Upperclass Special Interest Communities

2025-2026 Location: Commonwealth Courts: Manchester/Nantucket

2025-2026 Number of Students Accepted: TBD

The Unity Scholars Community is an experience designed to increase retention and graduation rates for students identifying as People of Color. The Unity Scholars community is housed within Residence Life and the Office of Intercultural Affairs, which are two departments who are committed to creating an inclusive campus environment for all students and providing them with necessary tools and resources to be successful in work, school, and life.  

Unity Scholars is available to sophomores, juniors and seniors. 

Unity Scholars is open to any member of the community who has a desire to foster inclusivity and allyship to the core mission of the special interest community. 

Location: Notre Dame du Lac

Number of Students Accepted: 24-30

Wellness Community provides a unique living opportunity that focuses on the holistic health and well being. Students can expect to participate in bi-weekly discussions and programs including retreats, field trips, family style dinners, and service opportunities.  Students will also be expected to volunteer at programs sponsored by the Health and Wellness Office once per month. Wellness Housing is available to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.

Location: Pilgrim Heights

An active and close-knit community, highly motivated to succeed in matters of both the mind and heart, Moreau Honors students take control over their learning as they uncover new interests and develop new skills. MHP students now have the opportunity to live and learn together for all four of their years at Stonehill. Through participating in this community, students can expect to participate in honors specific educational programs and social events with the Honors Advisory Council (HAC). Upperclass honors community is available to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. 

Location: Notre Dame du Lac

Number of Students Accepted: TBD

All residence halls on campus have quiet hours, but in Quiet Living, all sounds are kept to a minimum 24 hours per day. Quiet Living is designed for students who prefer a quieter living community and wish to live and study in a peaceful and serene environment. By choosing to reside in Quiet Living, students will live in a unique environment where each member of the community agrees to support an atmosphere which is conducive to sleep and study at all times during the day and night. Additionally, each person agrees to confront other students if that environment is not being supported at any time. If my student is found to disrupt this environment during the course of the academic year, the individual may be required to move from Quiet Living to another residence hall on campus. Quiet Living is available to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.

Special Interest Housing Applications will be available from Monday, February 17th to Sunday, March 24th for the 2025-2026 academic year. To apply, a student must be a full time undergraduate student and a member of the class of 2026, 2027, or 2028.

Applications for Special Interest Housing are available via myHousing.

Students applying to join a Special Interest Housing community must complete the Fall 2025 Housing Application for the SIH application to appear in myHousing.