Prospective Students

Rooming on Campus

More than 90% of our students reside on campus, so you'll live among people who represent a remarkable mix of cultures and life experiences.

Living and breathing in such a diverse and intellectually engaging environment means you'll meet people and develop friendships through everyday encounters that include everything from debating Kierkegaard to competing in Guitar Hero.

You'll have a variety of living and dining options:

• Most housing is arranged by suites, with a group of student rooms opening onto a common living area that's perfect for just hanging out with friends, watching movies, or impromptu take-out nights.
• Theme houses, cultural houses, and fraternity houses are also popular residential options, and about 15% of our students-mostly juniors and seniors-live in College apartments.
• You can head to the Hard Knox Café and get all you can eat of menu items that change daily, complete with vegetarian/vegan dishes, ethnic entrees, and free trade coffee.
• You can hit the Grab-n-Go Cart when your time is in short supply. And our campus snack bar, the Gizmo, is open late into the night, making it a popular gathering place.

To help you adjust to living away from home, our residence halls have upperclass resident advisors (RAs) who coordinate activities designed to foster the kind of mutual support and peer learning that residential life is all about. The events range from dinners out in Galesburg and daytrips to Chicago, to study breaks and group tutoring opportunities, to workshops on life skills and relationships.

• Find out why Galesburg will come to feel like home, too.