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Under the direction of Bruce Morgan, our Dean of Community Life, residence hall life plays a major role in the educational process. Each student is challenged to increase social skills, make new and lasting relationships, examine new ideas, learn new skills, and adjust to new and different situations and people.To take full advantage of the holistic approach to education, all single, full-time students who have not reached the age of 22 and are not living at home or with immediate relatives in the area are required to live in college residence halls. Many students ask us what are good things to bring to outfit their dorm rooms. We've created this handy list to help you out!
Our residence life staff, made up of resident directors and resident assistants, is here to serve you. Each hall has one or two resident assistants, who report to one resident director for each building. We encourage you to get to know your residence life staff!
Arnold Residence Hall is one of Bryan's two suite-style housing facilities. The hall is named for founders, donors, and long-time trustees Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Arnold.With a capacity for about 100 students, Arnold was built in 1972. The rooms have a connecting bathroom for every two rooms. The building is carpeted throughout with lounge, kitchen, laundry rooms, and storage facilities. All rooms are individually climate controlled.
Meet Arnold Resident Director Bonnie Spallinger and her staff here.
Quick Facts about Arnold
Floors: 3
Residence rooms: 51
Students per room: Two women per room. Arnold is a suite-style residence hall, so two rooms, housing four women, are joined by a shared bathroom.
Current Capacity: 102
Room Description: 14' x 16', Cinderblock walls and carpeted floors. Large desk console divides bedroom into sleep and study sections. Large storage capacity in rooms. Lots of shelving units and space.
Furniture/Amenities: Two Beds, two desks with tall built-in bookshelves, two chairs, two wardrobes, huge bay window, wireless internet throughout dorm and phone jack.
Community Areas: Kitchen (refrigerator, stove, oven, microwave, and cooking/serving supplies), computer lab and laundry room (washers, dryers, folding tables, and ironing board) all housed on the first floor. Study rooms are available on the second and third floors. Arnold's large lounge (with cable), housed on the first floor, makes being anti-social difficult!
Showers per student: About one shower for every four women. Bathroom layout: Tile floors, toilet stall, shower, two sinks, storage under sinks, large countertop, large mirror, shelving and towel racks (6).
Residents' activity of choice: Disney Karaoke, puzzles, MadGab and cards.
Arnold is well-known for: Being the “Heart of Campus", located centrally among Bryan's five residence halls and between Summers Gymnasium and Mercer Hall. It houses most of the upper class Bryan women. There is also a money-back-guarantee that at least one Arnold woman will get engaged each school year.
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Updated image coming Fall 2012 (following completion of renovations) |
The hall is named for Miss Ruth Huston, who was a missionary to the Kentucky mountains, a member of the board of trustees, and a generous supporter of Bryan. *
Huston contains 52 rooms which are individually climate controlled. Each student room has a sink and is furnished with beds, wardrobes and study desks. Some rooms are fitted with movable, modular furniture. Each floor has a lounge, kitchen, bathrooms, laundry rooms and storage areas.
Meet Huston Resident Director Karie Harpest and her staff here.
Renovations Update
Thanks to a generous grant from the Huston Foundation, students moving into Huston this fall (2012) will enjoy these improvements:- New HVAC units in each room.
- New brick and iron fence in front
- Remodeled back entrance
- Remodeled kitchen (new cabinetry, flooring, paint, appliances, and furniture)
- Remodeled entryway (flooring, lighting, paint)
Quick Facts about Huston
Floors: 4
Residence rooms: 52
Students per room: 19 rooms accommodating three people, 30 rooms accommodating two people and three rooms housing one person
Current Capacity: 120
Room Description: 14' x 16', Cinder block walls and tiled floors
Furniture/Amenities: Bed, desk, chair, wardrobe, dresser and sink with medicine cabinet (three-person rooms have movable furniture)
Community Areas: Lounge (cable tv), kitchen (refrigerator, stove, oven and microwave) and laundry room (washers, dryers and ironing board) all housed on the second floor, and Huston's huge hallways that create constant community
Showers per student: About one shower for every four women
Huston is well-known for: Being the campus hub of late-night fun for B.C.'s freshmen and sophomore women.
Huston Hall's Heritage of Humor: The Epic Turkey Bowling Night, which was held annually around Thanksgiving. A fun, competitive evening of bowling with frozen turkeys. You had to experience it to really understand it.
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* Ruth Huston (1899-1982) was founder and charter member of the Scripture Memory Mountain Mission, headquartered in Emmalena, KY. Miss Huston traveled by horseback and later by Jeep among mountain communities conducting Sunday schools and Bible studies. She served as an officer and director of the Huston Foundation which she co-founded with her brother Charles.
During her more than 50 years of ministry, Miss Houston traveled by horseback and later by jeep: taught Bible in Sunday schools, in homes, and in summer camps; helped to sponsor a bookmobile library service; used her music wherever the opportunity presented itself; and performed a wide variety of services conducive to missionary life. She became a trustee of Bryan College in 1959 and served for 20 years.
Huston Hall was named for Ruth Huston in late fall of 1967. The inscription on the Huston Hall plaque, reads: “To the greater glory of God and in honor of Miss Ruth Huston, missionary to the Kentucky Mountains, philanthropist, and Bryan trustee, this dormitory for women is named Huston Hall in tribute to her life of Christian dedication.”
