This option allows for persons of any gender to share common spaces within apartment style housing allowing for growth and personal reflection without the stereotypical gender boundaries of traditional on-campus housing options.  This offering provides less-gendered environments similar to ones you would find in off-campus apartments or personal homes.

• Currently open to juniors, seniors, and graduate students living in the University Village Apartments or Stetson Cove.
• Beginning Fall 2012, students in apartments, or in private or suite-style rooms within co-ed residence halls (such as Emily and Hall A), can choose to make their room/suite/apartment gender neutral. 

Stetson University is unique in allowing residents of a designated area to live with their pets. The future of the pet privilege rests on the successful administration of the policy and the willingness of students to abide by, and enforce, the policy. The opportunity to bring a pet to campus is a privilege not a right.

 What is a pet?

The Department of Housing and Residential Life defines “Acceptable Campus Pets” to include: fish, rabbits, hamsters, gerbils, chinchillas, guinea pigs, rats, mice, cats, and certain dog breeds and size. Dogs may not exceed fifty pounds in weight when fully grown. Pit bulls, Rottweiler, Chows, Akita and wolf breeds, or any mix containing these, or any dog that displays aggressive behavior are not considered an acceptable pet and are not allowed on campus at any time. Any cat or dog living on campus has to be at least 1 year old and has to have lived with the student's family for at least one year prior to living on campus. The acquisitions of any dog/cat, purchased, fostered or stray, while a student at Stetson University is prohibited in our Pet Friendly Housing areas. Other types of pets may be approved on a case by case basis by the Department of Housing & Residential Life. Service animals that are being trained are not considered pets and owners should communicate with their Residential Life Coordinator regarding their presence in the community.

How many pets can I have?

One pet is permitted per bedroom in the designated pet friendly housing areas. Nemec Hall residents may have one pet per room and Stetson Cove residents may have 1 pet per resident. Residents found with more than the approved amount of pets will be charged $150 fine, will be asked to remove the non-approved pet immediately and will be referred to the Office of Community Standards. Pregnant pets will not be approved to live on campus. We encourage that you make sure this does not happen while the pet is living on campus. Should a pet become pregnant the mother and the litter will not be permitted to stay on campus.

How do I apply to bring a pet to campus?

Once a student has selected into a pet friendly housing option - Nemec, Stetson Cove and University Village Apartments (Fall 2013) the students will be contacted to complete the pet housing application in order to gain approval to bring their pet to campus.