With over 1,400 students living across 45+ residence halls here in Annandale-On-Hudson, we are able to offer a variety of intentional communities and unique living opportunities. First-Year students are able to request placement within our Substance Free and Women's Only communities. In addition to these communities, returning students are able to apply as groups for various suites and suite-style apartment spaces. We also offer residences exclusive to Graduate students.
All Undergraduate Intentional Community Living Options
Our Intentional Communtiy Living are residences where a collection of students from all class years live and build community and connection through a shared housing need or desire. All first-year students are welcome to request to be placed within our intentional community options via their Housing Profile in MyAnnandale. Returning students interested in these communities should complete the eligibiltiy form prior to March 31st to be able to select into these communities at Room Selection. Please note, we prioritize students with the highest need for these communities first but have been able to meet most requests in the past.
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Women's Only HousingBard features both Women's Only First Year and Upper-College residences. The locations change based on the need for Women's Only housing, but are currently Rueger, & Steinway on South Campus. These residence halls have only women assigned to live in them, yet residents are welcome to bring guests of any gender identity over at any time. Please note, staff of any gender may be working in the residence to clean, repair, maintain, ensure security, or community-build.
Women's Only Housing
Bard features both Women's Only First Year and Upper-College residences. The locations change based on the need for Women's Only housing, but are currently Rueger, & Steinway on South Campus. These residence halls have only women assigned to live in them, yet residents are welcome to bring guests of any gender identity over at any time. Please note, staff of any gender may be working in the residence to clean, repair, maintain, ensure security, or community-build.
Why do we offer Women's Only Housing?
With exception to this community, all of Bard's residences are gender inclusive by design with no gendered restrooms or floors in any residence halls. We offer the Women's Only community to all students who identify as Women. Historically, Women's only housing has been requested by students with specific religious backgrounds as well as survivors of sexual assault. You do not need a reason to want to live in the Women's Only community, but it is important to recognize that your neighbors in the community may have a specific reason for wanting to live here. We ask that folks take extra respect when selecting into these residences, while guests of any gender identy are welcome it is important to have open communication within this community.
How to select into Women's Only Housing?
Incoming First Year and Transfer Students Via Housing Profile
All new incoming first year and transfer students who identify as Women are eligibile for the Women's Only Housing. Within your Housing Profile, you will have a few questions regarding your interest in this community.
Returning Students Via Room Selection
All students in the room selection process who identify as Women are eligibile for the Women's Only Housing. -
Substance Free Housing2022-2023 will be the inaugural year for a new Substance Free Living experience on the Bard campus! Harold Keen Hall will be home to our first ever mixed-class Substance Free Experience. All incoming First-Year and Transfer students as well as returning students in the room selection process are eligible to live in this community.
Substance Free Housing
2022-2023 will be the inaugural year for a new Substance Free Living experience on the Bard campus! Harold Keen Hall will be home to our first ever mixed-class Substance Free Experience. All incoming First-Year and Transfer students as well as returning students in the room selection process are eligible to live in this community.
For the past three years, around 40 first-year students have selected substance-free housing, a community that will fit well within the walls of Keen Hall. This move will also allow for rooms in Keen to be made available, seeking out a substance-free environment, both double rooms for students with less than 28 credits and single rooms for students with more than 28 credits.
What is Substance Free Living?
Students choosing to live in substance-free housing agree to the following additional community standards:
1. Alcohol, tobacco, or illegal drugs should not be brought in or used in the hall.
2. Students will not return to the hall under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs and become disruptive to the community by their actions.
3. Students will be responsible for their guest's compliance with the hall rules and may be held accountable based on the situation.
4. A student may be relocated to another residence on campus if they fail to abide by the rules of the community. Other disciplinary actions may result depending on the situation.
How to select into Substance Free Living?
Incoming First-Year and Transfer Students Via Housing Profile
All new incoming first-year and transfer students who would like to live in the substance-free community are eligible to do so. Within your Housing Profile, you will have a few questions regarding your interest in this community.
Intentional Community Opportunities
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Resnick Commons is home to 36 suites reserved for Undergraduates returning to the college. These suites are equipped with a bathroom, full kitchen, and living space private to the group of 4 or 5 students who live in the suite. Through the room selection process, students apply as groups to live in suites with either 2 Seniors/Juniors and 2 Sopomores or 1 Seniors/Junior and 4 Sophomores. -
Linked SuitesIn Manor & Robbins, we have a handful of special spaces which returning students are able to apply for in groups. These spaces range from pairs of single rooms connected via private half-baths to a triple room that happens to have a single room built inside of it. Check out this years Special Spaces application for more information about the available options. -
Paired Single SuitesIn Manor Annex, we have 14 pairs of single rooms attached by a half-bath. In Robbins House, we have 2 pairs of single rooms attached by a full-bath. Each single has a private entrance from the hallway. These paired single suites are prioritized for Senior and then Junior level students and can be requested via group applications during Room Selection.
Graduate Student Communities
Creating A Themed Living Community
Returning students have the ability to propose and cultivate a Themed Living Experience on campus. Currently, students have created "Health House" and "Sustainability House" in the treehouses of Cruger Village. Stay tuned for more information on creating communities in future years.
