Recently renovated, West Hall has been designed & reimagined with community in mind! West Hall also houses our new Queer and Ally Affinity Space on the first and second floors of the East wing. This interior-style building is immediately adjacent to the dining hall.

Room Details:

Each fully-furnished bedroom has:

• • Two residents
  • An average size of 20 feet by 11 feet
  • Two twin-XL beds
  • Two desks with chairs
  • Two dressers
  • Two side tables
  • Two ethernet ports

West Hall offers:

• • A DirectTV-broadcast television system in the 1st floor lounge
  • A laundry room on the 1st floor
  • Two community bathrooms on each floor
  • A computer lounge on the 2nd floor
  • A housing capacity of 92 residents

What is the Queer & Ally Affinity Space?  

The Queer & Ally Affinity Space is an inclusive community intentionally focused on supporting, educating, and celebrating queer identifying students. Such students will engage in educational experiences that highlight their personal identity development, queer history, the context of being queer in STEM, and how to serve as a leader in a hegemonic field.

We use the term “Queer” as an umbrella term that includes all members of the LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, asexual, and +) community. As such, all room assignments and restrooms will be classified as ‘Gender Neutral,’ meaning anyone, regardless of their biological sex, their gender identity, and their gender expression, may room with whomever they like and use the restroom on the hall.

For more information on the various terms encapsulated within our definition of queer, please visit NYC’s Gay Center (called “The Center”): https://gaycenter.org/about/lgbtq/ 

Non-queer identifying students are welcome to live in the Queer & Ally Affinity Space as an ally. We define the term “Ally” as non-queer identifying folx who are accepting of queer identifying folx and are willing to support and advocate for queer identifying folx. 

To learn more about how to be an Ally and/or the queer community at large, please visit the various websites listed below: 

• Allyship: https://gaycenter.org/about/allyship/
• Gay and Lesbian Against Defamation (GLAAD): https://www.glaad.org/programs
• Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG): https://pflag.org/ 
• It Gets Better Project: https://itgetsbetter.org/
• NYC’s Gay Center (“The Center”): https://gaycenter.org/