Honors College – Residence Life

Meet the Staff

Shawn Lawson, Jr – Residence Life Coordinator for Honors College

Overview

The Honors College opened its doors in 2015 and houses 500 first-year Honors College students every year. The Honors College draws its students from six undergraduate schools across Rutgers–New Brunswick and is centered in the new building, which includes seminar rooms, advising and administrative offices, faculty apartments, and large lounges and programming spaces on site in addition to housing for all first-year Honors College students. For more information about the Honors College, please visit: honorscollege.rutgers.edu

Type: Traditional Residence Hall

Number of Students: 542

Number of Floors: 5 (4 residential)

Average Room Size: Varies

Availability: First-year Honors College students

Contract Type: Undergraduate Academic Year (Two semesters)

What's Nearby?

Adjacent to the new Academic Building and the classrooms on Voorhees Mall. The Honors College is also a short walk from the Student Activities Center and convenience store, the Rutgers Student Center, Brower Commons Dining Hall, the College Avenue Gym, Health Services, and both Alexander and Zimmerli libraries. Also within convenient walking distance of downtown New Brunswick and Easton Avenue shops and restaurants.

Features & Amenities

Air conditioning*
Vending machines
Wifi throughout the building
Laundry facility
Coffee bar
Outdoor courtyard
Seminar rooms
Innovation lab/maker space
Honors College office suite
Building main lounge
Building study lounge
Active/working fireplace
Floor lounge(s)
Flat screen television(s) (with cable)
Pool table, Ping pong table
Communal kitchen with oven (no stovetop) (one in the building)
Communal microwave, sink
Communal bathroom (separated by gender)
Communal bathroom (gender neutral)
Silver LEED building (air conditioning ranges from 72-75 for cooling and heating)
Elevator
Ramp leading into building an entranceway
Automated building entrance doors