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.
Compare On-Campus Housing costs
Download our Residence Hall Reference Guide (PDF)
Refer to the Student Handbook for details on the Student Conduct Code
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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
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
Dorm Room Layouts and Inspiration
Get a feel for our stackable furniture layouts and some inspiration for how you could set up your room!
