Binghamton's Residential Life program offers a variety of living styles and options.
Newing College and Dickinson Community are arranged in traditional corridors with rooms on either side and a bathroom shared by all residents of the corridor. Both same-gender and co-ed-style corridor living are available. Co-ed corridors consist of alternating male and female rooms on floors or corridors. If you live on a co-ed corridor, you should be aware that the corridor bathroom may be designated men's or women's. If the bathroom on your corridor is designated for use by members of the opposite gender, you must abide by the designation and use the appropriate bathroom on another corridor.
College-in-the-Woods is a combination of suites and corridors. Besides suites, CIW has double rooms on corridors (with a bathroom that serves all students living in rooms on the corridor) and designed triples and quads. A triple is a room designed for three students and a quad is a room designed for four students. Some designed triples and quads have a private entrance from outside of the building and their own bathrooms.
A suite is like an apartment, housing four to seven students and consisting of two or three bedrooms, a lounge, and a bathroom with a stall shower.
Suites within College-in-the-Woods are limited and consist of two- or three-bedroom suites. The two-bedroom suites consist of:
1) the resident assistant (RA) suite with one single bedroom for the RA and one double bedroom for freshmen; and
2) the five-person suite with one double bedroom and one designed triple bedroom. A three-bedroom suite, which houses six individuals in three double bedrooms, is also available.
A typical floor in CIW may consist of eight double rooms and two suites. On any given floor, the double rooms will house one gender and the suites will be the opposite gender.
Hinman College consists of four- and six-person suites. The two-bedroom suites house four students, and the three-bedroom suites house six students, all in double rooms. In thirty of the suites throughout Hinman, one of the bedrooms is occupied by the resident assistant as a single. These suites are reserved for freshmen. All floors in Hinman are co-ed, with male and female suites located on each corridor.
Mountainvew College consists of four- and six-person suites, all in double rooms. The two-bedroom suites house four students, and the three-bedroom suites house six students, all in double rooms. All floors in Mountainview are co-ed by floor.
College is a time when you are faced with many decisions. You are dealing with academic and career concerns, issues related to sexuality, and pressures to use alcohol and other drugs. Many times others are involved in influencing your decisions. Especially with regard to alcohol and other drugs, the pressure can be very strong. Some expect that alcohol, in particular, will be a part of college life. Binghamton is one of the many colleges and universities across the country that is now offering you the option of living in chemical-free housing.
Chemical-free housing is defined as a living environment where all residents and their guests agree to keep their living area free from substances at all times. Substances are defined to include alcohol; cigarettes, other tobacco products, and other smoking materials; and all illicit drugs. If you are interested in living in chemical-free housing, you should complete the Chemical-free Housing Application and Agreement and return it along with your completed Housing Preference Form.
Break housing is available to residents of Mohawk Hall in College-in-the-Woods, Windham Hall in Mountainview, Lehman Hall in Hinman and Bingham Hall in Newing as well as to residents of our apartment communities (Hillside and Susquehanna) during Thanksgiving, semester and spring breaks when all traditional Residence Halls close. New students who will require Break Housing should be sure to indicate their preference when they request housing. Please note that Break Housing is extremely limited and that we may be unable to accomodate all requests for this option. Students not assigned to break housing but who plan to stay in the area during break periods will need to make arrangements for off-campus accomodations.
At the beginning of the fall semester, there may be some need to temporarily house three students in a room designed for two. Those students will be reassigned to rooms with only one roommate at the earliest possible opportunity.