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Carleton College

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 Amearican 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 Houses the acapella groups, The Knights, andthe 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. I

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

Reynolds 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 HolyDays and Passover. Reynolds 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 Reynolds 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 Reynolds’ three single 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, such as Reynolds. Stacy Beckwith, Associate Professor of Hebrew and Director of the Program in Judaic Studies is the faculty advisor for Reynolds House. Prospective residents submit their applications to her and she can be reached for questions at sbeckwit@carleton.edu.

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 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

The goal of the house is to create a 24-hour safe space on campus; to help foster the growth of the LGBTA community on campus; and to provide an alternative living situation that is comfortable for members of the LGBTA community. Q&A House holds potluck dinners, organizes movie nights, and invites speakers. Residential Life works in conjunction with the Gender and Sexuality Center to offer a special interest learning community open to sophomores, juniors and seniors by application.

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.

Wellstone House of Organization and Activism

Residents are a diverse community of students with experience in a variety of different areas of grassroots political or social movements who can foster organization and activism at Carleton. The members seek to become a resource center for campus organizing, and a catalyst for connections between campus, Northfield and Minnesota organizations.

Women's Awareness House

Women's Awareness (WA) House explores and celebrates the diversity of women and their special needs in the Carleton Community. Through educational and social programming and a communal living space, this house provides a place for all women in the community. WA house also interacts with the Women's Studies Department and the Gender & Sexuality Center on campus.

Related Documents

  • Shared Interest Living Community Guidelines and Procedures (86 KB PDF Document)
    23 January 2009
    Shared Interest Living Community Guidelines
  • Reynolds House Application (10 KB PDF Document)
    30 January 2009
    Rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors may submit applications to live in Reynolds house. Submitting an application implies acceptance of a room if it is offered. Residents at Reynolds will be required to maintain the house’s kosher kitchen and to preserve this space as a center for Jewish activities on campus.

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