Honors Housing

Benefits of Honors Housing

Honors students live in academically focused residences where they live and study together. Incoming first-year students live in an honors living-learning community; upperclassmen have the opportunity to live in honors residential suites.

Benefits include:

• Living In community with other honors students.
• Engaging in transformative learning experiences by living and studying with other highly motivated students.
• Participating in experiential-learning opportunities, including special guest speakers, service opportunities and group outings.

All commuter students have access to the residence halls during normal college operation hours and have full access to honors activities occurring in the residence halls and other areas.

2021-22 Resident Advisors

Honors resident advisors are tasked with developing and fostering a welcoming and academically focused residence hall environment. The honors program employs three R.A.s in Ash Centre’s first-year living learning community and five R.A.s in the honors residential suites at North Residential Village.

	Liam OCearuil ’22 Ash Centre First-Year Living Learning Community Hometown: North Andover, MA Major: Athletic Training School: School of Health Sciences
	Evan Dodge ’23 Ash Centre First-Year Living Learning Community Hometown: Middleport, NY Major: History, Education School: School of Education & Social Policy
	Taylor Jax ’23 Ash Centre First-Year Living Learning Community Hometown: Brooklyn, CT Major: Human Development & Human Services School: School of Education & Social Policy
	Skylar DiMartino ’24 Ash Centre First-Year Living Learning Community Hometown: New Hartford, CT Major: Biology School: School of Health Sciences
	Luke Groder ’22 Honors Residential Suites at North Residential Village Hometown: Salisbury, MA Major: Civil Engineering School: School of Science & Engineering Fun Fact: I love the beach!
	Matt Macek ’22 Honors Residential Suites at North Residential Village Hometown: Berkley, MA Major: English, Education School: School of Education & Social Policy Fun Fact: Basketball is my favorite sport.
	Meghan Smith ’22 Honors Residential Suites at North Residential Village Hometown: Loudon, NH Major: English School: School of Liberal Arts Hobbies: Writing, Coffee Drinking, Travel
	Gianna Sciarappa ’23 Honors Residential Suites at North Residential Village Hometown: Dedham, MA Major: Athletic Training School: School of Health Sciences Hobbies: Watching Netflix, Reading, Playing Sports
	Isabella Ozga ’23 Honors Residential Suites at North Residential Village Hometown: Miami, FL Major: Athletic Training School: School of Health Sciences Hobbies: Working out, Drawing, Hanging out with Friends

Inspired by St. Augustine

The Merrimack College honors program is inspired by St. Augustine’s belief that studying with friends is the best environment for learning, challenging oneself and for discovering one’s passions. In describing his early education, he fondly recalls:

 “I found all kinds of joy when I was in the company of my friends — talking, reading engaging books together — going from the lightest joking to talking of the deepest things, and back again.” (Confessions 4: 8, 13)

Our hope is the honors housing reflects the values proposed by St. Augustine.