The Office of Commuter Life (OCL) is an office within the Center for Student Involvement (CSI) that aims to create programs and initiatives to connect and engage with commuter students at Montclair State. Through these different programs, OCL aims to influence commuter students by keeping them as active and involved on campus as possible, while also creating programs that meet the needs of their schedules.
The Office of Commuter Life is located on the 1st floor of the Student Center Annex in the Student Center. We are located in Room 104 which is the same location as the Center for Student Involvement.
Commuter Pit Stops are different lounges that are scattered throughout Montclair State’s Main Campus with different amenities that commuter students can use during their downtime here. There are over 20 different Commuter Pit Stops in various buildings around campus, each supplied with different amenities and resources; some include quiet spaces, dining locations, study spaces, microwaves, charging stations for your mobile devices and more!
Check out our Commuter Pit Stop Map to find your new favorite pit stop!
Each of the general commuter parking lots is marked with a yellow tag on both their campus signage and on the Campus Parking Map located on the Parking Services website. The largest general commuter lots are Car Parc Diem, Lot 60 and Lot 45. Car Parc Diem is situated at the heart of the main campus, across from Dinallo Heights.
Lot 60 lies on the edge of campus before the entrance ramp to Route 46 and Lot 45 lies behind the Village Apartments on Clove Rd. adjacent to Lot 60. Both Lots 45 and 60 are a 20-minute walk to campus and have shuttle stops to take students to and from campus.
Visit www.montclair.edu/parking to get your pass. They do not run out and can be purchased at any time. It is completely virtual and unique to your license plate/car so you will not receive a hang tag or a sticker. You can add up to four cars to the account but only one of those cars are allowed on campus at a time.
Lockers are unavailable to rent as of now.
All full time (12 or more credit hours/semester) undergraduate commuters taking at least one course on campus will participate in the Commuter Dining Deposit unless a higher level meal plan is selected. Flex dollars can be spent at all dining, convenience store and vending locations on campus. Unspent flex dollars will roll over from fall to spring semester (for Commuter Dining Deposit plan only).
For more information, please visit the Meal Plan Information Site.
Red Hawk Dollars can be used virtually everywhere on campus, including all dining locations on campus, including the C-Store in the Student Center, and all vending machines on campus. Red Hawk Dollars may also be used to purchase non-food items in the University Bookstore, purchase a parking permit, or pay a parking citation. There are off-campus vendors that accept Red Hawk Dollars, as well, and can be found here – Accepting Locations.
To learn how to load more Red Hawk Dollars onto your account, different ways to use them, and more, please visit the Red Hawk Dollars website.
There is an abundance of opportunities on campus for students to get involved. There are more than 80 different student organizations within the Student Government Association, Inc. (SGA), as well as 40+ different Greek organizations within Greek Life, for students to get involved. The Center for Student Involvement (CSI) is responsible for co-curricular and extracurricular programming outside of the SGA, and hosts a variety of on-campus events and off-campus trips to Broadway, Hershey Park, Six Flags and more.
After setting up their NetID, students are able to access Engage, a one-stop shop for all things student involvement-related. It is highly recommended for students to use Engage to learn more about different programs and events that are happening around campus.