Residence Halls

Your residence hall will be more than a place to lay your head at night; it is a place to meet, study, discuss, pray, listen, laugh and grow.

Quick Facts

Live on campus

Calvin is a residential school*, so you'll get to build relationships in your dorm and enhance your overall experience.

Two people per room

Rooms are double-occupancy.

Suite-style configuration

Each room shares one bathroom with another room.

Free laundry

Each residence hall has a laundry facility on both the male and female wings.

*Residency requirement: As a residential school, we require you to live on campus for your first two years after high school, unless you're 21 or older, married, part-time, or living at home with your parents.

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Download our Residence Hall Reference Guide (PDF)

Refer to the Student Handbook for details on the Student Conduct Code

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Two Calvin students opening the door to their dorm room.

All Rooms Include

Stackable furniture: beds (with mattresses), dressers, desks
Desk lamps and chairs
Bathrooms with a shower, toilet, sink, counter space and storage (Toilet paper, paper towels and cleaning supplies are available free of charge at the front reception desk of the residence hall)
Closets with shelves
Built-in bookshelves
WiFi and ethernet ports

See the list of what to bring and not to bring

Other Residence Hall Amenities

An extra community bathroom with a tub, toilet and large sink
Floor lounge with kitchen
Reception desk, mail boxes, sports equipment, and games
Meditation chapel and prayer rooms
Network printers
Basement lounge, study areas, and recreation room
Trunk room for storage of off-season clothing, boxes and suitcases, and for summer storage for returning students
Bicycle racks outside and a bicycle storage room
Copy machines in lobbies of Bolt-Heyns-Timmer and Noordewier-VanderWerp
ATM in the lobby of the Noordewier-VanderWerp