Campus Language and Project Houses

Grinnell College offers second-, third-, and fourth-year students the opportunity to live in campus houses. House groups may be single-sex, co-ed, or gender-inclusive; rooms are gender-inclusive. Students living in campus houses may review their meal plan options by visiting Dining Services

General Information 

  • Campus houses are gender inclusive. House groups may be single-sex, co-ed, or gender-inclusive; rooms are gender inclusive. 
  • Students planning to take a leave of absence during the fall term may not apply for a project house. 
  • All rooms/spaces must be filled the entire year. Students studying abroad in the fall or planning to graduate in December must use our room split procedure — one student occupies the room/space in the fall; another student occupies the room/space in the spring. 
  • Students on leave during the spring term of the application process must be officially approved to return to campus for the upcoming fall term before the application deadline to be eligible to apply for a project house. 
  • Students awarded a space in a project or language house do not participate in room selection. 

Language Houses 

Five language houses have existed since the 1993–94 academic year. These houses are associated with their academic department. The purpose of the Language House Program is to provide students who speak or are learning to speak another language with an environment that is conducive to learning the language, culture, and customs of the country/countries of the language. 

Each language house has a student house coordinator and a faculty adviser; the house coordinator lives in the house. Students interested in living in a language house must contact the language department / language house faculty adviser for information on the application process. 

Project Houses 

Five project houses are available to students and consists of students with a common interest and a desire to promote that interest to the campus community. A house coordinator lives in the house and leads weekly house meetings. 

Each year, current Project Houses can re-apply for the following academic year. If a house fails to re-apply, Residence Life will accept applications for a project house. If a house is available, Residence Life will communicate to students in February regarding the application process and deadlines. 

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