Living-learning communities mean stronger scholarship.
All single undergraduate freshmen under 20 years of age are required to live in organized living groups that are officially recognized by the University (residence halls, fraternities, and sororities) for one academic year.
Freshman Focus communities
General education
Your advisor enrolls you and your hall mates in the same two required General Education courses for the fall semester. Having people from your classes right next door to study with creates a living-learning community that gets you off to a strong start in your first semester. You have help in earning better grades, and you form new friendships that ease your transition from home to university life. The University offers a range of choices.
Science, engineering, and mathematics
The College of Engineering and Architecture and the College of Sciences strongly encourages all levels of students interested in science, engineering, and mathematics to sign up for Gannon-Goldsworthy Residence Hall as their living-learning community. Freshmen studying in these fields are enrolled in courses most appropriate to their major.
Specific emphasis communities
Scholars
Honors College students reside in Honors Hall and in Scott-Coman Hall, where they support each other in seeking solutions for shared challenges. Freshmen are enrolled in courses appropriate for all majors.
International
The international student community in McCroskey Hall can help ease the transition to life on an American campus, and increase cultural understanding through relationships with fellow residents of different nations, races, and religions.
Fraternities & sororities
Most of WSU's residential fraternities and sororities are approved for freshmen. They offer a close-knit group of friends, mentoring programs, support systems, and life-long career networking opportunities. Visit the Center for Fraternity and Sorority Life site.
Personal insights on what it’s like to come to WSU and to live here.
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Residence halls
Explore your home away from home at Housing, Dining, & Residence Life.
Students report on Freshman Focus results
Students say that the program helped them make friends on the residence hall floor, and that those early friendships led to increased confidence in class.
They study more than students surveyed over the past three years, form study groups, and discuss ideas with friends outside class.
They also report higher levels of satisfaction with their academic experience.
The intense, compelling relationships established around the academic life of students helped make a big place small, and created a strong sense of academic community.