Residence Life
As a residential college that requires all students to live on campus for all four years, Coe recognizes that creating the right living environment is essential to provide a superior educational opportunity.
- Mission: The Office of Residence Life strives to create an inclusive, safe, healthy environment that enhances student learning. Through the residential experience, students live in a community, whose members practice self-care, advocate for themselves and others, respect differences and find a sense of belonging.
- Vision: Coe College Residence Life creates communities that support student success and contribute to residents achieving their personal and professional goals.
Please note that we are no longer doing "lobby donations" for food and clothing items. If there is excess food and clothing left in building lobbies, there will be a common area fee applied to building residents' student accounts at the end of the term. We encourage all students to utilize local resources such as food banks and donation centers if they wish to give away items.
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Coe is home to over 1,300, the majority of which reside in 24 different residence halls, apartment buildings and houses.
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Check out the variety of housing options at Coe under Residence Halls and Buildings.
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Our work is guided by our Mission & Vision above and a set of Learning Outcomes.
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Our residence life staff is led by a director, assistant directors and 50 resident assistants.
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Read through the list of what we provide and what you shouldn't bring.
Coe's residence halls vary in style, size and personality. Each hall has vending machines, laundry facilities and at least one kitchen. In addition to main lobbies for studying, relaxing and activities, most halls also have lounges with TVs and comfy chairs and couches. All have cable TV and internet hookups, with Wi-Fi access available on much of the Coe campus.
You will have a resident assistant (RA) assigned to each floor, who will serve as a familiar face, a seasoned expert on life at Coe and a person to help make your college transition run smoothly. You also will have the unique opportunity to participate in a number of activities with your floormates, not just in the halls, but also across campus.
Within the residence halls, most first-year students live on a first-year floor or in a cluster of rooms placed in proximity to the floor's resident assistant. First-year student floors provide a home base for entering students, while also integrating them into a larger hall community with upper-class students.
Coe believes the first-year student experience is vital to academic and social success. The programs, services and mentoring that take place in the first-year student clusters and floors provide students enhanced educational and community opportunities and facilitate the overall liberal arts experience.