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Adams Tower West Area: The Hills Hall Director: Soli Collado Size: Medium 165-300 Opened the Fall of 2010 and originally part of The New England Center Hotel, Adams Tower West (ATW) is one of our more popular halls. ATW is just minutes away from the Whittemore Center, Paul College, and award-winning Stillings dining hall. All rooms are luxurious triples or quads with their own baths and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking a peaceful wooded campus area.	Alexander Hall Alexander ACCOLADES, First Year Students Only, Gender Inclusive Community Area: The Valley Hall Director: Madison Maynard Size: Small < 165 Alexander Hall is a vibrant and friendly community housing only first-year students. It is centrally located on campus and shares an outdoor quad area with several other residence halls. Alexander has two main lounges where students hang out, one for fun and recreation and the other for studying. Students love Alexander's small and close-knit community atmosphere.	Christensen Hall First Year Students Only Area: The Timbers Hall Director: Parker LaRock Size: Large > 300 Located right next to Philbrook Dining Hall and our twin building Williamson Hall, it is minutes away from many academic buildings, making it a convenient place to call home.
Congreve Hall Area: The Hills Hall Director: Danielle Miller Size: Medium 165-300 Living in Congreve will put you in the center of the UNH campus. Proximity to the campus core and steps away from recreation facilities are just a few of the reasons first-year through seniors are attracted to life in Congreve. As a resident you will enjoy the diverse population, kitchen facilities, the awesome lounges, and hanging with friends.	Engelhardt Hall Alcohol and Drug-Free Community Area: The Valley Hall Director: Jhenneffer Marcal Size: Small < 165 Engelhardt is a small hall on campus, making it easy to get to know everyone in the building. This hall is home to students with a variety of interests, hobbies and academic majors. Residents commit to keeping the hall free of alcohol and other drugs.	Fairchild Hall International Connections Area: The Valley Hall Director: Christina Terry Size: Small < 165 As the International Connections themed Hall, Fairchild houses domestic students who want a rich and diverse cultural experience and citizens of countries around the world. Approximately 1/3 of the students are international students.
Gibbs Hall The Clubhouse Area: The Valley Hall Director: Justin Kennedy Size: Small < 165 Join the Club! In Gibbs, you will live in a small tight-knit community called "The Clubhouse". Focusing on sports, fitness, and wellness, the Gibbs staff and Hall Council provide residents opportunities for this active community to get to know each other. As a Gibbian, you will be involved in lots of activities both on campus and in the Durham community.	Haaland Hall Environmental Sustainability Learning Community (RLC) Area: The Timbers Hall Director: Halie Laviolette Size: Medium 165-300 Completed in 2008, Haaland Hall houses students from a diverse array of backgrounds and represent many different identities and personalities. It is home to many engineering students due to its close proximity to the Engineering school in Kingsbury Hall. Haaland houses singles, doubles, triples, and in four and five person suites.	Handler Hall InCEPStion RLC Area: The Timbers Hall Director: Holly Fosher Size: Large > 300 Handler is one of the newest residence halls on campus. The building houses nine resident assistants, and a full-time professional staff member. Handler is home to the InCEPStion themed floor.
Hetzel Hall Area: The Valley Hall Director: Jordan DeSousa Size: Small < 165 Hetzel is located on the corner of Main Street across from The Durham Market Place, The Works Bagel Shop, Aroma Joes and many more downtown attractions. The hall is home to some of the largest rooms on campus. Residents have the choice of living in a single, double, built-up triples or two-room triples.	Hubbard Hall Honors, InCEPStion RLC, Making the Grade Area: The Timbers Hall Director: Joey Hitchcock Size: Medium 165-300 Hubbard is a medium co-ed residence hall that houses two themes: "Honors" and "Making the Grade," providing a place for students who want to live in a building where there are high academic expectations. Being a part of this community is a great way to get started at UNH. Hubbard students study hard but also have a lot of fun at the same time.	Hunter Hall Area: The Valley Hall Director: Chelsea Leclerc Size: Small < 165 A small but involved co-ed hall made up of first-year and upper-class students. Hunter is ideally located on campus with a great backyard as well as an open quad area that is home to the Lower Quad Four square court. Students often hang out in these areas to study or catch up with friends.
Jessie Doe Hall Area: The Hills Hall Director: Tyler Rock Size: Small < 165 As a small hall, Jessie Doe is a great mix of first year and upper-class students. Jessie Doe is ideally located for easy access to the main campus, next door to Stillings Dining Hall and the Whittemore Center.	Lord Hall First Year Students Only Area: The Hills Hall Director: Janett Thomas Size: Small < 165 Lord is a small hall that houses residents with a great sense of community. Getting to know other Lord residents is easy. RA’s host weekly socials on each floor, as well as building socials in one of the four hall lounges. The main lounge on the first floor is home to a fireplace, a pool table, a piano, and flat screen TV with a DVD player.	McLaughlin Hall Area: The Hills Hall Director: Gabby Riviere Size: Small < 165 McLaughlin is a small hall, with many residents whom enjoy the strong sense of community within the building, as well as its great location. Situated on a hill overlooking the western side of campus, McLaughlin is surrounded by trees and grassy areas. It is close to Stillings Dining Hall, Dimond Library, Paul College, The Whit, Campus Rec, outdoor pool, Amtrak station, and The Dairy Bar.
