The Honors Community
Merrimack provides dedicated housing, community activities and specially chosen resident advisors for all residential students in the honors program.
Honors students live in academically focused residences where they live and study together. 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.
First-Year Honors Housing
Residential Honors students are encouraged to live in the Honors living-learning community during their first year to help facilitate their transition to Merrimack.
Students entering the program live together with other Honors first-years in a supportive environment where they can challenge one another to achieve, in class and out. This environment allows students to study together and engage in fun activities facilitated by Honors resident assistants, Honors program staff and Honors faculty.
Ash Centre
First-year Honors students live in Ash Centre. Features include:
- Standard double rooms: a shared room, with access to a bathroom on the floor.
- Four-person suites: two bedrooms, a common area and a bathroom. There is a common hallway connecting the bedrooms.
- Two private study rooms in the main lobby area of the building.
- Resident advisor on each floor, including specially selected and trained honors R.A.s for the honors wing.
FAQs
I'm an incoming first-year student in the Honors program. How do housing assignments work?
Students who intend to live in housing should submit a housing questionnaire as part of their MackTasks. The New Student Housing Questionnaire provides the Office of Residence Life information about students and their living styles.
Is it required to live in the Honors Living Learning community?
It is highly recommended to live in the Honors Living Learning community. If you have a specific circumstance and would like to opt out, please email [email protected] and the Office of Residence Life will reach out to you for more information.
Can I request a suite or a double?
Students who are looking to request a specific type of housing will be able to mention this in the notes section of their New Student Housing Questionnaire. Residence Life will do its best to honor requests, but this is not a guarantee.
Can I choose my roommate(s)?
Students who want to live with roommates can match with up to 3 other people through the myHousing portal. Please note that full honors groups will receive priority over groups with non-honors students.
When is move-in?
New student move-in is Friday, August 29, 2025, but please note that honors students often have an earlier move-in date. This information will be announced in the summer.
Upperclassmen Honors Housing
The honors residential suites provide spacious room for upperclass honors students to live and study together.
Honors sophomores and above may apply to live in the honors residential suites for one or more years, on a space-available basis. The suites foster a community of engaged learners who are highly involved on campus in many ways.
North Residential Village
Honors residential suites are typically in North Residential Village. Features include:
- Dedicated study space for honors students
- Short walk to classrooms, dining and activities.
- Suite-style living:
- Four-person suites are on one level with two bedrooms, a common area and a full bathroom.
- Six-person suites are on two levels with three bedrooms, a common area and two bathrooms.
2022-23 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.
North Residential Village Resident Advisors
Bella Ozga ’23
- Hometown: Miami, FL
- Major: Athletic Training
- School: School of Nursing and Health Sciences
- Hobbies: Working out, Drawing, Hanging out with Friends
Adam Roczniak ’23
- Hometown: Albany, New York
- Major: Neuroscience
- School: School of Science and Engineering
- Hobbies: Vice President of Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Gianna Sciarappa ’23
Honors Residential Suites at North Residential Village
- Hometown: Dedham, MA
- Major: Athletic Training
- School: School of Nursing and Health Sciences
- Hobbies: Spin, Reading, Playing Sports
Brooke Toothaker ’23
Honors Residential Suites at North Residential Village
- Hometown: Freepoint, Maine
- Major: Health Science
- School: School of Nursing and Health Sciences
- Hobbies: Playing in the Marching Band
Ash Center Resident Advisors
Samarah Alteon ’24
- Hometown: Miami, FL
- Major: Athletic Training
- School: School of Nursing and Health Sciences
- Hobbies: Working out, Drawing, Hanging out with Friends
Sam Barresi ’24
- Hometown: Longmeadow, MA
- Major: Mechanical Engineering with a minor in computer science
- School: Science and Engineering
- Fun Fact: I make and fix Jewelry
Sky DiMartino ’24
- Hometown: New Hartford, CT
- Major: Biology
- School: School of Nursing and Health Sciences
Nicholas Dee ’23
- Hometown: Fitchburg, MA
- Major: Human Development & Human Services and Education
- School: School of Education & Social Policy
- Hobbies: Basketball & Piano
Evan Dodge ’23
- Hometown: Middleport, NY
- Major: History and Secondary Education
- School: School of Liberal Arts and School of Education & Social Policy
- Hobbies: Drummer in the Marching Band
Briana Normandin ’24
- Hometown: Leominster MA
- Major: Psychology & Human Development and Human Services
- School: School of Liberal Arts
- Hobbies: I draw portraits!
Alessia Puccio ’24
- Hometown: Wilmington, MA
- Major: Elementary Education & Human Development and Human Services
- School: Winston School of Education and Social Policy
- Fun Fact: I am a Merrimack legacy
Brianna VanHecke ’24
- Hometown: Haverhill, MA
- Major: Computer Science and Spanish
- Hobbies: I really love to ice skate!
Inspired by St. Augustine
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.
