What to Bring

This list will help you decide what to pack for your move to Hampshire.

With the help of the sustainability student group New Leaf, our “What to Bring” list now features tips and resources for making your Hampshire lifestyle a little greener. By bringing energy-efficient appliances and light bulbs for yourself or to share, as well as recycled or reused materials, you can contribute to reducing Hampshire’s carbon footprint and protecting our environment.



What You’ll Find When You Arrive

Each room is pre-furnished with one bed frame and mattress; a desk and chair; an open closet rod to hang clothes; and a dresser for each resident. Storage space in your room is limited.

Necessities

Mask/face covering, hand sanitizer

Outdoor foldable chair or camping/stadium chair

Earbud and/or mic headset

Bedding for an 80-inch mattress; sheets, pillow, blanket, mattress pad

Towels and toiletries

Clothes hangers

Class supplies

Cell phone and charger

Computer/Laptop

Laundry basket or bag

Laundry detergent Hampshire uses High-Efficiency Washers

Desk lamp, non-halogen

Power strip or safety-fused surge protector and UL approved extension cords Appliances and devices that are plugged use energy even when they're not in use. Power strips that can be turned off prevent unnecessary use of electricity.

Refillable water bottle

Go-Kit Items

If you are required to isolate or quarantine on campus by the Contact Tracing team, you will need to immediately move to an isolation or quarantine space. There will be little time to collect supplies. Additionally, you will not be able to leave your isolation or quarantine space during isolation/quarantine. To prepare for this, assemble a Go-Kit before you arrive on campus.

Sheets and bedding

Toiletries and laundry detergent

Self-care medications

Prescription medications

Thermometer

Mask/face covering

Comfortable clothing

Phone/accessory and charger

Laptop/entertainment options

Additional class/work supplies (pen, pencil, notebooks, etc.)

Snacks

Optional Items

Flashlight or headlamp

Iron (with automatic shutoff)

Plants, knickknacks

Window or Box fan (only Merrill is air conditioned)

Wall-saver removable poster tape

Computer

First-aid kit (plastic strips, aspirin, cotton balls, etc.)

Computer or stereo (w/headphones)

Plates, cups, cutlery Bringing a set of reusable eating ware can help reduce waste on campus. You can bring it to campus events or use it in your room for snacks!

Bicycle with lock

Microwave oven not to exceed 0.7 cubic feet or 800 watts

Refrigerator not to exceed 3.0 cubic feet

Printer Hampshire has printers in the library for students to use. Consider coordinating with your roommate, hallmates, or modmates to share a printer.



Notes on Appliances:

If you're living in a mod (apartment-style housing): Check out our Residences page for more information on your mod. Please note the College does not provide common area furniture or regular cleaning services in the mods. Microwaves are not provided.

If you're living in Merrill House or Dakin House* (traditional-style dorms): We encourage you to use the full-size refrigerator in your floor's lounge. If you bring your own refrigerator, it should not exceed three cubic feet, and should be an Energy Star-labeled product that will use less electricity.

*Note: Some areas of Dakin will not have lounge refrigerators until late September 2020.



Each Merrill and Dakin lounge has a flat screen TV with the ability to connect to a computer. Students are welcome to bring a TV for use in their bedrooms, but be aware that there is no cable service.

Leave at Home

Weights

Pets (if you have a service animal or emotional support animal, they must be properly registered and approved with the Office of Accessibility Resources and Services)

Cinder blocks/bricks

Wall/ceiling stickers (such as glow-in-the-dark stars)

Candles, incense, torches, flammables

Dartboards

Paint guns, bb guns, air guns

Electric heaters

Kitchen accessories with open heating elements (hot pots, toaster oven, toaster, etc.)

Air conditioners

Tapestries/curtains/draperies

Buying a computer before arriving?

Learn more about student discounts and recommendations from Hampshire IT. Also, check out the ratings of computers on 23 environmental performance criteria to reduce your carbon footprint.

Bikes

You can easily reach many places in the area by bike. It takes around 20 minutes to bike to the Hampshire Mall (3.8 miles), around 25 minutes to bike to Amherst (4 miles), and about 40 minutes to bike to Smith College/Northampton (7.8 miles), and there are bike racks on the front of all PVTA buses.

Hampshire also has a bike shop located in the Robert Crown Center where student workers perform free bike maintenance and repairs.