H.D. Long Hall is Bryan's oldest residence facility, opening in January of 1964. Two months later, Huston Hall, Long's sister building opened its doors. This hall is named for Dr. H. D. Long, member of the board of trustees from 1946 to 1968 and its hard-working chairman from 1955-68.Long contains 52 residence rooms which are individually climate controlled. Each student room has a sink and is furnished with beds, wardrobes and study desks. Some student rooms are fitted with movable, modular furniture. The building also has a lounge, a kitchen, bathrooms on each floor, a laundry room, storage facilities and a resident director apartment.
Meet H.D. Long Resident Director Matt Williams and his staff here.
Quick Facts about Long
Floors: 4
Residence rooms: 52
Students per room: 47 rooms accommodating two people, four rooms housing one person and two rooms housing three people
Current Capacity: 102
Room Description: 14' x 16', Cinderblock walls and tiled floors
Furniture/Amenities: Bed, desk, chair, wardrobe and sink with medicine cabinet
Community Areas: Lounge (cable tv), kitchen (refrigerator, stove, oven and microwave) and laundry room (washers, dryers and ironing board) all housed on the second floor
Showers per student: About one shower for every four men
H.D. Long is well-known for: Being Bryan's oldest residence hall, housing a wide range of underclassmen and upperclassmen, and the legendary wide hallways where something is always going on
H.D. Long's game(s) of choice: FIFA, NCAA Football, Dominion, Settlers of Catan, Cornhole and Sand Volleyball
F. E. Robinson Residence Hall opened in August 2006. The hall is named for F. E. Robinson, one of Bryan College’s founders and generous donors who served as chairman of the board of trustees for over 25 years.Providing housing for 120 women, the building is a traditional style hall with bathrooms and lounges on each floor, a computer lab and is wired for residents to have wireless Internet access from their rooms. Rooms are individually climate-controlled and are equipped with movable, modular furniture.
Meet F. E. Robinson Resident Director Kim Tuttle and her staff here.
Quick Facts about Robinson
Floors: 4—and an elevator! Robinson 4th floor has the best view on campus!
Residence rooms: 60
Students per room: Two women per room
Current Capacity: 120
Room Description: 14' x 16', Cinderblock walls and hardwood laminate floors
Furniture/Amenities: Bed, desk, chair, wardrobe, dresser and sink with medicine cabinet. All rooms have movable furniture.
Community Areas: Lounge (cable tv), kitchen (refrigerator, stove, oven and microwave), laundry room (washers, dryers and ironing board) and limited storage provided for residents. There is also a state of the art computer lab and wireless access for the residence.
Showers per student: About one shower for every four women
Robinson is well-known for: Being called "The Palace", since it is Bryan's newest residence hall. It is often also referred to as "North Hall" due to its northern-most location among Bryan's five residence halls.
Robinson residents' activity of choice: American Idol (this seems to draw the largest group!)
Robinson pastimes: Supporting Bryan College athletic teams! Making lifelong friendships! And there is even some studying that happens outside the classroom!
Built in 2010, the Townhouses at Bryan Commons are the newest residence facilities at Bryan College. Reserved for juniors and seniors, the Townhouses are distinctive because there are six students to an apartment, a full kitchen an living area, cable TV in each apartment, and the residents are not required to be on the meal plan or observe a curfew.
These buildings include state-of-the-art features including hybrid-mini HVAC units and full kitchens. A separate wash-house unit with six washers and six dryers is provided for the townhouse complex.
Meet Townhouse Resident Director Tim Shetter and his staff here.
Quick Facts about the Townhouses at Bryan Commons
Buildings: 2 (One for men with 6 apartments and one for women with 5 apartments).
Residence rooms: 33 (three per apartment)
Students per room: Two students per room, six per apartment
Current Capacity: 66 (Eleven apartments between two buildings with six students to an apartment.)
Room Description: Varies.
Furniture/Amenities: Bed, desk, chair, closet, and dresser in each room; couches, arm chairs and a full kitchen.
Community Areas: Living rooms and kitchens for each apartment.
Showers per student: One shower for every two students
Built in 1984, Woodlee-Ewing Residence Hall is Bryan's largest residence facility, housing a capacity of 174 students. The hall is named for trustee Glen Woodlee and his wife, Sarah Ewing Woodlee, whose family was among the founders of the college.
This building is designed suite-style to accommodate two students per room, with every two rooms having a connecting bathroom. Each room's built-in furniture is arranged to provide two private study centers. All rooms are tiled and individually climate-controlled. Lounges, a kitchen area, a laundry room, storage facilities and a resident director's apartment complement the 87 student rooms.
Meet Woodlee-Ewing Resident Director Jon Slater and his staff here.
Quick Facts about Woodlee-Ewing
Floors/Halls: 4 floors, 8 halls
Residence rooms: 87, seven rooms have private restrooms
Students per room: Two students per room, four per suite
Current Capacity: 174
Room Description: 13' x 17', Cinderblock walls and tiled floors
Furniture/Amenities: Bed, desk, chair, closet, and dresser
Community Areas: Lounges on second, third and fourth floors (cable tv on third). Kitchen (refrigerator, stove, oven and microwave), laundry room (washers, dryers and ironing board) and community computer lab all housed on the first floor.
Showers per student: About one shower for every four men
Woodlee is well-known for: Being B.C.'s largest residence hall, and until 2006, serving as Bryan's only men's residence hall for most of the years since opening in 1984.
Woodlee's game of choice: Guitar Hero, Halo, Rook
Woodlee pastimes: You'll generally find a sporting event or sports show on Woodlee's televisions at any given moment or at least hear a conversation about something sports-related.
