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An American college dormitory room in 2002. A dormitory (originated from the Latin word dormitorium, [1] 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, college or university students.
Each hall council is considered the hall government for the hall they represent. In most cases there is one hall council per residence hall , however smaller halls are sometimes joined together to serve as one unified body and larger halls are sometimes broken down into smaller units.
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.
Residential colleges or Halls of Residence in New Zealand are common across the country's universities, particular for housing first year students. University of Auckland has 6 Halls, while University of Otago in Dunedin has a particular strong set of colleges modelled on the Oxbridge system. Each of Otago's 15 colleges has its own distinctive ...
A resident assistant (RA), also known by a variety of other names, [note 1] is a trained peer leader who coordinates activities in residence halls in colleges and universities, mental health and substance abuse residential facilities, [1] or similar establishments.
Habitual residence, a civil law term dealing with the status of refugees, and child abduction; Residence in English family law, pertaining to where children should live in the case of disputes; Residence or hall of residence (UK) accommodating college or university students, known in the US as a residence hall or dormitory
Spencer residence hall, built in 1924, is located at the corner of Raleigh St. and Franklin St. Spencer is co-ed and hosts about 150 residents on four floors. Spencer residence hall is named for Cornelia Phillips Spencer (1825–1908), who moved to UNC-Chapel Hill with her family. Her father, James Phillips, was a mathematics professor.
In 1954, Iowa State University, the University of Colorado, the University of Missouri and the University of Northern Iowa formed the Midwest Dormitory Conference. The conference was the brainchild of Iowa State's Student Residence Hall Government, which felt that such an organization was needed to encourage the exchange of ideas and information. [3]