FAQs

As a part of the application to become a Community Host, host applicants specify any logistical considerations (pet ownership, diet, et cetera) and their involvements, hobbies, and interest in the program. Before the Student Orientation, incoming students are asked to submit a “Student Matching Form” which gathers parallel information. An Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine committee then works to match the students and Community Hosts, first prioritizing logistical needs (e.g. not placing a student with allergies in a home with two dogs), then matching based on shared interests and involvements.

No, out of respect for our Community Hosts, we request that our students do not ask if an additional guest or pet can stay with them during their Homestay.

No. As all our students in Spokane live primarily in Spokane for their first two years of their curriculum, the Spokane Community Hosts are not asked to provide homestays. The Spokane Community Hosts and their matched students do still participate in the Local Exposure Activities, Community Connections, and Community Nights together.

If you already have lodging options within your Regional Campus/Learning Community, you may request to “opt-out” of the homestay portion of the CHHP. Before you do so, please understand the following:

• If you do not opt-out of the CHHP, you will be matched with a Community Host and will participate in the all activities of the Community Hosting Program, to include Community Nights hosted by the Regional Campus/Learning Community and other Community Involvement events.
• After opting out of the homestays, if your lodging situation within your Learning Community changes for any reason, you will not be guaranteed lodging accommodation from the College of Medicine during the Clinical Campus Weeks.
• Due to the academic and clinical schedule of events for Clinical Campus Weeks, it is strongly discouraged to opt-out of the homestays if your alternate lodging options within the region are outside a 45 minute drive from your Regional Campus/Learning Community.

If, after considering these notes, you would like to “opt-out” of the CHHP, please e-mail Tina Sowl at tina.sowl@wsu.edu by Friday, July 31st prior to matriculation or prior to starting your MS2 year. Spokane Learning Community students do not participate in homestays and do not need to opt-out.