Get an inside look at what it’s like to live on campus
Rest and socialize in your new home with cozy bedrooms, inviting gathering areas, and plenty of space to hang out with friends. Living on campus means living among friends, being close to classes, getting access to helpful resources, and feeling connected.
These housing options provide a more traditional residence hall experience where roommates become close friends and others are just a short walk down the hall. These campus residences offer a variety of amenities including community kitchens, study rooms, shared bathrooms, and laundry rooms. Students have plenty of options outside for gathering with friends around the patios or fire pit areas.
Acheson Hall • Caldwell Hall • Cheek Hall • Evans Hall • Yerkes Hall
These 3-story residence halls are located across the street from the Roush Campus Center where students go to eat and hang out with friends. These double-occupancy room locations are specifically for first-year students. The halls are coed by floor with communal bathrooms, shared kitchens, laundry areas, and common areas. Yerkes offers all-gender private bathrooms.
Nevin Hall
This first-year student housing option is located close to classroom buildings, the Library, and athletic facilities. Nevin is a 3-story residence hall with double and triple occupancy rooms. The residence hall is coed by floor with communal bathrooms, shared kitchen, laundry area, and common areas with TV in the basement. It has all the amenities of home. Nevin is also part of the Quad mentioned below.
Cooper Ganfield Hall • Stevenson Vinson Hall • LaMotte Tyler Hall
These 3-story residence halls are newly renovated and house upperclass students. They are located close to classroom buildings, the Library, and athletic facilities. Commonly known as the Quad (including Nevin Hall), the rooms are double-occupancy and students can decorate within the guidelines set by facilities management. The halls are coed, with communal bathrooms, shared kitchen, laundry area, and common areas in the basement. All three buildings offer all-gender private bathrooms.
These upperclassmen buildings feature spacious rooms, lounge and social spaces, kitchenettes, study rooms and on-site laundry facilities.
The newest residence hall on campus, Northside Hall is especially accommodating—its design was completely inspired by input from Centre students.
Pearl Hall's suite-style design provides a transitional housing experience for upperclassmen.
Brockman's townhouse style living spaces are connected by a spacious courtyard with a firepit, pavilion, and outdoor grill.
In the spirit of brotherhood and sisterhood, fraternity and sorority members live and work together on campus in Greek housing. In addition to being home for approximately 10 students each, fraternity and sorority houses may also serve to host social gatherings, meetings, and functions that benefit the community.
"Breck" is home to upperclass residents. Single and double-occupancy rooms are coed by floor and offer communal bathrooms, shared kitchen, large lounge, and laundry area. The lawn, or “Breck Beach," is a popular spot for students to gather at the end of the day around the fire pit area and it is also a great space for outdoor activity.
Bingham houses upperclass residents. The building has rooms that are coed by floor and offer both single and double-occupancy, communal bathrooms, shared kitchen, lounge areas and a laundry room. Conveniently located with easy access to everything on campus.
A renovated house with 11 rooms, Ruby Cheek is a cozier, more intimate alternative to our traditional residence halls. It has a large living room on the first floor and two kitchens perfect for spending time with other residents and friends. Ruby Cheek typically houses returning residents.
123 Fifth Street • 125 Fifth Street • 129 Fifth Street
These upperclass apartment houses are located within a short walking distance to all classroom buildings, the Library, the Roush Campus Center, and athletic facilities. Apartments offer both single and double-occupancy rooms, private bathrooms, lounges, and kitchens in each unit.
Higgins Hall • Wiseman Hall • Walnut House
These residences are located on campus within walking distance to all classroom buildings, the Library, the Roush Campus Center and athletic facilities. Rooms are coed by floor and offer both single and double-occupancy, communal bathrooms, shared kitchen, and laundry area. These facilities have office space on the first floors and residential spaces on upper floors. These buildings can house either first year or returning students and switch each year, depending on need.
The mission of the Residence Life and Housing Office is to enhance the academic experience and to encourage an inclusive, safe, healthy, and supportive living environment for all Centre College students. We work to accomplish this with programs aimed at developing responsible decision-making skills, creating a strong sense of community, and fostering respect for self and others in a diverse, global society.
