Geneva Smith Residence Hall
Transforming the undergraduate student experience to match the approaches embodied in Integrated Clusters requires fresh perspectives in residential life. Geneva Smith Hall has been renovated for the twenty-first century as one of the locations where the First-Year Residential Experience (FYRE) is taking place. It is one of several halls that have been organized by First-Year Seminar topic, allowing students to gain new and different perspectives that support the skill development required for future success. Combining studies with other aspects of students’ residential experience also increases student-faculty interactions.
Centre Lodge
Students develop essential teamwork, leadership, and networking skills through student organizations while gaining lifelong friendships, and Centre Lodge has been re-envisioned as a new social gathering place for both student and alumni groups, including Greek life organizations. The Bradford Room in Centre Lodge may be reserved in advance to hold group meetings and social gatherings (students use venus.plymouth.edu/25live and alumni use go.plymouth.edu/room-request). More substantial enhancements are under consideration with the goal of positioning the building as the “gateway” to upper-class housing. This fall’s Homecoming celebration featured the unveiling of a conceptual rendering, which illustrates how Centre Lodge may appear in coming years.
