Residential Community Opens for Juniors and Seniors
Designed to foster connection, the new housing complex features suite-style living and collaborative spaces
Colby’s new residential community opened its doors to 217 juniors and seniors this week, the latest in a series of improvements to student housing made by the College in recent years. Each student has a single room, with rooms arranged in clusters and suites to encourage socializing.
Located on Mayflower Hill Drive, the new community consists of five connected houses, each with its own entrance, stairs, elevator, and gathering spaces. Glass bridges connect the five individual structures and serve as informal social and study nodes. The design is intended to establish tight-knit residential clusters with shared spaces for collaborative work, dining, and socializing.
“It’s awesome,” said Sophia Meade ’28, a softball player who is living in a suite with some of her teammates. “I’m going to be able to create new bonds with them, which is great.”
Kameran Rodriguez ’27 is sharing a suite with a group of friends who coordinated their applications in an attempt to live together. “We wanted to maximize our last year and live pretty nicely, and it worked out,” Rodriguez said. “It’s unique. It brings everyone together in a pretty interesting way.”
Ran Liu ’27 said her friends “are pretty excited” about having their own single room and the chance to share the suite’s community space. “I think most students have been craving single rooms throughout their time at Colby,” Liu said, adding that the location is perfect.
As a history major, Liu spends a lot of her time at nearby Miller Library.
“Living here is like, basically, you roll out of bed, and you’re in your classroom,” Liu said. “Nice.”
