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An American college dormitory room in 2002. A dormitory (originated from the Latin word dormitorium, often abbreviated to dorm), also known as a hall of residence or a residence hall (often abbreviated to halls), is a building primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people such as boarding school, high school, college or university students.
Each residence hall is single-sex, with 17 all-male residence halls and 15 all-female residence halls. Notre Dame residence halls feature a mixed residential college and house system , where residence halls are the center of the student life and some academic teaching; most students stay at the same hall for most of their undergraduate studies.
Weinstein Hall is the only pre-1980 residence hall that was built as a residence hall specifically for NYU students. It is located at 5-11 University Place. It is located at 5-11 University Place. This freshman residence hall has a two level dining hall; the upper level's food court is known as "Upstein" and is adjacent to the kosher eatery.
Residence hall association. In the United States, a residence halls association ( RHA) is a student-run university residence hall organization that is usually (but not always) the parent organization for individual hall governments. Their function is similar to a student government, except that most of their activities pertain to on-campus living.
UCLA's original residence hall was Hershey Hall, located on Hilgard Avenue in South Campus. It was named after Mira Hershey , who bequeathed $300,000 to have the all-women dorm built. [1] The original Hershey Hall of the 1930s is still in use today as an academic building.
The residence hall student government consists of the Residence Halls Association, hall councils, and multicultural councils. The Residence Halls Association (RHA), the student residence hall association, works with University Housing to enhance community life, sponsoring events and programs for residents throughout the year.
Residence life. Residence Life is the comprehensive program that surrounds the experience of living "on and off campus" in a residence hall at a college or university. Residence Life is usually structured with planned events, a code of conduct and ethics, and a relatively large array of staff.
It was a residence hall of the University of Chicago as Shoreland Hall but was retired after the 2008–2009 school year. Shoreland Hall consisted of the following residential houses: Fallers (floors 1,2,3), Bishop, Dewey, Michelson, Fishbein, Compton, Hale, Filbey, Bradbury and Dudley. Stony Island Hall Stony Island Hall