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Shared Interest Living Communities & Institutional Houses

ASIA House

ASIA House provides support to Asian and Asian American students at Carleton College. Educational and social programs aimed towards the understanding of Asian and Asian American cultures and issues are held throughout the year. All Carleton students are invited to apply to live in the house and to participate in ASIA House programs.

Freedom House

Freedom House provides a culturally safe space for students of African Diaspora and their allies at Carleton College, and contributes to the environment that facilitates their success. Freedom House residents provide a variety of educational, cultural and social programs related to their culture and issues, while simultaneously providing a cultural comfort zone. Carleton students are invited to apply to live in the Freedom House and to participate in all programs and meetings.

Canoe House

CANOE House enhances appreciation and the exploration of the outdoors through adventure-type experiences. It hosts pre-trip dinners and post-trip group discussions, as well as offering workshops on bicycle maintenance, rock climbing, cooking in the outdoors and cross-country skiing.

La Casa del Sol

La Casa del Sol is a house designed to serve both the Latino community at Carleton College, as well as the larger Carleton and local Northfield community, through education and programming. La Casa is an integral part of the Latino community at Carleton because it encourages academic success and community development. We welcome the Carleton community to come and celebrate diversity.

Culinary House

The members of Culinary House strive to have a pleasant community living environment focused around the preparation and enjoyment of good food. Members explor various culinary genres and traditions. Culinary House is a resource for culinary learning and experience. 

Dacie Moses House

Located on Union Street, this house is referred to as the Cookie House. Dacie's is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. It serves as a place where students can hang out, play games or listen to music. Dacie's serves as a hub for the acapella groups, The Knights, and the Knightengales. Students and community members gather on Sunday mornings for a homemade brunch. The kitchen is always stocked with ingredients for chocolate chip cookie baking, and there is plenty of coffee, tea and hot chocolate on hand. If you need a place to rest and get away from your studies awhile, stop by Dacie's.

Sustainable Living House

Farm and Parr Houses foster awareness and appreciation of sustainable agriculture and sustainable living. Members plant and tend an organic garden, offer educational programs focusing on sustainable living, and host communal dinners.

F.I.S.H House

F.I.S.H. House is a place in which to grow spiritually in our walk with God with the encouragement of the other members of the community. It is a community fortified with love, compassion and tolerance that a Christ-like attitude engenders--tolerance for both differences within the Christian faith and for beliefs outside of the Christian faith. It is a place where we challenge each other with new ideas and new interpretations of old truths. It is a place to share the Christian faith by living the Christian faith.

Jewish Interest House

Jewish Interest House serves as the geographic center for Jewish life and culture on the Carleton campus. It provides a comfortable space for kosher meals, Jewish social and cultural activities, and community religious observance of the High Holy Days and Passover. Page East offers a welcoming place to gather on Friday nights for services and Shabbat dinner prepared by students, and also for weekly Torah study. Students can join in talks about American Jewish experiences and Israel, some of which are conducted in Hebrew as part of our modern Hebrew program’s extracurricular activities.

The main role of Jewish Interest House is as a center for Jewish life that is open and accessible to all members of the Carleton community, Jewish or otherwise. Jewish students who are interested in living in one of Page East's three rooms apply early in spring term for the following year. They are asked to describe how they will further enhance the house as a place for worship, for learning about Judaism, and for socializing in a Jewish setting. First-year students are not eligible to live in special interest houses. Shoshana Dworsky, Associate Chaplain is the faculty advisor for Jewish Interest House. Prospective residents submit their applications to her and she can be reached for questions at sdworsky@carleton.edu.

Iman House

Iman House provides support, fellowship and a safe place for Muslim students at Carleton College to practice their faith.  It also serves as the geographic center for Islamic life and culture on the Carleton campus, providing educational and social programs open to the entire Carleton community aimed at the understanding of Islamic beliefs and practices.

Language House

Parish House is home to the languages. Housing space is currently allocated for Russian, German, French, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese. The Language Departments provide various programs and activities that not only allow the students to speak the language but to learn more about the culture of the country. The College employs Language Associates from the various countries to reside in the house.

  • Location: Parish House
  • Type: Language
  • Manager: Modern Language Departments

Intercultural Center

Stimson House serves as the programming center for the Office of Intercultural and International Life. Programs hosted at Stimson are open to all students, faculty and staff. On a day-to-day basis, Stimson House is a safe space for students to come together to relax, socialize, meet, and study. Our hope is that Stimson House will also be a place where students can have informal but meaningful interactions with students from diverse backgrounds.

Q & A House

Queers and Allies House is a living community dedicated to offering educational, social and community building programs related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer issues. Q&A House holds potluck dinners, organizes movie nights, and open houses. It is open to all sophomore, junior and senior students by application. Q & A House is advised by the Gender and Sexuality Center. Location: Prentice House

Science Fiction House

The members of Science Fiction House imaginatively explore the possibilities of humanity. The house offers a variety of activities such as book discussions, craft projects and movie nights.

Fitness House

Fitness house is a new interest house for the 2011-2012 school year.

Women's Awareness House

Women's Awareness (WA) House is a living community dedicated to offering educational, social, and community building programs related to women's issues. It is open to all sophomore, junior and senior women by application. WA House is advised by the Gender & Sexuality Center.

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