Residential Life - Housing

Pitzer College offers housing in five residence halls. Each of the five residence halls have trained, live-in Hall Directors who are full-time professional staff members responsible for coordinating and overseeing hall activities including programming, advising on academic and personal concerns, supervising and coordinating student staff, working with hall council, and daily operations. All staff members are readily available to students, while a member of each hall staff is on call at all times.

The newest residence halls, opened in Fall 2007, are Atherton Hall, Pitzer Hall, and Sanborn Hall ("old" Sanborn is now unoccupied). These new "green" halls are part of Phase I of the Residential Life Project (RLP), a long-term project that is transforming Pitzer College.

As a reflection of Pitzer's commitment to sustainability and environmental education, Pitzer is pursuing the highest level of “green” possible for the Residential Life Project, and received Gold certification under the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system.

ATHERTON HALL

This four-story building, adjacent to the Gold Student Center, houses 62 students. Rooms are double occupancy with two rooms sharing an adjoining vanity, bathroom and shower. Common areas include a living room, six study rooms, and laundry facilities. The basement level of Atherton Hall is home to the new mailroom, a music practice room, and the Lenzner Family Art Gallery.

PITZER HALL

This four-story building, southeast of Gold Student Center, houses 78 students. Rooms are double occupancy, with two rooms sharing an adjoining vanity, bathroom and shower. Common areas include a living room, eight study rooms, and laundry facilities. The basement level of Pitzer Hall is the new home of the Admission Office.

SANBORN HALL

This three-story building, northeast of Gold Student Center, houses 178 students. Rooms are double occupancy with two rooms sharing an adjoining vanity, bathroom and shower. Common areas include a living room, nine study rooms, laundry facilities and a kitchen.

Holden Hall and Mead Hall are the older residence halls on campus.

HOLDEN HALL

This two-story building houses 180 students in four wings. Rooms are double occupancy, with two rooms sharing an adjoining bathroom and shower. Common areas include a living room, television room, recreation room, three study rooms, a kitchen and laundry facilities. Holden Hall houses Substance Free Living, Holden’s Ultimate Study Hall (H.U.S.H.), a thematic corridor focused around consideration and friendship, and a science and math hall. HUSH provides a community for students who want a 24-hour quiet policy for a study atmosphere. Residents also benefit from collaborative group study sessions.

MEAD HALL
(not open to new student housing)
This three-story, six-tower complex, houses approximately 225 students. Suites share a common living room with four people on each side for a total of eight people in a suite. Common areas include a community kitchen, laundry facilities and a television lounge. Mead is also home to Career Services, Center for Asian Pacific American Students (CAPAS), Arboretum Manager Office, The Rabbit Hole (a confidential and respectful substance abuse education and outreach program), and the Marquis Library.

Mead Hall also offers a substance-free and a community involvement tower that exemplifies one of the College’s educational objectives; awareness of the social and ethical implications of action. Residence life in the Involvement Tower is generally self-governed within the parameters of Pitzer’s residential life policies. Students are strongly encouraged to attend Tower meetings and participate in Pitzer’s community or the community at large.

Students Participating in Study Abroad

All students who plan on participating in a Study Abroad program and plan to return to Pitzer must complete a Study Abroad housing form, included in the Study Abroad application packet.

Students Abroad Fall Semester
The Study Abroad housing form should include your top three housing preferences. Housing assignments for the spring semester will be based on housing preferences listed, priority number and space availability. Assignments are made after the residence halls close for winter break. Student housing notifications are sent via Pitzer email by the end of December.

Students Abroad Spring Semester
The Study Abroad housing form should indicate the name of your proxy. The proxy must be a Pitzer student attending spring semester. This person will select a room for you during spring Room Draw.

Students Abroad for a Full Year
The Study Abroad housing form should indicate the name of your proxy. This person will select a room for you during spring Room Draw.

Seniors returning from a Study Abroad program are not required to live on campus. However, the Housing Office does need to know a student’s housing intent when they return from abroad. If students intend on living off campus please indicate this on the Study Abroad Housing Form. This will take the place of an off- campus application.