Housing

You will be staying in the Frederiksen Court Apartments Links to an external site.. 

Interns will stay in shared apartments. You will either be in two bedroom shared apartments with two interns per room or four bedroom shared apartments with one intern per room. The Department of Residence will confirm the housing arrangements the week of May 19th. 

  • We will do our best to work with the ISU Department of Residence to pair roommates based on the questionnaire that you filled out. A suggestion to block noise is to bring earplugs, earbuds/headphones, or noise-canceling headphones.

A campus map of Frederiksen Court can be found here Links to an external site..

The Frederiksen Court Office is open between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday during the summer. If you need assistance, a Community Advisor (CA) is on-call and available when the office is not open. The CA-on-Call can be reached at (515) 290-1652, or if calling from a campus phone, dial 8-290-1652. When the CA is not on-call, your calls will be forwarded to the Frederiksen Court Office. Campus phones are located on the outside of each apartment building.

The apartments are air-conditioned, carpeted, and furnished as follows: 

  • Bedroom furniture includes a bed (lofted in 4-bedroom apartments), clothing drawers, desk, chair, file caddy, and wardrobe.  For safety reasons, do not change the current bedroom furniture set-up (for example, loft or de-loft beds). 
  • Living room furniture includes a sofa, armchair, end table, coffee table, table lamp, and floor lamp. 
  • Laundry and kitchen appliances include washer, dryer, stove, refrigerator, microwave, dishwasher, and garbage disposal. The appliances in the kitchen are all of the standard size; the stove has four burners and an oven, and the refrigerator is 18 cubic feet with a freezer. 
  • Telephone lines are not active in the apartments. 
  • Exterior building telephones will be active for emergency and local calls; long-distance calls require a calling card. 
  • Each apartment has basic and expanded basic cable (televisions are not supplied). 
  • Apartments have wireless internet access. 
  • Residents provide their own study lamps, bed linens (for 36” x 80” XL twin-sized mattress), mattress pad, pillows, blankets, bedspreads, towels, washcloths, wastebaskets, cleaning supplies, cooking/dining items, and ethernet cable (if desired). 
  • Custodial service is not provided in the apartments.

Department staff will check in guests at the Frederiksen Court Office.

To check out properly, individuals must return the apartment to the condition it was in at check-in, remove all personal possessions, and personally return their keys and access card to the Frederiksen Court Office.  

Items provided by our program:

  • Cups, coffee mugs, plates, silverware
  • Pots, pans, oven mits, and kitchen towels
  • misc appliances, cooking and serving dishes
  • A small welcome basket to get you started with toilet paper, paper towels, dish soap and other essentials.

CHECK-IN ON TUESDAY, MAY 27

  • Please check-in at the Frederiksen Court Office located in the Frederiksen Court Community Center between the hours of 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 27.
  • A Department of Residence staff person will give you your room assignment, meal card, keys, and keycard and check you into your apartment. Staff will share the most important community rules/policies, and contact information may be collected if not already received. They will help answer any questions you may have.
  • If you arrive outside of those hours or the desk is closed for another reason, you can call 515-294-1652 or 515-291-1611. These are the RA-on-Duty numbers, and an RA will come to the desk to check the participants in.

CHECK-IN ON Saturday, August 2

  • Please check-out at the Frederiksen Court Office or with their drop box located in the Frederiksen Court Community Center on Saturday, August 2, 2025. 
  • Plan ahead! Ensure all of your belongings are packed and ready to go before August 2nd. It is not a good idea to wait until the morning you leave to pack. 
  • Reach out to Sarah if you need any assistance with donating items you do not want to take home with you. 
  • Work with your Cross Program Mentors to return the items provided by VRAC to us at the end of the program

Roommates Assignments 

  • Announcement coming in May!
  • You may want to contact your roommates to coordinate bringing items for your apartment.