Built/Opened: 2015
Capacity: 506 Residents
Room Style: Apartment Style; 1 Room, 2 Residents OR 2 Room, 4 Residents
Bathroom Style: Private, in room
Each unit has a living room & kitchen to share with your roommates. The following amenities are included:
- Kitchen Sink
- Full size refrigerator
- Oven/Stove
- Pantry/Closet
- Elevated countertop eating area
- 3 barstool chairs (26x24x43)
- 4 Living Room Chairs (35x31x34)
- Coffee Table (42x16x16.5)
- End Table (22x22x20.5)
Additional Amenities:
- Variety of study spaces
- Billiards/Table Tennis lounges
- Outdoor basketball and volleyball courts
- BBQ area
- Mailboxes for all residents
- Covered/lighted bicycle shelter
- Direct Bus Stop
- Subway sandwich shop
Frequently Asked Questions
What to Bring:
- Kitchen Supplies (cutlery knives allowed)
- Kitchen Appliances (Toasters, George Foreman Grill, Toaster Ovens)
- Dish soap and sponge
- Drying rack or mat
- Toilet Plunger
- Bathroom cleaning supplies
- Step stool
- Thumb tacks or push pins (3M products not allowed)
- Trashcans (including kitchen and bathroom)
- USB plug-in or bluetooth supported printer
What to Leave Behind:
- Portable Dishwasher
- Portable Washer
- Portable Dryer
- Bed risers with electrical outlets built-in
- Desk lamps with electrical outlets built-in
- Candles
- Duct tape
- Extension cords
- TV wall mounts
- Guns, including paintball guns or any form of BB gun
- Halogen lamps
- Shower curtains (one is provided)
- Incense
- 3M products
- Knives (Cutlery Knives are acceptable)
- Pets
- Room air conditioners
- Room heaters
- Weapons
- Wireless routers and hubs
Any items not listed are up to the discretion of Residence Life.
A Note about Printers: Wireless printing on a large wireless network is much different than wireless printing from a home network. At home you might have ten total devices, one of which is a printer, therefore the printer is easy to identify, not to mention your network at home is usually secure and only accessible to you and your immediate family. At JMU there are thousands of devices on the network and a couple hundred of them could be printers. With the increased volume of printers, it makes it much harder to identify which printer is the right one to use. Another issue we face with wireless printers has to do with our network being open. On an open network, other people can see the printer devices, which means any student can print to any printer regardless of content or time of day. Also, our network is looking for an IP address and based on the DHCP lease the IP address can change making it that much more difficult to locate the right device associated with a particular IP address.
There are three different layouts in the building. Each of these layouts includes a full kitchen and furnished living room.
- 2 bedroom double occupancy units: These units have 2 residents per bedroom, for a total of 4 residents in each unit. Each bedroom has a bathroom. There are approximately 95 units of this style in the building.
- 1 bedroom double occupancy units: These units have 2 residents in a bedroom. There is one bathroom in this unit. There are approximately 45 units of this style in the building.
- 2 bedroom single occupancy units: These units have 1 resident per bedroom, for a total of 2 residents in each unit. One of the bedrooms is for a Resident Adviser. There is a bathroom to be shared by both residents. There are approximately 15 units of this style in the building.
Double bedrooms are approximately 180 square feet. Single bedrooms are approximately 110 square feet. Living rooms range between 120 and 140 square feet.
Individual units will be available to students during the Upperclass Online Room Selection process which takes place in the spring semester. Only students who can fill an entire 1-bedroom or 2-bedroom unit will be able to select an apartment in the Apartments on Grace.
Unfortunately, demand for these apartments is often greater than the total number of units.
Students with signed Live On Again! Contracts will be able to select a unit during Returning Student Online Room Selection in the spring. A student’s selection timeslot for Online Room Selection is based on the date they signed their Live On Again! Contract. Therefore, students who sign Live On Again! Contracts early will have an earlier timeslot than students who sign their contracts later.
*Please note that signing a Live On Again! Contract does not guarantee a student a space in any specific building
All apartment residents will be required to have a commuter or a residential meal plan. Meal plan selections will be made during Online Room Selection in the spring. More information about each meal plan can be found on the Card Services website.
Apartment residents with cars and valid JMU parking permits will be able to parking in available resident lots located near the building. Parking is on a first come, first serve basis, and is not guaranteed for any resident.
Any student living in the Apartments on Grace will be responsible for the annual housing contract fee (currently $40), and the semesterly internet fee. All utilities are included in the room rent charge.
The Apartments on Grace will be on the same occupancy schedule as the other residence halls on campus. Student are able to remain in their apartment for Thanksgiving and Spring Breaks, not Winter Break. All residents must vacate their units at the end of the spring semester.
Honors Students can choose to select a space in Paul Jennings Hall or the Apartments on Grace. Additionally, Residence Life is designating a number of 2 bedroom double occupancy and 1 bedroom double occupancy units on the 2nd floor of the apartments for pre-authorized Honors students and their non-Honors roommates.
Only students who are able to fill an entire unit will be able to go through Online Room Selection during the designated apartment selection time for Honors students. At least 50% of the apartment residents must be in the Honors College. Honors students will receive more specific information from our office in Februrary.