Mills Hall Area: The Valley Hall Director: Brittany Cotton Size: Large > 300 Mills Hall is a large, suite-style, residence hall, centrally located in the heart of the University of New Hampshire (UNH) campus and near downtown Durham. This unique residential community consists of upper-class students ranging from sophomores to seniors.	Peterson Hall Life Sciences Residential Learning Community (RLC) Area: The Timbers Hall Director: Trevon Bryant Size: Medium 165-300 Peterson is a medium co-ed hall. It has both traditional style rooms and suite style rooms in singles, doubles or triples, all air-conditioned. Each of the five floors have a large open lounge area and a study lounge. The first floor has a kitchen, laundry facility and a recreation lounge with a large screen television and Ping-Pong table.	Sawyer Hall Area: The Hills Hall Director: Zach Peterson Size: Small < 165 Sawyer is a small co-ed hall. It is in prime location on campus and recently renovated. The building has mostly double rooms and it is set-up in a traditional residence hall layout. Sawyer houses about two-thirds sophomores and one-third first-year students with some juniors and seniors mixed in.
Scott Hall Area: The Hills Hall Director: Shanti Scott Size: Small < 165 Scott Hall is located in the heart of the campus and is arguably the most picturesque, with its classic design and sprawling lawn. Living here, you’re just minutes from Paul College, the field house and Whittemore Center.	Stoke Hall Paul Professional Partnership (RLC) Area: The Hills Hall Director: Roundtree Size: Large > 300 Stoke is the largest residence hall at UNH. The community is comprised mostly of freshmen and sophomore students, allowing for great friendships and mentoring to occur in the building. There are two resident assistants (RAs) on every floor so that the residents have easy access to a staff member.	The Minis-Eaton House The Arts Area: The Timbers Hall Director: Dee Dube Size: Small < 165 If you have an interest in the arts or merely enjoy being around folks that enjoy the arts, Eaton is a place for you to consider living with likeminded folks. Whether you major in the Arts or not, many Eaton residents enjoy the experience that the arts create.
The Minis-Hall House Outdoor Experiential Education Area: The Timbers Hall Director: Dee Dube Size: Small < 165 Do you like the outdoors? Many of the students who choose to live in Hall House enjoy biking, hiking, swimming, rock climbing, and a variety of other outdoor activities. Located right near College Woods and surrounded by plenty of great trees for hammocking or slack-lining, Hall House is a great environment for all sorts of fun outdoor experiences.	The Minis-Marston House Area: The Timbers Hall Director: Dee Dube Size: Small < 165 How does a quiet single near college woods and Philbrook dining hall sound? How about a shady, tree-surrounded cabin near a stream? All of these describe the location and environment around Marston House. Marston is home to residents who mostly live in single rooms (6 double rooms are available) but enjoy utilizing the lounge spaces for recreation and academics.	The Minis-Richardson House Area: The Timbers Hall Director: Dee Dube Size: Small < 165 Does a single room in a small community of students sound exciting? Then Richardson is the community for you. Richardson is perfect for students who like having their own space but also enjoy hanging out with friends. The building has two lounges for students to hang out with friends and study. Richardson House offers a gender inclusive restroom.
Upper Quad-Devine Hall Gender Inclusive Community Area: The Valley Hall Director: Devon Hopson Size: Large > 300 As part of the Upper Quad Halls, Devine Hall is close to classes, HoCo (Holloway Commons), Memorial Union Building (MUB) and connected to Hitchcock and Randall Halls. Living in Devine gives you a small hall feel, while actually living in a large hall!	Upper Quad-Hitchcock Hall Area: The Valley Hall Director: Devon Hopson Size: Large > 300 Hitchcock is comprised of three great floor communities for freshman and sophomores. The first floor is all male and the second and third floors are female. Hitchcock has a large lounge for studying, watching popular shows. The courtyard provides a great opportunity for students to hang out in warm weather. The hall is close to many academic buildings.	Upper Quad-Randall Hall Area: The Valley Hall Director: Devon Hopson Size: Large > 300 Randall is comprised of four floors located in the middle of the “Upper Quad”. The ground floor has a wonderful longe, perfect for studying or hanging out. The 2nd floor is home to the large Randall study lounge and a full kitchen.
Williamson Hall First Year Students Only Area: The Timbers Hall Director: Kristi Leclerc Size: Large > 300 Located in the Timbers, steps from Philbrook Dining, Williamson Hall is the host to our First Year Experience with programs and events geared to new Wildcats so you can get the most out of UNH. It might be big but each floor is small, allowing communities to develop and strong friendships to be made.