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Students will have required events during Pointers Week.
UWSP houses 13 residence halls across campus. Every hall has community kitchens, a computer lab, laundry facilities, study lounges, group meeting rooms, secured mailboxes, and recycling facilities. Each room has a loftable bed (including twin extra-long mattresses), dresser, desk, and closet for each resident.
Which one will you choose? We recognize that our residence halls are more than just a place where students sleep, it’s where you will make lifelong friends, create memories, and grow as an individual.
Each traditional residence hall room will provide 2 loftable beds with twin extra-long mattresses, 2 desks and dressers, and ResNet (computer network) connection port.
Apply for housing as early as possible. UWSP Housing follows the UW Board of Regents’ live-on requirement. Students are required to live on campus for the first two years after high school.
UWSP Housing follows the UW Board of Regents’ live-on requirement stating all students who are two years or less out of high school to live on campus.
UWSP Housing and Residence Life has so much to offer! Bookmark, screenshot, download these helpful documents as you prepare to life as a Pointer #UWSPisHome
These communities are in collaboration with campus partners. These community experiences offer learning opportunities for students to engage in a variety of activities to connect them to the university and to faculty/staff while providing a living space for students to connect what they are learning inside the classroom to their everyday life.
Members of Themed Communities reside on a floor or wing of a residence hall designated for students that have been accepted to the Community Experience. These community experiences offer a safe, supportive environment for students with similar interests, majors, and/or identities to live in. These environments allow student to make deep social connections by engaging with peers around shared education experiences, and can improve students’ academic success through intentional programming, co-curricular learning experiences, and faculty/staff engagement.
The Athletics Community Experience (ACE) is an intentional community that was designed in partnership with the Athletics department to create a space on campus for UWSP athletes to live together and create social connections and encourage academic success through intentional programming and learning experiences.
Actively participate in ACE. This includes:
The IDEA Community was created in partnership with the Queer Resource Center to provide a safe, inclusive, comfortable, and supportive community for LGBTQ+ students and allies. This community is designed to support academic, personal, professional and social success for all who live here.
Actively participate in IDEA. This includes:
In partnership with the Honors Program, the Honors Community Experience (HCE) was created specifically for students accepted into the UWSP Honors Program. This community is intended to encourage academic success, personal and professional development, as well as a strong connection to campus.
Actively participate in HCE. This includes:
UW-Stevens Point, as a whole, is at the forefront of sustainability efforts. UWSP Housing is constantly working to improve our environmental impact. There are recycling chutes available to students on each floor of every residence hall. 5 of the residence halls use roof-top solar panels and the Suites@201 received LEED NC-Gold Certification. #SustainablePointer
