Residential Life and Student Activities

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Finding Your Place on Campus Begins by Feeling at Home

At Champlain, you won't see boring, run-of-the-mill dorms.

Instead, you'll find restored Victorian-era mansions with curved staircases, intricate woodwork, and expansive windows looking out over Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains. Champlain's unique residence halls are completely different from anything you'll see on other college campuses.

If you are a Current Student applying to be a Resident Assistant, looking for information about housing selection, or in need of any other information from the Office of Residential Life and Student Activities, please go to the Office of Housing and Residential Life page under the Current Students section of the site.

Explore our Amazing Residence Halls

All first-year students live in one of our beautiful, Victorian-era mansions on central campus.
Our contemporary, suite-style accommodations, right on or within walking distance to campus, can't be beat.
For upper-class students, our apartment-style residence halls are ideal for getting a taste for off-campus life.

Our Live-in Staff Help You Succeed

Residence halls have both live-in professional staff and student resident assistants (RAs) to help you settle in, navigate campus, and get to know the Burlington area. RAs plan special activities throughout the academic year to give every residential student opportunities to learn something new, have fun, support the community, and meet other students.

What's Inside

Champlain residence halls include:

Ultrafast wireless internet
Access to a shared gigabit connection as part of Gig College
Live and on-demand streaming TV and movies
Desk, dresser, and closet space for each student
Extra-long twin beds (these can be bunked/lofted or set up separately)
Common microwaves
Coin-operated laundry machines
Hardwired fire alarms and carbon monoxide detectors

Residential Life At a Glance

25 architecturally distinctive Residence Halls
Adirondack Hall, Butler Hall, Juniper Hall, Lakeview Hall, and Valcour Hall: available exclusively to Sophomores
194 St. Paul Street Apartments: a downtown location available to Sophomores, Juniors, & Seniors
308 Maple: available to 14 students in the substance-free program
Co-ed Residence Halls
Residential Life staff living in each building
2,000 Full-time Students; 1,300+ of those are Residential Students

If you have questions or want more information, please e-mail Residential Life at reslife@champlain.edu.