The following is a list of the residence halls within the Pennsylvania State University

Pennsylvania State University

The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service...

 system.

University Park

In addition to the following residence halls, the University Park campus provides housing in Eastview Terrace, White Course Apartments, and Nittany Apartments.

Residence Commons

The residence commons are common areas for each of the residence hall areas. Each one has a dining hall and a computer lab. At one point in time, each had a radio station. WEHR

WKPS

WKPS is a college radio station owned by Penn State University. The station runs on a full-time, multi-format schedule featuring a wide variety of programming. "The Lion 90.7 FM" transmits to a potential audience of over 125,000 from its studio in the HUB-Robeson Center...

 (East Halls Radio), which operated in Johnston Commons until 2005, was the last to survive.

• Waring Commons (West Halls)
• Warnock Commons (North Halls)
• Redifer Commons (South Halls)
• Findlay Commons (East Halls)
• Johnston Commons (East Halls)
• Pollock Commons (Pollock Halls)

Other resource areas

• Nittany Community Center (Nittany)

  Houses a TV lounge, laundry facilities, Commons Desk, Residence Life/Housing Office for residents of Nittany Apartments and Suites.

• Weston Community Center (White Course)

  Houses a TV lounge, Commons Desk, Residence Life/Housing Office for residents of White Course Apartments.

• Brill Hall (Eastview Terrace)

  Houses a TV lounge, Front Desk, Residence Life/Housing Office for residents of Eastview Terrace.

East Halls

East Halls is the largest group of residence halls on campus, and is served by Findlay/Johnston Commons. It is reserved primarily for first-year student housing, and most residents share a double room with a roommate. The area's special living options are FISE (First-Year in Science and Engineering), First-Year Interest in Liberal Arts and Education, LIFE (Living in a Free Environment, a substance-free living environment), and Tri-Service ROTC. All of the buildings in the East Halls residence area are named after former governors of Pennsylvania. All of the halls and commons within East Halls are connected via an underground maintenance tunnel system (entrance doors locked). The residence halls are:

• Bigler
• Brumbaugh
• Curtin
• Fisher
• Geary
• Hastings
• McKean
• Packer
• Pennypacker
• Pinchot
• Snyder
• Sproul
• Stone
• Stuart
• Tener

North Halls

North Halls is the smallest residence hall complex at the University Park campus, consisting of four residence halls. They are known as the most comfortable on campus, with all rooms being carpeted and having their own bathroom. Nearly all rooms in North residence halls are suites for two or four students, however there are a few rooms for only a single resident. The two and four person suites are made up of four rooms with two bedrooms with a shared living room separating them, and the bathroom connected to the shared living room.

Leete was the first hall converted to this format. North Halls special living options are Arts and Architecture (A&A), Business and Society House (BASH), and EARTH House.

• Holmes
• Leete
• Runkle
• Beam
  • This building was once converted to offices for the Business Administration department, and more recently the Dickinson School of Law. The structure of Beam is identical to the other North Halls residence halls. It was reopened as of the Fall 2009 semester.

Pollock Halls

Pollock Halls is the third-largest residence hall complex on campus, consisting of co-ed and female only residence halls. Most rooms are shared by two students. Pollock Halls houses seven special livings options: Discover House, EASI (Engineering and Applied Sciences), Forensic Science Interest House, HEAL (Health Education and Awareness in Living), HAC (Helping Across the Community), ILH (International Languages), and WISE (Women in Science and Engineering). Pollock Halls also contains housing for eleven sororities.

• Beaver - Co-ed Hall with several Special Living Options
• Hartranft - Co-ed First Year Hall
• Hiester - Co-ed Upperclassman Hall with Alpha Omicron Pi
  Alpha Omicron Pi
  Alpha Omicron Pi is an international women's fraternity promoting friendship for a lifetime, inspiring academic excellence and lifelong learning, and developing leadership skills through service to the Fraternity and community. ΑΟΠ was founded on January 2, 1897 at Barnard College on the campus...
  
  , Phi Mu
  Phi Mu
  Phi Mu is the second oldest female fraternal organization established in the United States. It was founded at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. The organization was founded as the Philomathean Society on January 4, 1852, and was announced publicly on March 4 of the same year...
  
  , and Pi Beta Phi
  Pi Beta Phi
  Pi Beta Phi is an international fraternity for women founded as I.C. Sorosis on April 28, 1867, at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois. Its headquarters are located in Town and Country, Missouri, and there are 134 active chapters and over 330 alumnae organizations across the United States and...
  
   Sororities
• Mifflin - Co-ed First Year Hall
• Porter - Co-ed First Year Hall
• Ritner - Female Upperclassman Hall with Sigma Kappa
  Sigma Kappa
  Sigma Kappa is a sorority founded in 1874 at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Sigma Kappa was founded by five women: Mary Caffrey Low Carver, Elizabeth Gorham Hoag, Ida Mabel Fuller Pierce, Frances Elliott Mann Hall and Louise Helen Coburn...
  
