Welcome to Residence Life at SUNY Delhi
Life in the residence halls provides you the opportunity to take responsibility for your learning outside the classroom environment. You will meet students from various cultures and with different backgrounds, interests, and values. As you become acquainted with your fellow students and participate in residence hall activities, you will learn from others and contribute to the diversity of the student body. This diversity adds to making SUNY Delhi a very special place.
Important Residence Life Information!
Break Information from the Housing Policy Guide:
The residence halls will not be open for student occupancy during the break periods. Only those students (e.g., international students, athletes, those with housing insecurity) who have approval from the Director of Residence Life or his/her designee will be allowed to stay in the residence hall over any break period. There may be an additional daily charge for students who stay over the break period. Students facing housing insecurities will not be charged to stay on campus during Thanksgiving break. Students need to make arrangements to leave campus during break periods.
Thanksgiving Break
The residence halls close and card access shuts off on Wednesday, 11/25 at 10am. The residence halls and card access open on Sunday, 11/29 at 12pm.
Break Access Form:
If you are requesting to stay over break due to housing/financial insecurity, you are an approved, in-season student athlete, an approved on-campus student employee who is required to work over break, or an international student, please complete the Thanksgiving Break Request to Stay on Campus Form on the Student Housing Portal. If you do not meet the criteria listed above, you may fill out the form and explain why you are requesting to stay.
Once you have filled out the form, your request will be reviewed and you will receive an email to your student account whether you are approved or denied.
There will be no dining services on campus during break, so please plan accordingly if you are staying. Bronco Basics will be working with students to supply them with food for the duration of break, so please connect with their office for support.
Closing Procedures:
- Health and safety room inspections will occur in all rooms
- Students must:
- Close and lock their windows
- Unplug everything from outlets (except for refrigerators)
- Take out trash and recycling
- Turn off lights
- Close and lock bedroom doors
- Students should pack essentials and valuables
When do the residence halls close?
The residence halls close during several breaks (October break, Thanksgiving break, mid-winter break, spring break) and at the conclusion of each semester. All residential students must depart during this time. Services, including meal services, are not available when the college is on break. Students will not have access to their rooms, campus mailboxes, or residence hall facilities during breaks.
All residents must leave the residence halls by the announced closing time. Residents are not allowed to return early. Students should plan ahead and arrange for transportation accordingly. If you cannot leave campus at the scheduled closing time due to weather emergencies or other exceptional circumstances, please contact your Residence Hall Director immediately for permission to stay on campus.
If you are facing housing insecurities, please inform your Residence Hall Director, so we can assist you with getting approval to stay on campus for breaks.
During breaks and in between the fall and spring semesters, students may leave their belongings on campus. However, we do encourage students to take home with them items of value. At the end of the spring semester, students must bring all of their belongings home for the summer.
The opening and closing dates and times for break are available on the College Calendar .
Residence Halls
Catskill Hall is an upper division Residence Hall available to continuing students, transfer students, and incoming international students. To be eligible to live in Catskill, you must have at least 15 earned academic credits and no significant judicial history.
Gerry Hall was the first residence hall built at SUNY Delhi. The building is named after Angelica L. Gerry of Lake Delaware, NY, an individual who had shown great generosity to SUNY Delhi for many years. Gerry is pronounced with a hard "g" sound, not a "j" sound.
DuBois Hall is named after the second President of SUNY Delhi, who served from 1917 to 1929, and it is pronounced "doo-boys." DuBois Hall houses 235 students in an L-shaped building. Student rooms are located along both sides of long corridor hallways.
Murphy Hall is the sister building to O'Connor Hall. It is a four-story residence hall with a large lounge in the center of the building. Student rooms are located along the corridors with four common bathrooms and shower facilities per floor.
The name of the building is from a local family that has been very generous in their support of SUNY Delhi. The same family runs the "O'Connor Foundation," which is a philanthropic endowment that benefits the residents of Delaware County, NY.
Russell Hall is the largest residence hall at SUNY Delhi, housing approximately twice as many students as any of the other halls. Despite its overall size, there are small, close-knit environments on each floor.
Riverview Townhouses is an upper division community located next to Price Chopper (local grocery store). The community is close enough to campus but has the feel of off-campus living. Riverview residents are part of the general community of Delhi.
