Point Park University students living in the Wyndham Grand hotel are required to move out by Dec. 14 and return to campus housing after winter break – according to all sources involved.
As previously reported by The Globe, roughly 80 first year students were notified their housing placement was in an off-campus hotel two weeks before classes started.
The university’s lease agreement with the hotel only extended through the fall semester, leaving administration unsure of where the students would be moved come the spring term.
According to Keith Paylo, vice president of student affairs, specific building and room assignments have not been made yet but students will be moving to campus housing.
“All students will be moved back to campus for the spring 26’ semester,” Paylo said.
Lindsay Simmons, a junior special education major and Resident Educator (RE) at the Wyndham Hotel, said students can start moving out as early as Dec 3.
She said students’ belongings will be stored on the seventh floor of the Student Center, which will remain locked through winter break. Students are also encouraged to keep a comprehensive list of every item being stored in the Student Center.
“If it’s not on the list then it’s not the school’s responsibility,” Simmons said.
Simmons said that she will have to give up her RE position because the students moving out of the hotel will be moved into any space that is available, leaving them spread out throughout campus.
“I was supposed to be an RE for another semester, but given the circumstances, it’s just not possible,” Simmons said.
Simmons said she will be returning to her original on-campus position as an office assistant.