  , and Zeta Tau Alpha
  Zeta Tau Alpha
  Zeta Tau Alpha is a women's fraternity, founded October 15, 1898 at the State Female Normal School in Farmville, Virginia. The Executive office is located in Indianapolis, Indiana...
  
   Sororities
• Shulze - Co-Ed Upperclassman Hall with Sigma Delta Tau
  Sigma Delta Tau
  Sigma Delta Tau is a national sorority and member of the National Panhellenic Conference, was founded March 25, 1917 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. The original name, Sigma Delta Phi, was changed after the women discovered a sorority with the same name already existed...
  
  , and Delta Gamma
  Delta Gamma
  Delta Gamma is one of the oldest and largest women's fraternities in the United States and Canada, with its Executive Offices based in Columbus, Ohio.-History:...
  
   Sororities
• Shunk - Co-ed First Year Hall
• Wolf - Female Upperclassman Hall with Kappa Alpha Theta
  Kappa Alpha Theta
  Kappa Alpha Theta , also known as Theta, is an international fraternity for women founded on January 27, 1870 at DePauw University, formerly Indiana Asbury...
  
  , Alpha Xi Delta
  Alpha Xi Delta
  Alpha Xi Delta is a women's fraternity founded on April 17, 1893 at Lombard College, Galesburg, Illinois. Alpha Xi Delta is one of the oldest women's fraternities as well as one of the ten founding fraternities of the National Panhellenic Conference...
  
  , and Alpha Phi
  Alpha Phi
  Alpha Phi International Women's Fraternity was founded at Syracuse University on September 18, 1872. Alpha Phi currently has 152 active chapters and over 200,000 initiated members. Its celebrated Founders' Day is October 10. It was the third Greek-letter organization founded for women. In Alpha...
  
   Sororities

South Halls

South Halls offers housing for Schreyer Honors College

Schreyer Honors College

The Schreyer Honors College is the honors program of the Pennsylvania State University. Founded in 1980 as the University Scholars Program, it was expanded and renamed in 1997 in response to a $30 million gift by William and Joan Schreyer...

 students in Atherton and Simmons, and in addition offers male, female and co-ed residence halls. There is also the special living option, LIFE (Living in a Free Environment). At one point both McElwain Hall and Simmons Hall both contained a dining complex, but as of May 2011 their dining areas were eliminated to increase dorm space. South Halls also contains housing for sororities.

• Atherton
• Cooper
• Cross
• Ewing
• Haller
• Hibbs
• Hoyt
• Lyons
• McElwain
• Simmons
• Stephens

West Halls

West Halls offers male, female, and co-ed housing in regular double, small double, and triple rooms. West Halls also includes the oldest residence halls on campus that are still in use. Several special living options are offered in West Halls, including EMS (Earth and Mineral Sciences), IST Interest House, and E-House (Engineering House).

• Hamilton
• Irvin (EMS
  Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
  The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences is a constituent, semi-autonomous part of Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.The College was founded in 1896 as a School of Mines, but, over time, diversified becoming the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences...
  
  )( and once was home to the Penn State football players)
• Jordan
• McKee (E-House)
• Thompson (IST Interest House)
• Watts (renovated)

Eastview Terrace

Eastview Terrace is a residence location specifically for sophomores, juniors, and seniors. It houses 806 undergraduates, providing a private bedroom and bath for each student. Its location, east of South Halls, is perfect for an atmosphere that feels as though it off campus while remaining on campus. Additional charges do apply to Eastview Terrace rooms.

• Brill
• Curry
• Harris
• Miller
• Nelson
• Panofsky
• Young

Nittany Apartments & Suites

Nittany Apartments and Suites provide the luxury of apartment and suite living while allowing students to still live on campus. Nittany Apartments houses same-sex students in either two-bedroom or four-bedroom apartments, complete with bathroom, living room, and kitchen. Nittany Suites -- made up exclusively of Nittany Hall -- houses single upperclass students in two-bedroom suites. Four people live in each suite. These living areas are available to upperclass students.

White Course Apartments

This living area has previously only been available to full-time graduate students. As of Fall 2008 the area is open to undergraduates. The area provides housing for single graduate students, as well as graduate students in relationships and with families. The area provides one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments, as well as townhouses.

• Bernreuter
• Cunningham
• Donkin
• Dunham
• Farrell
• Ferguson
• Garban
• Grubb
• Haffner
• Holderman
• Ikenberry
• Lovejoy
• Osborn
• Palladino
• Patterson
• Ray

Erie, The Behrend College

• Almy Hall
• Lawrence Hall
• Niagara Hall
• Ohio Hall
• Perry Hall
• Porcupine Hall
• Senat Hall
• Tiffany Hall
• Tigress Hall
• Behrend Apartments

Harrisburg

• The Village at Capital College Apartment Complex

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External links

• Penn State University Park Housing