HOUSING OPTIONS
If you’re looking for the average college dorm, you’ve come to the wrong place. Our residence halls go beyond that. University Housing offers a variety of living arrangements to meet your lifestyle preferences. Your experience in a student residence sets the tone for your tenure at UW-Whitewater, and our housing types allow you to live your best Warhawk life.
Our residence halls
Traditional low-rise halls
These co-educational halls each house a range of students from freshman through seniors. Each hall has its own history and traditions, and each makes a special effort to welcome entering first-year students each fall.
High-rise
Wells East and Wells West are 10-story towers that house nearly one third of the on-campus population. Wells residents consistently talk about how easy it is to meet friends. Several in-hall resources also make the Wells towers particularly attractive:
- University Fitness
- Jitters Coffeehouse
- A large computer lab
- Esports Studio
- Extended front desk hours
Suites
Pulliam Hall opened in 2010 and is currently the only suite-style residence hall at UW-Whitewater. Suites contain a shared living room, kitchen, and bathroom between four single rooms. Pulliam Hall is only available to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
Pods
Ma’iingan Hall, which opened in 2019, offers accessible pod-style living. Each pod houses two double-occupancy bedrooms and a private bathroom.
Guest housing
Convenient, affordable guest housing is available to commuter students, faculty, families, and other guests affiliated with UW-Whitewater.
Single rooms
As space permits, single rooms are offered on a seniority and/or priority basis to students in the hall of their choice. The rate for single rooms is higher than that of double rooms.
Smoke-free halls
Smoking is prohibited in all areas of all of our residence halls, including dorm rooms. Smoke-free halls prohibit smoking throughout the building.
Substance-free floors
While illegal drugs and underage drinking are prohibited in all of our residence halls, this environment is for students who agree to ensure that no alcohol, drugs, or tobacco be allowed anywhere on the floor. The locations for substance-free floors vary from year to year.
Wellness residence hall
The entire building will have a special focus on living life with wellness in mind. Using an established wellness model, the staff will engage the residents with wellness programming and education. The level that the resident chooses to embrace wellness will be completely up to each individual. In addition, one floor will also be a substance-free floor in the building.
Quiet lifestyle floors
The quiet lifestyle floor is a community for students who are looking for a learning and living environment that more closely reflects their expectations and allows them to meet their academic goals. Students on this floor are encouraged to be mindful of the people around them while they live on the floor and keep their TV, music, and other devices down to a minimum noise level. Resident assistants on this floor work to keep noise to a minimum to ensure a high-quality environment for students to study, engage with their community, and enjoy a positive college experience.
Learning Communities
UW-Whitewater students interested in living and studying with their peers can join a Learning Community. Under the guidance of a faculty or staff advisor from their interest area, students in Learning Communities live together in the same residence hall, take courses together, and engage in community activities. Students should indicate their interest in joining a Learning Community in their housing contract.
Explore each residence hall
Select a hall for specific information about each building.