Residence Life
The university has eight residence halls available for student living.
Swope Hall The first residence hall built on campus, Swope Hall has single and double occupancy rooms available. There are 10 housing communities, each with a resident advisor available for help.
Pierce and White Halls It is a double complex, comprising two buildings. Both Pierce and White are co-ed halls with four floors and seven housing communities, each with a resident advisor available for help. The buildings share a common lobby and are connected underground with the Harold Walter Siebens School of Business/Siebens Forum, the main building on campus.
Grand Hall Built in 1998, Grand Hall is a co-ed community with three floors. The building houses 100 students, including three resident advisors. The floors are separated into males and females and are connected by internal doors. Grand Hall was the first residence hall on campus to have an elevator.
Liberty Hall Finished in 2002, Liberty Hall is a voluntary substance-free building, built with similar design to Grand Hall. There is space, however for a faculty member to live in the building, creating a unique sense of community. Residents choosing to live in Liberty Hall sign a pledge form to not partake in drinking alcohol or smoking and chewing tobacco while on building premises.
Suites The suites are apartment-style living quarters that group six female or six male residents in a suite in three bedrooms. There are three suite buildings, Constitution, Briscoe (formerly Centennial Hall, named for former college president, Keith Briscoe) and McCorkle (formerly Heritage Hall), named for Trustee Paul McCorkle . Entrance in the suites is reserved for sophomores, juniors and seniors and is based on a point system made up of points assigned for the student's year and grade point average and seniority in the suites.
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