This page provides a list of telephone numbers that you can call to get help with holds. The phone numbers provided here are only for providing help about the registration holds placed by these offices. Please refer other questions to the department's primary number, when applicable.
| Department | Phone Number |
|---|---|
| Academic Deficiency | (509) 335-6000 |
| Counseling & Testing Services | (509) 335-4511 |
| Dean of Students | (509) 335-5757 |
| Denied Reinstatement | (509) 335-6000 |
| Faculty/Staff Fee Waiver Hold | (509) 335-5346 |
| Foreign Language Deficiency | (509) 335-3536 or (509) 335-6000 |
| Freshman Live-In Rule | (509) 335-2612 |
| Graduate Admissions | (509) 335-3536 or (509) 335-1446 |
| Cougar Health Services | (509) 335-3575 |
| Honors College | (509) 335-4505 |
| Housing & Dining | (509) 335-8625 or (509) 335-1088 |
| International Programs | (509) 335-4508 |
| Measles/CHS | (509) 335-3575 |
| Orientation Attendance Required | (509) 335-4242 |
| Registrar's Office | (509) 335-5680 |
| Financial Aid SAP Contract | (509) 335-9711 |
| Student Accounts | (509) 335-9653 |
| Student Affairs | (509) 335-4531 |
| Student Conduct | (509) 335-4532 |
| Student Loans | (509) 335-9653 |
| Undergraduate Admissions | (509) 335-5586 |
| Undergraduate Advising Hold | (509) 335-6000 |
| VP Student Affairs | (509) 335-4532 |
| Writing Portfolio | (509) 335-7959 |
| Department | Phone Number |
|---|---|
| Undergraduate Academic Standing (academic deficiency and reinstatement) | Call your faculty advisor. |
| Graduate Academic Standing (academic deficiency and reinstatement) | (509) 335-1218 |
| Admissions (undergraduate and graduate) | (509) 358-7978 |
| Advising (undergraduate) | Call your faculty advisor. |
| Financial Aid (student loans) | (509) 358-7534 |
| Nursing | (509) 324-7334 |
| Registrar | (509) 358-7530 |
| Student Accounts | (509) 358-7530 |
| Student Affairs | (509) 358-7526 |
| Department | Phone Number |
|---|---|
| Academic Standing (academic deficiency/reinstatement) | (509) 372-7358 |
| Admissions (undergraduate and graduate) | (509) 372-7250 |
| Advising (undergraduate) | Call your faculty advisor. |
| Financial Aid | (509) 372-7228 |
| Graduate School (academic deficiency) | Call your faculty advisor. |
| Registrar | (509) 372-7351 |
| Student Accounts | (509) 372-7498 |
| Student Affairs | (509) 372-7306 |
| Writing Portfolio | (509) 372-7306 |
| Department | Phone Number |
|---|---|
| Faculty/Staff Fee Waiver | (360) 546-9565 or (360) 546-9553 |
| Financial Aid SAP contract | (360) 546-9103 |
| Graduate Admissions | (509) 335-1446 |
| Graduate Dean | (509) 335-3537 |
| International Programs | (360) 546-9559 |
| Measles (Vancouver students only) | (360) 546-9565 or (360) 546-9553 |
| Student Accounts | (360) 546-9559 |
| Student Conduct | (360) 546-9573 |
| Student Loans | (360) 546-9559 |
| Undergraduate Academic Deficiency | Call your major department or the Student Resource Center (SRC) at (360) 546-9155 |
| Undergraduate Admissions | (360) 546-9779 |
| Undergraduate Advising | Call your advisor |
| Writing Portfolio | Email Writing Assessments or call (360) 546-9260 |
| Department | Phone Number |
|---|---|
| All Departments and Holds | (800) 222-4978 or (509) 335-3557 |
Freshman Live-In Rule: All single undergraduate freshmen under 20 years of age are required to live in organized living groups that are officially recognized by the University (residence halls, fraternities, sororities, and co-op houses) for one academic year. Running Start students are considered freshmen with college credits, not regularly enrolled students, and are subject to the live-in requirements. If you are unable to register due to a housing hold, you must apply for housing either in the residence halls, housing in the Greek chapters approved to house freshmen, or for a freshmen waiver. Learn more about applying for a waiver to the freshmen live-in requirement.
International Programs hold: The IN hold is meant to prevent international students from dropping below the required number of credits needed to maintain their legal immigration status. Recently academic advisors have been telling students that the IN hold will prevent them from registering for their classes so they send students to OISS to remove the hold. However, the hold applies to the current term, not registration for a future semester.
The IN becomes effective the 10th day of class in regular Fall/Spring semesters, or on the first day of class for summer session. So students with IN hold markers on their schedules can register for their classes until the days noted above or for a future semester without the hold interfering with their registration. There is no need to refer students to OISS before the designated days each academic term or when students are registering for a future semester. If you have any questions, please contact OISS at (509) 335-4508.