Honors Housing

Honors Housing is an option for you if you wish to extend your intellectual life beyond the classroom and live with like-minded peers. While the majority of each incoming class lives in Honors Housing, you are not required to do so, and you're welcome to choose to live in other residence halls if you wish.  For example, if you are involved in another Michigan Learning Community such as the Residential College or Health Sciences Scholars, you are required to live in that MLC and are not eligible to elect Honors Housing.

Honors Housing is available in three residence halls: the South Quadrangle Residence Hall and Couzens Residence hall are the two co-ed options, and the women-only option is the Martha Cook Building. South Quad is a large, co-ed high-rise residence hall located in the Central Campus Housing neighborhood; Honors students comprise about 35% of the residents, in contiguous rooms. South Quad offers a computing center, snack bar, training room, and piano practice rooms as well as the usual amenities of dining, laundry, and lounges. Couzens Hall, also known as "Honors on the Hill," is a smaller co-ed hall in the Hill Housing Neighborhood, offering similar amenities to South Quad's as well as more singles and easy access to the Undergrad Science Building and the new Hill Area Dining Center.  Honors students comprise about 20% of the students in Couzens. Martha Cook is a small, traditional, independent house for women in the Central Campus Housing Neighborhood; it features beautiful rooms, traditional events, and a warm community for its residents.

Honors Housing offers the opportunity for additional contact with your Honors classmates, as well as additional social and educational opportunities planned by the Honors Residential Advisors. The Honors Residential Advisors are a dynamic group of Honors upperclassmen charged with taking the vibrant intellectual community of the Honors Program into the Honors residence halls. Some of the events planned and lead by the Honors RAs include:

• Honors Kickoff Afternoon
• Halloween Bash
• Honors Tailgate
• Alternative Spring Break
• Detroit Project (DP) Day
• Talent Show

All Honors students are welcome to participate in Honors Housing activities, no matter what their place of residence.