Residence Hall Facilities

Norelius Hall

Norelius Hall
Norelius Hall front

Also Known as Co-Ed

Our largest residence hall, for 372 students, is built to create community for first-years. Ten double-occupancy rooms are arranged in “pods” that share a common lounge space with a Collegiate Fellow (resident assistant). Each dorm room has a desk, desk chair, bed (mattress and frame), and closet/wardrobe space for each resident. On the large main floor, there’s a fireplace with a conversation area (“The Pit”) and two large study-hangout areas. It’s named for our college’s founder and first president, Rev. Eric Norelius. 

What’s Cool About It

Sure, in the winter you must walk across the parking lot students call “the Tundra” to get to and from class. Still, it’s the closet dorm building to workout and athletic facilities, and practice fields for multiple sports. It’s been known as “Co-Ed” since 1967 because it was the first residence hall on campus to house both men and women. Of course back then, men and women still had separate laundry rooms, vending machines, trash areas, and even curfews. At night, a metal gate came down between the building’s two towers to prevent men and women from mixing too late. It only lasted a few years like that, and today, genders are arranged by pod, and there is an open-gender housing option too. 

Here You'll Find,

first-year students.

 

 

 

 

The Details

  • Hall amenities: Section-style layout - 22 residents and one Collegiate Fellow around a common lounge space; main-level large lounge with fireplace and conversation area ('the pit'), two large study areas.
  • Room amenities: Desk, desk chair, bed (mattress & frame), and closet/wardrobe space is provided for each resident. Beds (wooden bed frames) can be bunked. Lofting a bed requires a rental from Bedloft.com.

Measurement estimates

  • Desks: 41.5'' long, 23.5'' wide/depth, 30'' high
  • Wooden Bed Frames (distance from floor): Adjustable via rungs - around 8 inches high when not raised, and 31 inches when fully raised (allowing approx 30 inches of storage space underneath).
  • Beds: Twin XL (38 inches wide, 80 inches long)
  • Wardrobes (exterior): roughly 34.5 inches wide, 72 inches high (6 feet)
    • Interior hanging space: roughly 36 high, 34 inches wide
    • Shelf above clothes bar (if present): 10 inches height
    • Drawers: roughly 31 inches wide, 19 inches deep

Room & Floor Plans

NRL room

 

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