Guad at a Glance: Reasons to be Excited
- The home of the First Years and the place where lifelong friendships begin.
- Great location (overlooking the Hunthausen Activity Center and football fields).
- Lots of activities and opportunities for study and socializing.
Guad at a Glance: Major Features
- Room sizes: double- and triple- occupancy rooms.
- All rooms are fully furnished, and most come equipped with a sink.
- (Note: Most triple-occupancy rooms offer a separate bathroom apart from the communal one available to everyone on the floor. This bathroom has a sink, toilet, and shower).
- Community bathrooms on every floor.
- Community laundry rooms with washers and dryers.
- Peer Ministers (PMs) and Resident Assistants (RAs) on every floor.
- Community kitchen.
- Basement lounge area with a pool table, foosball table, couches, chairs, and a big screen TV.
- The "Fish Bowl" (i.e., a community space with couches, chairs, desks, and a piano, together with 360 degrees of windows and lots of natural light).
- A chapel for prayer and spiritual reflection.
Guadalupe Overview
Designated primarily for First Year students and known as "Guad" to its approximately 350 residents, this residential hall is co-educational in nature and separated into two separate wings (known as the "St. Mary" and "St. Joe" wings). Each wing offers double-occupancy rooms with limited triple-occupancy options on each floor. Basic amenities include personal closets/wardrobes, twin XL beds, dressers, desks and desk chairs. Most rooms also have a sink.
At the community level, there are shared restroom and shower facilities on each floor. There are also laundry rooms throughout the building, multiple social spaces (including the famous "Fish Bowl," a bright and open community space where students gather to study, chat, and relax), and a community kitchen. Guadalupe hall also houses Carroll College's Wellness Center, a convenient location for all Carroll students to access counseling and health services, should the need arise.
Finally, each residential floor is home to a Resident Assistant (RA) and a Peer Minister (PM), both of whom serve as community leaders and resources for students as they adjust to college and community life.