Holly Pointe Commons

  • Rowan University's Freshman Housing Option Holly Pointe Commons

Holly Pointe Commons

Holly Pointe Commons Description

Overview: 

  • Type: Residence Hall
  • Year Constructed: 2016
  • Occupancy: Approximately 1415 Students
  • Floors: 7 floors on the tower side and 4 floors in the curve
  • Elevators: 4
  • Air Conditioning: Yes
  • Co-ed: Yes (Mixed gender rooms available)
  • Who Lives Here: Predominately First-year students

Location on Campus:

Where am I located?

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Hall Features & Amenities:

Holly Pointe Commons opened in Fall 2016 and includes 1,415 beds as well as dining venues including the Glassworks Dining Hall, BB Convenience Store, and a Starbucks. The building was designed keeping in mind the needs of first-year and some sophomore students.

  • In Hall Staff: 3 Community Directors, 15 Community Assistants
  • Housekeeping: Clean common hallways, Public Restrooms, and Lounges on a regular basis.
  • Lounges on each floor and pod
  • First Floor: Community Director Offices, Public Restrooms, ATM, Dining Hall
  • Laundry Room: Located at the end of the central hallways on each floor
  • Courtyard: Benches, Bike Racks
  • WiFi (Wireless internet access available throughout the building)
  • Parking: For the most current policies and information about residential parking on campus, please follow this link to Rowan Parking Services.
  • Trash Removal: There are dumpsters located in the HPC Parking Lot. Students are responsible for bringing their trash bags to dumpster locations. Trash is hauled on a daily basis. Housekeeping staff removes trash from all common areas and public restrooms.
  • Each resident’s Rowan ID card will give them access to the entrances of the building.
  • The Rowan ID distributed to each resident also allows access to the student’s bedroom.

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Pod Features & Amenities:  

The building is designed into pods. Every pod forms a community with a Community Assistant (CA). Pods include a mix of student bedrooms, lounge and study spaces, bathrooms, and laundry rooms. Holly Pointe features air conditioning throughout, spacious double rooms primarily with a limited number of single bedrooms, card access entry to the building and bedrooms, and WiFi and Digital cable TV. This building was designed to provide options for gender-inclusive housing in a residence hall environment where students may choose roommates without restrictions based on gender. It also houses numerous Living-Learning Communities (Honors, Engineering, LGBTQIA+, Business, Writing Arts) where students can live with those who share interests, passions, and academic goals.  

  • Carpet: Yes
  • Overhead Lighting: No- It is recommended for residents to bring a floor lamp and/or desk lamp. There is a wall switch that does control an outlet, which can be used for lighting.
  • Wired for Rowan Network
  • Wired for Cable Television
  • Wifi in room: Yes
  • Windows with screens and blinds
  • For descriptions and quantities of the standard furniture provided for each room type, please visit this link to a furniture description page

 Floor Plans:

Inside Rowan University Holly Pointe Commons

Holly Pointe Room Setups

Take a look inside Holly Pointe Commons, including single room setups, double room setups, lounges and bathrooms.

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Holly Pointe Roommates Reflect: Amanda & Kate

Amanda and Kate dish on what it's really like to live with a roommate in Holly Pointe Commons. What will they say?

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Student POV: Positive Experience with Gender-Inclusive Living

After her initial apprehension, Caroline reflects on her uneventful year of living in gender-inclusive Holly Pointe during her first year.