Off-Campus Student Services Office of the Vice President for Student Engagement and Success

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We are your one-stop resource for students who live off-campus or plan to live off campus, their parents, and landlords. We help students locate housing, find roomates and get answers to questions related to off-campus living.

Call us at 330-972-8690.
Spring Semester Hours of Operation: 
Monday-Tuesday 8AM-8PM
Wednesday-Thursday 8AM-6:30PM
Friday 8AM-5PM
Location: First floor, Student Union

Do you live off-campus in the area that surrounds the University?  Are you looking for a job?

Introducing Community Ambassadors at The University of Akron.  These students work with the Department of Off-Campus Student Services to provide helpful information to off-campus residents.  Working eight to ten hours a week, each ambassador will provide social and educational information to fellow off-campus students that live near them. 

Duties included but not limited to:

  • Participate in monthly Neighborhood Block Watch meeting
  • Create and maintain a Facebook page for your community
  • Interact with students, residents and landlords that live in  your community
  • Gather groups of students to engage in programs offered by Off-Campus Student Services and other UA departments

Click Here for application!


Welcome Jim Tressel to The University of Akron and OCSS Family!


Students

For parents and for landlords

  • Parents
    Information about off-campus housing, how add money to your student's Zip Card, more services for parents
  • Landlords
    Add your property to our database, get updates, see city services

News

Are you leaving for winter break? — Arrange to have an officer check your property over winter break! Sign up for an Away from Home Check

For a burglar, student housing around college campuses can be alluring because the burglar knows that many of the homes will be unoccupied at times throughout the year. That’s why UA police and the city police will team up again to make periodic checks of unoccupied student homes over Thanksgiving and winter break. Learn more.

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