Carlton Road, Murray Hill, Fayette, and Noyes make up the four communities of our Second Year Experience (SYE). Because the university believes that two years of residence are beneficial for student success, residency is required except in special circumstances, and most second-year students live within residence halls or Greek communities.
Our SYE program provides students with an environment to explore new or deeper avenues for career and personal planning, and supports them as they define or sharpen a personal vision for their undergraduate career and beyond.
Second-year residential students have a variety of living options as they move into their second year on-campus. These intend to provide more autonomy for or students as they take more of a lead in authoring their individual journey.
- Approximately half are consider suite-style arrangements (Carlton Road & Murray Hill), with single rooms around a living room and bathroom. Suite-style living allows each student to live with a smaller group of friends while still having ties to the larger community through lounge spaces, the dining halls, and class-wide programs.
- Residents living in one of our two new second-year residential communities (Noyes & Fayette) are primarily housed in double bedrooms, arranged in pod-style corridors and with shared bathroom facilities that provide increased privacy through their segmented design. Shared kitchen and lounge common spaces are available in multiple locations on each floor.
Regardless of residential community, the Residence Life team continues to engage frequently with our second-year residents through means of programs, events, outreach, and support as they develop deeper campus connections.
Community Buildings: Glaser House, Kusch House, and Michelson House.
Community Size: Carlton Road is home to 450 students, supported by a staff of one Residential Community Director, one Assistant Residential Community Director, and nine Resident Assistants.
Physical Space & Amenities: The community is located on the south side of campus near the Cedar-Fairmount neighborhood. The community is considered suite-style because six students live in single rooms and share a bathroom. Each building has a kitchen, a laundry room with free services and online monitoring system, a bike room, and lounge spaces with game tables, and vending machines.
Community Features: Carlton Road is informally known as “Top of the Hill.” due to it’s elevated positioning on campus. To reach this destination, students generally utilized the “Elephant Stairs” which connects the Carlton Road community with the Murray Hill community and the southern Housing office, Fribley. Being near the Cedar-Fairmount area, residents have access to a local grocery store, bakeries and many restaurants within walking distance.
To see what is happening in Carlton Road, visit the CampusGroups page.
Community Buildings: Alumni House, Howe House, Staley House, and Tippit House.
Community Size: Murray Hill is home to 250 students, supported by a staff of one Residential Community Director, one Assistant Residential Community Director, and twelve Resident Assistants.
Physical Space & Amenities: The community is located on the south side of campus near the Little Italy neighborhood. The community is considered suite-style because students live in six single rooms and share a bathroom and a kitchen/kitchenette. Each building also has a laundry room with free services and online monitoring system, and lounge spaces with a TV, game tables, and vending machines.
Community Features: Murray Hill is informally known as “Bottom of the Hill,” due to it’s placement at the base of the Carlton Road community. Being near Cleveland's "Little Italy" neighborhood, residents are in walking distance of many restaurants and bakeries.
To see what is happening in Murray Hill, visit the CampusGroups page.
Community Size: Fayette House is home to 428 students, supported by a staff of one Residential Community Director, one Assistant Residential Community Director, and eleven Resident Assistants.
Physical Space & Amenities: This brand new residence hall includes a bike room, two music practice rooms, trash chutes on every floor, a building lounge w/ full kitchen, residential floor lounges w/ kitchenettes, a laundry room on every floor, and central air conditioning.
Community Features: Fayette House is located next to the hillside and the elephant stairs and is near Cleveland's "Little Italy" neighborhood. Residents are in walking distance of many restaurants and bakeries.
To see what is happening in Fayette House, visit the CampusGroups page.
Community Size: Noyes House is home to 172 students, supported by a staff of one Residential Community Director, one Assistant Residential Community Director, and six Resident Assistants.
Physical Space & Amenities: This brand new residence hall includes a Multipurpose Room - Ground Floor, Health Clinic, bike room, two music practice rooms, trash chutes on every floor, a building lounge w/ full kitchen, residential floor lounges w/ kitchenettes, a laundry room on every floor, and central air conditioning.
Community Features: Noyes House is located next to the hillside and the elephant stairs and is near Cleveland's "Little Italy" neighborhood. Residents are in walking distance of many restaurants and bakeries.
To see what is happening in Fayette House, visit the CampusGroups page.