Some of Brown's residence halls:
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Andrews Hall (Bowen Street) Andrews Hall contains several first-year units surrounding three floors of upper-class singles. The rooms are large and pleasant, and each has a sink with a medicine chest. Andrews is nestled between Miller and Metcalf and is divided into two halves, East (even numbered rooms) and West (odd numbered rooms), each of which is serviced by an elevator. |
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Hegeman (Thayer and George Streets) Most of Hegeman is composed of three-person suites, with three single bedrooms and a small living room (unfurnished). Hegeman is built in five towers, A through E, of which towers B through E are connected by basement tunnels. The ten to twelve people who live on each floor often become good friends. This dorm also contains some singles and doubles, which are available in Segment IV. |
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Hope College (Main Green) Hope College, a large brick building on the Main Green, is the oldest dorm on campus, and has been completely renovated twice. The building is a first-year residence hall; however some singles may be available to be selected in Segment IV. |
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Littlefield Hall (Main Campus) Littlefield is a first-year housing unit. The singles allocated in Littlefield are for counselors. Along with Wayland House, Littlefield Hall is used to house student athletes during Winter Recess. |
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Perkins Hall (Power Street) This is designated a first-year housing unit. The singles in Perkins are allocated to Counselors. |
After being amazed and inspired by your professors, stimulated and excited by late-night conversations with your friends, and awed and humbled by a performance you caught in downtown Providence, there will be only one thing on your mind: I need to eat something before I go to bed.
Here's what you need to know about where you’ll live and what you’ll eat.
Housing
We provide students with a variety of accommodations. All first-year students live on-campus with a roommate as part of a first-year counseling unit. These coed units vary in size from 30-50 students. Each unit forms a residential community, large enough to guarantee diversity and small enough to be cohesive and friendly. The University, through the Disability Support Services (DSS) office, provides a range of services for students with disabilities, including coordinating accommodations, counseling, and support.
Each unit has one upperclass resident counselor for every 10-15 students, as well as one minority peer counselor and women’s peer counselor for the unit as a whole. These counselors assist first-year students with the adjustment to college life and are available for any questions, concerns, or problems that might arise. They also serve to foster a sense of good will and community within the units by coordinating various educational and social events.
The Faculty Fellow program is another way in which on-campus living is enhanced. This program, in which faculty members live in the residence halls or nearby, is a way in which students and faculty can meet informally via study breaks or other activities.
All students are required to live on-campus for their first six semesters, with the exception of Resumed Undergraduate Education students.
More specific information about residence halls, rooms, and what you’ll need to bring:
Office of Residential Life
Office of Campus Life and Student Services
Brown for Students
Dining
Dining at Brown is designed to be flexible, convenient, and delicious with a capital “Mmmmmm!”
To begin with, there are two primary dining halls: the bustling Sharpe Refectory (known affectionately as the Ratty) and the more intimate Verney-Woolly (known demurely as the V-Dub). Not only are they great places to eat, they are perfect spots for meeting friends and relaxing. Three “all-you-care-to-eat” meals are served at each location daily (two on Sundays). Two to three entrées are available at each meal, including vegetarian and vegan options. There are also Kosher and Halal meal plans available for observant Jewish and Muslim students.
A choice of four board plans is offered to provide maximum dining flexibility. Whether you select 20, 14, 10, or 7 meals a week, your contract may be used for three meals on any one day. Each of the plans guarantees good food (with unlimited seconds) at inflation-proof prices.
In your busy college career you might not have the time for a regularly scheduled meal. Fear not: you can use your meal credits at one of the many snack bars on campus.
- Josiah’s on the Thayer Street Quad is best known for roll-up sandwiches, charbroiled specialties, and sushi.
- The Gate in lower Alumnae Hall features deli sandwiches on homemade bread, calzones, and pizza.
- The Ivy Room offers natural foods, pita bread sandwiches, fried dough, and is exclusively vegetarian in the evenings.
- The Blue Room in Faunce House has great baguette sandwiches and gourmet coffee.
- In Lower Faunce is The Campus Market, your source for fresh food items and other groceries.
Additionally, there are a number of coffee carts on campus to provide a quick snack or refreshing beverage.
Brown Dining Services participates in Farm Fresh Rhode Island, and is in the process of developing the Community Harvest Program. The purpose of these programs is to form a partnership with local growers and farming cooperatives to provide the highest quality, freshest, and most environmentally friendly products available.
Meal Plans
As part of the residence program at Brown, all freshmen living on campus participate in one of the board plans offered. A choice of four board plans is offered to provide maximum dining flexibility. Whether you select 20, 14, 10, or 7 meals a week, your contract may be used for three meals on any one day. There are four meals served daily: breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a late night option at one of the nighttime snack bars. Each of the board plans guarantees good food (with unlimited seconds) at inflation-proof prices. Our around-the-clock schedule is intended to suit yours.
Brown Dining Services
Brown for Students
Support for Students with Disabilities
Within the residential life system, the University provides reasonable accommodations to meet the needs of students with disabilities. Disability Support Services (DSS) works with students with qualifying disabilities in accommodating their needs; the DSS office is located within the Office of Student Life and can be contacted for further disability related information.