College Houses

Your Home Away From Home

Blend the everyday joys of residential living (impromptu pizza parties, open-mic nights, pumpkin carving at Halloween) with meaningful moments of intellectual discovery (writing workshops, alumni guest lectures, all-night problem-solving sessions) and you’ll get F&M’s College Houses.

In these dynamic spaces, you’ll find a new way to work and play. You’ll take your first-year Connections course in your College House and continue conversations begun in the classroom, lab or office throughout your College House halls. You also have the opportunity to join your College House government and chart your own course for social events. Each House receives a substantial annual budget that students may spend on social programs, academic and community activities, special projects and more. Some students have organized:

• Formal dances
• Theatrical productions
• Play-reading discussions
• Dinners with artists, authors and notable alumni
• Pizza parties, bagel breakfasts and field trips
• Student-run publications

The Houses

There are five College Houses: Bonchek, Brooks, Roschel, Ware and Weis. Each College House is assigned a faculty mentor (don) and administrative facilitator (dean).