Southwest Area

The Southwest Residential Area, the largest on campus, houses 5,500 students in its five high-rise towers, and eleven low-rise residence halls. This area demonstrates a community spirit through educational and social opportunities.

All of the residence halls in Southwest are coed with some all-male and all-female floors available.

Around Southwest
Hampden Student Center which contains a mini-store, art gallery and snack bar, the Southwest Area Government office and Latin American Cultural Center. Berkshire Dining Hall which houses the Malcolm X Cultural Center. Residence Life Resource Center located in Moore Hall.

Living and Learning Communities

Southwest also offers the following Residential Academic Programs (RAPs):

• Melville: • Foundations RAP • Isenberg Fellows RAP
• Thoreau: • Focus Enterprise RAP • Partners in Education RAP
• Pierpont: • Investigating Democracy RAP • Social Justice and Activism RAP • Emerging Scholars Honors RAP
  • Impact - Community Service Learning RAP
• Moore: • Careers in Law RAP • ISOM Diversity and International Business Fellows RAP
• Kennedy: • Foundations RAP • Careers in Public Health RAP • Nursing Majors RAP
  
• Cance: • Connecting Arts and Society RAP • Foundations RAP • Communications Majors RAP
• John Adams: • Psychology Majors RAP • Careers in Education RAP • Focus Connections RAP • Sociology Majors RAP
• Emerson: • Foundations RAP
• James: • Health Sciences RAP

Special Living Options

• Wellness Floor (for students who want alcohol- and substance-free living) located in MacKimmie Hall
• 24-Hour Quiet Floors in John Quincy Adams Hall

Other Area Features

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