If you're starting Duke University as a freshman, you'll be living in one of the 14 residence halls on East Campus. The dorms on West Campus are organized into six residential quads. Some are academically themed or sponsored. Some are fraternity sponsored. Read on to learn more about the dorms at Duke University so that you can decide where you want to live while working on your degree.
Instructions
Find the Best Dorms at Duke University
1. Decide if you want a roommate or wish to live alone. This can influence which dorms are worth looking at for you.
2. Choose one of the East Campus dorms that has a faculty in residence with a connection to Duke's arts programs. Find out who the faculty are and where they live on Duke's "First Year Experience" website. (See the Resources below). Take advantage of the Performing Arts Living/Learning Community in Pegram Hall. It is open to everyone with an interest in the arts. Get involved in the East Campus' annual spring semester film competition, Froshlife. It's a signature extracurricular event for all freshman who participate. The films are available on iTunes U. (See the Froshlife website in the Resources below for more information). Living on East Campus is ideal if you want to major in Art History, Theater Studies, Music, Dance, or Film. The offices for all these departments are there.
3. Apply to live in one of the academic and fraternity residence halls on West Campus. The Wellness Living Learning Community is only for upper-class students interested in living in a substance-free environment; but Freshman can take part in the Alice M. Baldwin Scholars program. It's for undergraduate women and includes a retreat, two academic seminars, an internship, and opportunities for community service. First-year women can apply to the program in their first semester. Before Thanksgiving, 18 students will be chosen to participate.
4. Visit Duke University most unique dorm: the Smart Home. It is a ten-resident home with a green roof, two solar panel systems, and two rainwater collection systems that provide the water used in the building's toilets and washing machines. (See the Smart Home website in the Resources below for more information).
5. Challenge yourself. Practice a foreign language full-time by living in Langdorm, or the Languages Theme House and Language Dorm, in the Keohane building on West Campus. It was created because of requests from students returning from Study Abroad programs who wanted to continue to practice the language they learned.
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