Residence Halls
Your residence hall will be more than a place to lay your head at night; it will be a place to meet, study, discuss, pray, listen, laugh and grow. From classroom to residence hall to dining hall to athletic field, the opportunities for learning at Calvin never stop.
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All students are required to live on campus for their first two years after high school, unless they鈥檙e 21 or older, married, part-time, or living at home with their parents.
To help everyone thrive, we鈥檝e set some shared expectations:
- Download our Residence Hall Reference Guide (PDF)
- See the Student Handbook for complete details on the Student Conduct Code, including the judicial and appeals process.
All Rooms Include
- Stackable furniture: beds (with mattresses), dressers, desks
- Desk lamps and chairs
- Bathrooms with a shower, toilet, sink, counter space and storage (Toilet paper, paper towels and cleaning supplies are available free of charge at the front reception desk of the residence hall)
- Closets with shelves
- Built-in bookshelves
- WiFi and ethernet ports
Other Residence Hall Amenities
- An extra community bathroom with a tub, toilet and large sink
- Floor lounge with kitchen
- Reception desk, mail boxes, sports equipment, and games
- Meditation chapel and prayer rooms
- Network printers
- Basement lounge, study areas, and recreation room
- Trunk room for storage of off-season clothing, boxes and suitcases, and for summer storage for returning students
- Bicycle racks outside and a bicycle storage room
- Copy machines in lobbies of Bolt-Heyns-Timmer and Noordewier-VanderWerp
- ATM in the lobby of the Noordewier-VanderWerp
Dorm Room Layouts and Inspiration
Get a feel for our stackable furniture layouts and some inspiration for how you could set up your room!
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, certainly. If you've got a friend or someone you've met who is coming to Calvin, you can both indicate on your housing application found on your your desire to be roommates. As long as the request is mutual (and space allows), we'll make the match happen. If your request comes after your housing application has been submitted, just contact our office.
If you leave the matching to us, which approximately two-thirds of our first-year students do, we rely on a specialized computer program as well as our experience in making matches. The computer takes the information you enter on your housing application and matches people who have similar interests and lifestyles. We check all matches and make many of them "by hand." Getting your application to us on time is helpful, as late applications tend to have fewer open roommates for us to work with. Most roommate matches work out fine, as long as roommates have realistic expectations and always communicate, cooperate and compromise.
For students with Priority Housing status (applications received by May 1), roommate contact information will be sent out in early July via email (at your new Calvin email address). For all other students, roommate information will be included in an early August mailing, which will include building assignments for all students. You'll find out who your suitemates are when you arrive in the fall.
You will find out your assigned hall when roommate and housing information is sent at the beginning of August, and you'll find out your room number when you arrive in the fall (specific room assignments sometimes change at the last minute).
Calvin's residence halls are:
Sorry鈥攚e can't take these types of requests. If you have specific issues or needs, please indicate them in the "Additional Comments" section of your housing application. We intentionally avoid placing groups of high school friends together on one floor or in one building and we do not typically allow students to choose suitemates. We've found that by randomizing placements, our communities end up being stronger and more diverse, and our students tend to agree.
Maintaining a healthy environment for living and learning is an important part of residence life at Calvin. A variety of 鈥済reen鈥 cleaning supplies for personal cleaning are available to residents on their floor and also at the front desk of their hall, where they can also be recycled and refilled. Toilet paper is available free of charge at the front reception desk.
All suitemates are responsible for keeping the shared bathroom clean and healthy.
Health, safety, and bathroom checks are conducted in December and April to ensure compliance with health standards.
For juniors and seniors interested in living in the residence halls, there are floors reserved for you; or you can contact us to request to live on a traditional residence hall floor that includes first and second year students.