Ave Maria University - Student Life

Student Life

Dormitories are organized into same-gender communities. There are six dorms on campus: Sebastian, Maria Goretti, St. Joseph, Xavier, and the Megadorm, a building which contains both John Paul II and Mother Teresa dormitories. Not all dormitories are used to house undergraduates; for example, Xavier has been used as a conference center and guest house. Quiet hours (9pm–10am Sunday-Thursday, 11pm–10am on Friday-Saturday) are enforced by residence assistants and adjusted by residence directors, typically changed during midterms and finals. Members of the opposite sex are not permitted in the dorm rooms at any time, except to help with moving in and out of dorms, and must be escorted through the halls. In each dormitory, there are designated common areas where members of the opposite sex are allowed during certain hours of the day (9am-1am Sunday-Thursday, 9am-2am Friday-Saturday).

Chapels are located in each of the six dorms, each containing a tabranacle housing the Eucharist perpetually and each but the Megadorm containing an altar for Holy Mass. Members of the clergy, who live on campus, assist in maintaining spiritual life. A perpetual adoration chapel was added to the Library in 2009.

Social life on campus includes intramural sports, clubs, households, drama productions, talent shows, excursions, dances and many other events. Students are encouraged to organize and participate in social and recreational activities. Drinking is only permitted in private quarters to those 21 or over, or where deemed appropriate by the residence director(s). Men and women are encouraged to dress in modest attire and to avoid sexually suggestive or revealing attire. Televisions are only permitted in common areas, though students are allowed to use their computers to play videos in the dorms and common rooms. Social life also occurs at the pool, the volleyball court and the gazebos, all located near the dormitories.