Student Life at Goshen College

The majority of our students live on campus...

Goshen offers a variety of housing options for students who are single, married or have families.

One way that residence hall life at Goshen really stands out — in addition to diversity and depth of friendships — is that the college has expectations for living in a campus community, the Goshen College Commitment to Community Standards. These guidelines for living ask us to respect ourselves and one another through the choices we make.

Read the Residence Hall Living Manual

Room Sign Up: TBA in AD28

10 p.m. Student Apartments, Jr/Sr Floor, Kulp and Coffman Suites

Room Sign Up: TBA in AD28

10:00 p.m. Kratz, Miller, Yoder Residence Halls

FAQ for housing selection

Living options

Three residence halls – Yoder Hall, Kratz hall and Miller Halls are available to single students of any classification under the age of 25 years. Each hall is coed, with men and women on different floors. Students typically live in groups of 20-30 per living unit. Leadership is provided by student resident assistants and a resident director.

Senior/junior hall – Kulp Hall provides housing for juniors and seniors. This facility is designed to offer increased independence with the convenience of on-campus locations. Eligible students graduated from high school at least two years prior to the first day of classes.

College-owned houses – available primarily for married students and families; located a short walking distance from campus; size of houses range from one-to-four bedrooms.

Small group housing - The SGH program offers an opportunity to deepen friendships while living with intentionality. Available to single students who graduated from high school at least two years prior to the first day of class. Facilities are in small residence hall units or houses for six to 12 students per group. Students form their own group and apply for housing facilities.

Student Apartments Student Apartments are available for junior and senior students. Designed for four students, each apartment is configured with a kitchen, living area, two baths and four bedrooms. The fourth floor features a loft area for additional longe space. Apartments offer increased independence and flexibility within the proximity of campus.

Apartment selection details .

Consideration for eco-friendly aspects in the project is evident in the low-emission construction materials (e.g. paints), selection of metal roofing material, design decisions to maximize natural lighting with low-energy windows, selection of carpet tiles that decrease installation waste and replacement costs. Each apartment is fully heated and air-conditioned using efficient water source heat pumps. The heat pumps are coupled to a central 95 percent efficient boiler for heating and high efficient heat exchanger for cooling, using well water. The entire system is supervised and controlled by a central computerized building management system.

Residence hall furnishings are customizable and comfortable! Each room has two beds, two three-drawer dressers, two-shelf bookshelves, two desks (each has two shelves on top, and the first shelf is high enough to fit a standard-sized computer monitor underneath) and two chairs. All of these items are interchangeable, forming more than 40 design combinations so you and your roommate can rearrange it to suit your needs.

Java Junction (pictured below), a student-run coffee bar, is located in the Kratz-Miller-Yoder residence hall Connector (pictured left).

Coffman Hall - This hall is designed for juniors and seniors to live in suite style housing. Originally constructed in 1929, Coffman has been recently renovated into air conditioned suites, equipped with a kitchen, lounge and newly tiled restroom. Hardwood floors were exposed in the kitchens; lounges, hallways and bedrooms are carpeted. Windows have miniblinds. Laundry, lounge and storage facilities are located in the basement. Prayer and Spiritual Direction rooms are part of the Quiet Place also housed on the lower level. Coffman Hall was the site of a shirt factory in the 1930s during the Depression Era. Students sewed shirts in the basement during their free time to help pay for their college costs. Legend has it that one student worked so many hours in the shirt factory that when he graduated, the college owed him money.

Kratz Hall & Miller Hall - Kratz Hall, built in 1964, provides coed housing for 135 students; men and women live on different floors. Miller provides coed housing for 135 students and was built in 1966; men and women live on different floors. Most rooms are double rooms, although there are a few singles. Currently under renovation, these halls will be equipped with new lighting, airconditioning, new closets and tile flooring in the rooms. Windows have blinds for privacy. Laundry, kitchens, lounges and recreation facilities are located in the Kratz-Miller-Yoder Connector. Kratz Hall was named in honor of Clayton Kratz, a Goshen College senior in the 1920s who went to do Mennonite relief work in war-torn Russia and disappeared during his service.

Yoder Hall - The largest residence hall on campus, Yoder Hall was built in 1960 and provides coed housing for 202 students; men and women are housed on different floors. Laundry, kitchens, lounges and recreation facilities are located in the Kratz-Miller-Yoder Connector. Student rooms and hallways are newly carpeted. There are a number of pieces of built-in furniture for easy moving in. Windows have blinds for privacy. Yoder Hall is located closest to the Recreation-Fitness Center, beyond the campus tennis courts and sand volleyball courts.

Westlawn Dining Hall -The Westlawn cafeteria is the staple of the campus diet, offering hot food, vegetarian selections, sandwiches and salads, all-day breakfast items, plenty of ice cream and desserts, international dishes, flexible hours and frequent mealtime entertainment like “open mic night” or a pumpkin-carving contest. There’s plenty of coffee, too.