Congreve Hall offers a community of eclectic personalities – all living under one roof! Our hall holds about 267 residents, many of which come here for the wonderful lounge space or the closeness to athletic events or just because they wanted to live in this amazing community! Congreve houses a nice mix of first years through seniors. We have plenty of singles, doubles and triples of all shapes and sizes. So in Congreve, you can usually find exactly the type of living situation you would like.

Holy, Cow Congreve!

• Congreve is known for it’s large, beautiful lounges. Students love tostudy, hold group meetings or just relax and watch television together!

• Students have a wide variety of interests here. From dedicated athletes to university scholars,we house them all!

• The building was completely gutted and renovated in 2003, and it shows! We have gorgeous furniture, lots of wonderful windows and fantastic space for any type of programming event!

• Congreve is a co-ed building. The ground, second and third floor are co-ed by side. The first floor of Congreve is all women.

We have a new big screen TV (bought in 2005) and an air hockey table (bought in fall 2005).

Partnership with Waysmeet Center

Congreve is partnered with the Waysmeet Center. We provide support for their many events that they hold throughout the year. We assist with the Cornucopia food pantry, community dinners and much more! It is a wonderful opportunity for Congreve residents to get involved in the world outside of UNH.

Keeping Motivated for Academics…

Congreve is a lively community that is also quite dedicated to theiracademics. During any part of the day, you can find students studying or working on projects in any of our lounges.
Out of the 276 residents that are living in Congreve, we had a 122 students receive honors for fall 2005.

“If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.” – John F. Kennedy

A commitment to diversity is very important to the Department of Residential Life but also to the staff and residents of Congreve.  We all work together as a community to demonstrate our commitment to inclusivity in our words, actions and even just door displays.

Congreve Traditions With the building being completely renovated in 2003, Congreve has been able to start clean on a number of traditions for the community.             Annual Traditions: Fall and spring hall BBQ's Floor Wars Competitions Games Nights Destrees Socials

Open Door Hour: 8pm – 9pm each night the staff gives out study bucks, candy, and sometimes raffles off gift certificates to people who keep their doors open. Cookies with the Hall Director – A chance for each floor to sit down with the hall director, eat cookies, and chat about things important to them.