Housing Accomodations
Niagara University’s housing accommodations include five residence halls, a grouping of five small cottages, and a student apartment complex.
You can’t get any closer to the heart of campus than Clet Hall. Clet is a four-story building, made up of three wings, which are laid out in a “U” shape.
Clet residents enjoy great views of the Niagara River Gorge. It’s a short walk to anywhere on campus and connected to the Russell J. Salvatore Dining Commons and Niagara’s Leary Theatre.
At capacity, Clet accommodates 134 students and has rooms fashioned for single, double and triple occupancy. Clet also offers common areas that are located at the end of each of the wings.
Eagle Circle Apartments are mixed-gender buildings with single-gender apartments. In each apartment suite, four students live together and share two bathrooms, a living room and a kitchen, each with their own single bedroom.
The campus apartments consist of six separate buildings of two floors each, with eight four-person apartments. Each apartment is fully furnished and contains all the available amenities of any off-campus apartment.
The student apartments offer a wonderful environment suited for students who are junior, seniors, or graduate students. Eagle Circle provides a warm, diverse, academic community where everyone can thrive. Living in an apartment at Niagara allows you to create your own environment while being part of an inclusive community.
O’Donoughue Hall, known by many students as just “OD,” is a four-floor building with one straight hallway. It is located between Lynch and St. Vincent’s halls and is only a short walk to anywhere on campus.
At capacity, OD accommodates 66 students with rooms that are mostly single occupancy, mixed in with a few doubles.
OD has a lounge on its first floor that is popular among residents. Even more popular is OD’s access to a gorgeous front lawn that showcases incredible views of the Niagara River Gorge. Residents tend to enjoy OD because of its quiet and laid-back environment.
O’Shea Hall is a high-rise building with some co-ed and some single gender floors that house both first-year students and upper-division students. The rooms in O’Shea are fashioned for double occupancy. At capacity, O’Shea accommodates 429 students and forms an inclusive community that includes a first floor lounge area with brand new furniture, two 65-inch televisions, ping pong and pool tables, a study room and kitchenette. Laundry, located on the first floor, is free. Each floor also has its own study lounge for students to use as well.
In O’Shea, you will have two community advisors, who are dedicated to your floor and to getting to know you as a student. CAs help build community in the halls, and help you succeed at NU.
O’Shea remains open during breaks to accommodate the students who need to reside on campus during those times, an attribute exclusive to O’Shea because of its newly built kitchen. The Residence Life Office is also located in O’Shea Hall.
Offering a unique opportunity for first-year students to live and interact with students from other class years, O’Shea is adjacent to overnight resident parking.
Located on the west side of campus, Lynch Hall is a five-floor building with one straight hallway. Lynch is just a short walk away from the Gallagher Center, which is our student center, the library and many other amenities.
At capacity, Lynch accommodates 96 students. The rooms are mostly single occupancy with a limited number of doubles. Lynch also is equipped with a basement area that houses a large lounge, game room and workout area. A new kitchen is located in Lynch that residents may use during break housing!
Seton Hall is a high-rise building with seven floors set up in a rectangular fashion that houses both first-year and upper class students. Seton rooms are fashioned for double and triple occupancy. Some floors are co-ed, some are single gender.
At capacity, Seton accommodates 459 students and encourages community with its large lounge first floor lounge that includes brand new furniture, two 65-inch televisions, a large hightop table, ping pong and pool tables, new study tables and a kitchenette. Free laundry is available in the basement of Seton Hall. On each floor, there is a study lounge as well.
Seton community advisors are responsible for maintaining a friendly, engaging atmosphere on each floor. CAs help build community on the floors, get to know you as a student and help you be successful at NU.
Seton is located near the Kiernan Center, which is our student recreation center. Seton also houses the offices for the Niagara University Opportunity Program (NUOP), Academic Support (which includes Disability Services and our Tutoring Center), and the Counseling Center. A newly paved walkway helps Seton residents navigate to classes easier.
At capacity, Varsity Village houses accommodate 68 students who are selected through an application process. The houses are all coeducational by house and consists of six separate houses of two floors each. Common area facilities, such as a laundry area and kitchen, are located in each house and rooms are fashioned for single, double, and triple occupancy.
All residents of Varsity Village are involved in a Theme or Program House and have the unique opportunity for students to live together for the purpose of embracing and promoting a common theme or topic.
The Justice Houses
Do you dream of changing the world? The Justice Houses at Niagara University empower students to live their dream. In the Justice Houses, students interested in social justice, Earth and the environment, or legal advocacy and justice, live, learn, and work together, engaging in projects and activities across Niagara’s campus and beyond.
Our mission is to create a true living and learning community centered on the pursuit of justice; to critically examine the meaning of justice and its denial; to impart knowledge of struggles for justice, past and present; to illuminate the intersection and interconnectedness of justice struggles across contexts and levels of human interaction; to provide models and tools that will empower students to achieve their goals; to build a just community premised on equality, cooperation, and other shared values; to inspire the members of our community to pursue their vocations as advocates for justice.
The Justice Houses are a living and learning community, empowering a select group of students to connect their passion for (a) Earth and the environment, (b) social justice, or (c) legal advocacy and justice to their life on campus—spanning the academic, residential, and social dimensions of the college experience. Students in the Justice Houses live and work together with classmates who share their passions, engaging in projects and activities that build connections across our campus and beyond. Students in the Justice Houses have unique access to peer mentors—advanced students (juniors and seniors) who share their knowledge and experience—as well as faculty advisors who serve as academic mentors and plan a wide range of trips, activities, and events for students in the Houses.
The Justice Houses are open to students from all majors (including AEP) in each of Niagara University’s colleges. Students in the Justice Houses gain interdisciplinary knowledge, diverse skills, and real-world experience that is relevant to multiple disciplines and fields. Faculty and student mentors provide vital support, and immersive hands-on learning promotes each student’s academic, professional, and personal growth. From classroom to extracurricular activities to the unique residential community, this holistic experience will engage, inspire, and promote student success.
The Justice Houses also offer connections to cutting-edge initiatives and programs on campus, including:
- Student internships and research projects at the United Nations (NU–UN Partnership)
- Disaster relief trips and a credential in International Humanitarian Assistance
- The Pre-Law Advisement Program’s Public Interest Track, featuring internships, shadowing, and hands-on research
- VIP access to nationally recognized leaders and scholars in our Social Justice Speaker Series and Film Series
Recent national studies have emphasized the extraordinary potential for living and learning communities to positively impact student success in college:
- Students perform better in class
- They feel more connected to their peers
- They connect with the faculty and the university
- They are more likely to stay in college
In the Justice Houses Living and Learning Community we have enhanced these benefits by establishing core courses that give students the tools needed to succeed in college and provide a platform for pursuing justice on campus and in the community. What’s more, the faculty advisors and peer mentors in the Justice Houses sponsor a broad array of activities, trips, and events at no extra cost to students. Students in the Justice Houses can enhance their college experience by traveling with faculty and peers to attend talks and participate in conferences, taking part in field trips and experiential learning opportunities, joining reading groups and film discussions, enjoying group dinners, study breaks, and nature hikes, and much, much more.
- Apply to join the Justice Houses.
- The entire process takes just a few minutes.
If you have questions or would like to learn more, please e-mail us.
- David A. Reilly, Ph.D
- Kevin A. Hinkley, J.D.
Justice Houses Faculty Co-Directors