By Maron Guimarães – At Morningside, living on campus connects academics, athletics, and social life in one space. You see the same people in class, in the dorms, at games, and at events. That consistency builds partnership and comfort. Over time, campus stops feeling like just a place you attend, it becomes a place you belong, and a family is created.
When you live on campus, your day usually starts by walking out of your dorm and immediately seeing familiar faces. Maybe you walk from Dimmit on your way to class and pass teammates heading to lift at the RV or the Hper. On the way, you might stop at the Spoonholder for a coffee or a sandwich, and by the time you get to your class, you’ve already said hi to five different people.
Living on campus also makes involvement so much easier. If there’s a club meeting in the UPS, a speaker in the Yockey, or a game at the Olsen Stadium, it’s only a short walk from every dorm. Because everything is so close, students are more likely to show up, especially when they know they’ll see the same people they just had class with or ate lunch with at the caf. You might sit next to someone in accounting at 10 a.m., eat lunch with them at noon, and then end up cheering with them at a basketball game that night in the gym.
Athletics play a big role in that connection too. On game days, you can feel the energy around campus. Students walk together from their dorms to the stadium or gym, and the student section is usually made up of the same faces you see every day in the dorms and classrooms. When teams succeed, it doesn’t just feel like their win. It feels like a campus win. Just like when the men’s or women’s soccer team win it is a whole party in Roadman, or when the football team wins, the same happens but in Dimmit. Living on campus makes you part of those moments in real time.
Residence halls create some of the strongest bonds. Late-night conversations in the hallway, studying together in common areas, deciding at 10 p.m. to walk to Bucks, or just playing pool and table tennis in the informal area, those are the moments that turn campus into a home. And since Morningside has a big international population, those moments are really important for them, where they can feel at home and feel like they have family here, even if it is across the globe.
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