{"id":21913,"date":"2019-08-01T13:19:13","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T18:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/?p=21913"},"modified":"2019-08-01T13:19:13","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T18:19:13","slug":"what-do-baylor-residence-halls-look-like-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2019\/08\/what-do-baylor-residence-halls-look-like-today\/","title":{"rendered":"What do Baylor residence halls look like today?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21918\" style=\"display: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-memorial.png\" alt=\"Memorial Hall\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-memorial.png 1024w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-memorial-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-memorial-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you graduated from Baylor more than 10-15 years ago, chances are good you wouldn&#8217;t recognize life in a Baylor residence hall as it exists today.<\/p>\n<p>For starters, virtually every hall has been either built or massively renovated in the past decade or so. That process began in 2004 with the opening of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/mediacommunications\/news.php?action=story&amp;story=21208\">North Village<\/a>, followed by the debuts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2007\/09\/touring-brooks-village\/\">Brooks College\/Flats<\/a> (2007) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2013\/08\/east-village-welcomes-its-first-residents\/\">East Village<\/a> (2013). In 2013, a series of residence hall overhauls began; <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2014\/09\/penland-dining-hall-south-russell-get-new-looks\/\">South Russell<\/a> debuted its new look in 2014, followed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/BaylorUniversity1845\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=10153570781006926\">North Russell<\/a> (2015), <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2016\/08\/hankamercashion-complex-and-penland-hall-debut-new-looks\/\">Penland<\/a> (2016), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2017\/08\/new-school-year-debuts-newly-renovated-martin-hall\/\">Martin<\/a> (2017). <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2019\/04\/give-light-projects-an-expanded-memorial-alexander-for-the-honors-residential-college\/\">Plans for a new-look Memorial\/Alexander<\/a> were revealed this spring as part of the #GiveLightBU campaign.<\/p>\n<p>So&#8230; What do these halls look like today? Take a look.<\/p>\n<p>(Each hall is listed in alphabetical order below; click on the hall name for more information about that hall, and on the photo to see an entire photo gallery of that hall.)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/cll\/index.php?id=873009\">Alexander Hall<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/BaylorCLL\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=2778743382139886\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21919\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-alexander.png\" alt=\"Alexander Hall - photos of the exterior, a student room, and a communal area\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-alexander.png 1024w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-alexander-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-alexander-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/cll\/index.php?id=873010\"><strong>Allen Hall<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/BaylorCLL\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=2778742285473329\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21920\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-allen.png\" alt=\"Allen Hall - photos of the exterior, a student room, and a communal area\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-allen.png 1024w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-allen-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-allen-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/cll\/index.php?id=873017\"><strong>Brooks Flats<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/BaylorCLL\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=2622446031102956\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21921\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-brooksflats.png\" alt=\"Brooks Flats - photos of the exterior, a student room, and a communal area\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-brooksflats.png 1024w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-brooksflats-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-brooksflats-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/cll\/index.php?id=873014\"><strong>Brooks Residential College<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/BaylorCLL\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=2622422651105294\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21922\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-brookscollege.png\" alt=\"Brooks Residential College - photos of the exterior, a student room, and a communal area\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-brookscollege.png 1024w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-brookscollege-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-brookscollege-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/cll\/index.php?id=873019\"><strong>Collins Hall<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/BaylorCLL\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=2619188971428662\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21923\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-collins.png\" alt=\"Collins Hall - photos of the exterior, a student room, and a communal area\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-collins.png 1024w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-collins-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-collins-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/cll\/index.php?id=873021\"><strong>Dawson Hall<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/BaylorCLL\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=2778741495473408\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21924\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-dawson.png\" alt=\"Dawson Hall - photos of the exterior, a student room, and a communal area\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-dawson.png 1024w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-dawson-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-dawson-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/cll\/index.php?id=873022\"><strong>Earle Hall<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/BaylorCLL\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=2806198179394406\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21925\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-earle.png\" alt=\"Earle Hall - photos of the exterior, a student room, and a communal area\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-earle.png 1024w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-earle-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-earle-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/cll\/index.php?id=873026\"><strong>Kokernot Hall<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/BaylorCLL\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=2619193328094893\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21926\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-kokernot.png\" alt=\"Kokernot Hall - photos of the exterior, a student room, and a communal area\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-kokernot.png 1024w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-kokernot-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-kokernot-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/cll\/index.php?id=873027\"><strong>Martin Hall<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/BaylorCLL\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=2622440477770178\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21927\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-martin.png\" alt=\"Martin Hall - photos of the exterior, a student room, and a communal area\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-martin.png 1024w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-martin-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-martin-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/cll\/index.php?id=873028\"><strong>Memorial Hall<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/BaylorCLL\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=2778770738803817\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21928\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-memorial-1.png\" alt=\"Memorial Hall - photos of the exterior, a student room, and a communal area\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-memorial-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-memorial-1-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-memorial-1-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/cll\/index.php?id=873030\"><strong>North Russell Hall<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/BaylorCLL\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=2651502974863928\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21929\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-northrussell.png\" alt=\"North Russell Hall - photos of the exterior, a student room, and a communal area\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-northrussell.png 1024w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-northrussell-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-northrussell-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>North Village (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/cll\/index.php?id=873025\">Heritage House<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/cll\/index.php?id=873034\">Texana House<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/cll\/index.php?id=873035\">University House<\/a>):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/BaylorCLL\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=912922482055328\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21930\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-northvillage.png\" alt=\"North Village - photos of the exterior, a student room, and a communal area\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-northvillage.png 1024w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-northvillage-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-northvillage-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/cll\/index.php?id=873031\">Penland Hall<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/BaylorCLL\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=2720126068001618\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21931\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-penland.png\" alt=\"Penland Hall - photos of the exterior, a student room, and a communal area\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-penland.png 1024w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-penland-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-penland-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/cll\/index.php?id=873032\"><strong>South Russell<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/BaylorCLL\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=911433245537585\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21932\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-southrussell.png\" alt=\"South Russell Hall - photos of the exterior, a student room, and a communal area\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-southrussell.png 1024w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-southrussell-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-southrussell-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/cll\/index.php?id=873033\"><strong>Teal Residential College<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/BaylorCLL\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=2806261882721369\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21933\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-teal.png\" alt=\"Teal Residential College - photos of the exterior, a student room, and a communal area\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-teal.png 1024w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-teal-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/y-teal-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Some of these are primarily home to first-year students; others are set up specifically as living-learning centers, residential colleges and upper-division communities. To learn more about Baylor&#8217;s on-campus housing opportunities, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/cll\/\">visit the Campus Living &amp; Learning website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, Bears!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you graduated from Baylor more than 10-15 years ago, chances are good you wouldn&#8217;t recognize life in a Baylor residence hall as it exists today. For starters, virtually every hall has been either built or massively renovated in the past decade or so. That process began in 2004 with the opening of North Village, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photo-galleries","category-student-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21913\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}