Department of Student Engagement

The Student Service Bureau will no longer have air matresses for rental.

Clubs and departments may reserve BINGO supplies (BINGO cage, balls, and boards) and Outdoor Games through the Student Service Bureau (SSB) at the Usdan Game Room. Please note that regular sized board games cannot be reserved or leave the Game Room, however, clubs and departments may reserve the Game Room to host events there. 

Equipment reservations are on a first come, first serve basis. Reservations are free of cost, however, there is a $25 fee if equipment is returned broken or missing parts.

Reservable Games

• BINGO Supplies
• Outdoor Games
  
  • Bananagrams
  • Bean Bag Toss
  • Bocce
  • Disc Slam 
  • Horseshoes
  • Lawn Darts
  • Pick-up Sticks
  • Washer Toss

If you have any questions, please email the Student Service Bureau at ssb@brandeis.edu.

Don't worry about finding time to do your laundry while balancing a full schedule of classes and social activities. Student Services Bureau (SSB) is proud to have partnered with local cleaners, University Valet, to provide convenient and professional laundry and dry cleaning services.

University Valet will pick-up your dirty laundry from the Usdan Game Room on Monday morning, then wash, dry, fold, and return to your clean laundry on Thursday!

Monday, December 12th is the last laundry pickup and Thursday, December 15th is the last laundry dropoff for this semester. 

Off-campus service is also available. Please call Jim at (781) 389-2357 for additional information.

• Sign-up online, selecting Brandeis University service options

• Questions? Call Jim McElroy at (781) 389-2357

• Bags will be available at the Game Room during the first week of classes.

As a service of the Student Service Bureau (SSB), all games in the Usdan Game Room are free to play!

Just drop-off your Brandeis ID with the SSB Customer Service Representative at the front desk and let them know what you'd like to play. The team member will provide you with video games, controllers, ping pong paddles and balls, Foosball ball, and pool cues, racks, balls and chalk. Remember to pick-up your ID after you clean and return the equipment.

Reserve the Game Room

Undergraduate Student Union accredited clubs, graduate student organizations, and Brandeis University departments and programs may reserve the Game Room for 90-minutes of free game time or reserve the room for longer events. It's a great place to hang out, relax, play games, and watch TV!

Have leftovers or other food that you’d like to bring back to your room? Microfridge is a unique combination refrigerator, freezer, and microwave, designed specifically for campus residence halls. Your Microfridge is delivered to and picked-up directly from your room! This not only saves you space and trouble on move-in day, but also eliminates the need to store such a large item during summer break. MicroFridge is a service of the Department of Community Living.

• Orders must be placed before August

• Customer Service phone number: 800-637-7567

• Semester or Academic Year rental options

• Purchase in either black or grey

• Fridges are delivered to and picked up from dorm rooms by Microfridge

• To change rooms, call customer service

• Special delivery questions: call customer service (who will most likely call back to confirm)

Storage Squad provides affordable pickup and delivery, storage, and shipping services to over 3,500 students in the Greater Boston area each summer. Their services includes free pickup, free delivery, free packing supplies, and the lowest storage prices in the country! Storage squad is a service of the Department of Community Living (DCL).

• Schedule to use Storage Squad

• Delivery to campus generally in August

• DCL provides Mega Boxes

• Charges apply for storing other items that don’t fit within the Mega Box

• Boxes and packing supplies: pick-up at the Department of Community Living.