barry University Parking Portal

Welcome to the Roussell Dining Hall [Landon Student Union], featuring a wide variety of menu options in our all-you-care-to-eat dining facility. Students, Faculty, Staff, and Visitors alike are welcome to the dining hall under the direction of Chartwells Higher Education Dining Services.

Barry University has several resident meal plans from which students may choose. As a resident student, you are required to select a meal plan. Your university ID card serves as your meal card and can be swiped to gain access to Roussell Dining Hall. For those on the go, Roussell offers a great Grab-n-Go feature.

A resident assistant is a full-time undergraduate student who lives in a residence hall living unit to assist students in their academic and personal development. The resident assistant, under the direction and supervision of the Residence Coordinators, works toward developing and maintaining a community environment in which students can best meet their academic responsibilities.

It is necessary for the successful resident assistant candidate to be open and flexible to a variety of situations and tasks. Positive attitude and willingness to work as a valued, contributing member of a cohesive team are the most important attributes for which we search. Applications are available in the Office of Housing and Residence Life.

This position includes, but is not limited to, the following:

• Assists individual students in their personal and social development.
• Assists in developing and maintaining an environment conducive to study and academic success.
• Actively promotes the establishment of a relationship between the resident community and the on-going cultural, academic and social life of the university.
• Plans, coordinates and implements a variety of programs to facilitate community building.
• A wide range of administrative duties