I attend a very small Private- Liberal Arts College located in rural Monmouth, IL. They accept about 2,000 students onto campus. It was founded in the year 1853. I am a sophomore on campus and will give an overview of the female dorms on campus and pictures of what they look like.

(from Google)

1. Living in a Dorm

The essential part of living on campus is that you'll live in a dorm and most likely with a roommate unless you want to pay about $500 extra for a single room. I have personally had 4 different roommates and have lived in 3 dorms so far on campus. My freshman year I lived in Grier hall for the fall semester but by spring semester I had moved into Liedman hall. My sophomore year I moved into Fulton.

*Living in a dorm can be frustrating at times but being able to talk to an RA or HR is very benifical. I hope the pictures within this article can also help you understand what a dorm looks like and If you decide to come to MC to have an idea of what they look like.

Grier Hall-

Grier is located on the East side of campus and is sandwiched between McMichael (female dorm) and Winbigler (a male dorm). It is also catycorner from Stockdale, the cafeteria and is close to the Hewe's Library. This is primarily a freshman dorm but upper-class man can also be found here.

This hall is has the set up of a hotel as it was the nurses quarters back during a war ( which one I cannot think of right this moment). Their are 3 floors along with a main lounge area on the first floor. Adjacent to the main lounge is the hall kitchen that is available to all residence. Outside of the main lounge is a private movie room where I had many movie nights with my friends. Below the main floor in the basement is the laundry room and where trash and recycling is located. I lived on the second floor which wasn't too bad.

Here is the link to check out the Monmouth College Website and to get size dimensions such as your mattress and other information about the dorm- https://ou.monmouthcollege.edu/about/offices-facil...

(Below are some pictures from when I did move in and got settled)

Liedman Hall-

Liedman is located on the East side of campus and is by the Fraternity Complex, football field and Cleland Hall ( a male dorm). It is relatively close to the library for late night runs for a printer and study sessions. This is primarily a freshman dorm but upper-class women can be found here as well.

This hall has a set up of two different towers A and B is as creative as they could get. Tower A has 4 floors because the basement is also housed under that tower whereas Tower B has 3 floors, otherwise they both have 3 floors just the A tower seems like more because of the layout of the basement.

Here is the link to check out the Monmouth College Website and to get size dimensions such as your mattress and other information on the dorm- http://ou.monmouthcollege.edu/about/offices-facili...

( I unfortunately cannot find any pictures that I took of Liedmans hall set-up)

Fulton Hall-

Fulton is located on the West side of campus by the upper class-man dorms. It is housed between the Mellinger Center, a 24-hour access computer lab, home of English professors offices and the Writing Center; and the Huff Athletic Center. It is also not too far away from the cafeteria or CSB (Center for Science and Business).

This hall I think by far has the weirdest layout and set-up of all the dorms that I have lived in within 2 years, the shape of this building is a T and has 4 floors. It is primarily an upper-class man dorm but freshman can be housed here if Greir and Liedman are full.

Here is the link to check out the Monmouth College Website and to get size dimensions such as your mattress and other information on the dorm-

http://ou.monmouthcollege.edu/about/offices-facili...

I hope enjoyed this weeks article on College Life and were able to get an inside look of some of the dorms at Monmouth College. Have a blessed weekend and a great day!