Residential Education and Housing

Contact Us

The College of New Jersey

Eickhoff Hall 114
Ewing, NJ 08628

P: 609-771-2301
F: 609-637-5165
E: housing@tcnj.edu

Hall Opening and Closing Schedule

Hall Opening and Closing Schedule


Opening – see schedule below for details

First Year Halls open at 9am on Thursday, August 25, 2011

Sophomore and Upper Class Halls open at 10am on Sunday, August 28th, 2011


Fall BreakAll Halls remain open.


Thanksgiving Break

Halls close at 12pm on Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Halls open at 2pm on Sunday, November 27, 2011


Winter Break

Halls close at 8pm on Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Halls open at 10am on Monday, January 16, 2012


Spring Break

Halls close at 8pm on Friday, March 2, 2012

Halls open at 2pm on Sunday, March 11, 2012


Summer Break 2012

Halls close at 8pm on Friday, May 4, 2012

Summer move in dates will be announced in April, 2012.


First Year Opening – Thursday, August 25, 2011

Travers and Wolfe Halls

Floors 1 and 10 – 9am to 10:30am
Floors 2 and 9 – 10:30am to 12:00pm
Floors 3 and 8 – 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Floors 4 and 7 – 1:30pm to 3:00pm
Floors 5 and 6 – 2:30pm to 4:00pm

Cromwell Hall

Floors 1 and 5 – 9:00am to 10:30am
Floors 2 and 4 – 10:30am to 12:00pm
Floors 3 and 6 – 12:00pm to 1:30pm


Sophomore and Upper Class Opening – Sunday, August 28, 2011

How to approach campus:
Please access campus through the main entrance (Route 31).  Proceed RIGHT at the entrance for Phelps, Hausdoerffer, College Houses, and Townhouses East.  Proceed LEFT for Centennial, Allen-Brewster-Ely, Decker, Norsworthy, Eickhoff, Cromwell, New Residence, and Townhouses West and South.  Signs will be posted to alleviate traffic backup on Metzger Drive.

Move In Times:

10:00am to 12:30pm
New Residence Hall
Decker Hall

10:00am to 1:00pm
Townhouses East, West, and South: Houses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 26, 28, 29, 31
Hausdoerffer and Phelps: Floors 1 and 3 (to alleviate elevator backup)

10:00am to 3:00pm
College Houses (please check in at Hausdoerffer Hall)

1:00pm to 3:30pm
Allen-Brewster-Ely (ABE) Halls
Centennial Hall

1:00pm to 4:00pm
Townhouses East, West, and South: Houses 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 18, 20, 23, 24, 27, 33
Hausdoerffer and Phelps: Floor 2

3:30pm to 6:00pm
Norsworthy Hall
Eickhoff Hall

4:00pm – 7:00pm
Townhouses East, West, and South: Houses 8, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 25


Move In Day Parking (after personal items are unloaded from your car):

  • Centennial, Allen-Brewster-Ely, Norsworthy, Eickhoff will park in the Forcina and Loser lots
  • East, West, South, Cromwell, New Residence will park in the Cromwell/Decker and Travers/Wolfe garages
  • Hausdoerffer and Phelps will park in Lot 6 (garage); students will unload items in Lot 5 and move to Lot 6 afterward
  • Opening day directions for College Houses will be emailed directly to the residents