Campus Housing
Types of Facilities
The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown offers a variety of housing styles, including traditional residence halls, apartments, suites, and townhouses. All rooms and apartments are fully furnished. Additionally, all rooms and apartments are wired for Internet, telephone, and cable television services at no additional cost. Wireless internet is available in all residential facilities. The apartments and townhouses are equipped with kitchen appliances (except a microwave). All other rooms are equipped with a microwave and mini-fridge.
Residence Halls
- Hemlock Hall
- Hickory Hall
- Laurel Hall
- Maple Hall
- Oak Hall
The residence halls house first-year students in suites; two bedrooms share a bathroom. (There are no community bathrooms at Pitt-Johnstown.)
Each residence hall accommodates from 100-170 first-year students and features an distinctive lobby reminiscent of a ski lodge with a fireplace. A lounge, recreation room, study room, and laundry room is also available in each residence hall.
Willow Hall
Willow Hall is the newest residential facility and accommodates upper-division students. Willow Hall features apartment-style suites designed to accommodate 4-5 students in a mixture of single and double rooms. Each suite features a living room, kitchenette, and two bathrooms. Willow Hall is air-conditioned. Two conferences are available for student meetings or for use as study areas. Due to the lack of a full kitchen setup in each suite, students are required to have a meal plan.
North and South Lodges
- Briar Lodge
- Buckhorn Lodge
- Foxfire Lodge
- Hawthorn Lodge
- Heather Lodge
- Larkspur Lodge
- Sunset Lodge
Each lodge is subdivided into discrete units, housing from as few as 8 to as many as 24 students. Each unit is a mini-community unto itself. Units feature suite-style living with at least one furnished common/lobby area for residents to share. Student Organizations have the option of living in a unit and using that as an “organization house.” Individual students may also live in a lodge without a group affiliation.
Townhouse Apartments
- Cascade Manor
- Highland Manor
- Summit Manor
- Timberline Manor
- Wilderness Manor
- Woodland Manor
The townhouses are most appealing to upper-division students because of the degree of independence offered by this living option. The townhouses feature a living room, kitchen, and powder room downstairs and two bedrooms and a full bath upstairs. Because the townhouses are equipped with a full kitchen (excluding a microwave), students are not required to have a meal plan. Townhouses accommodate 4-5 students.
College Park Apartments
The garden-style apartments of College Park are typically sought by students looking for a unique environment close to, but not surrounded by, the campus. The College Park Apartments vary in size (studio, one bedroom, and two bedroom) and in the number of occupants they house (one, two, three, or four). Students housed in College Park Apartments are not required to have a meal plan.
The Living/Learning Center (LLC)
The Living/Learning Center is a state-of-the-art residence facility featuring a 400-bed residence facility and an adjoining classroom building. All rooms of this beautiful upper-division residence are air-conditioned and have private bathrooms. The facility houses 2 recreation rooms and an exercise room. The LLC also houses the Varsity Café—a full-service dining facility.
Office of Housing and Residence Life
The Office of Housing and Residence Life manages housing contracts and assignments. In addition, residence life supports all aspects of campus living—from programming to student conduct. The office employs professional, graduate, and student staff members. Student staff members are resident assistants and residence directors. These highly trained and carefully selected student staff members live and work within the residence facilities, as do four professional area coordinators and the graduate assistant.
Roommate Selection
New students are asked to complete a brief survey as part of the housing application process that evaluates their study habits, interests, and personal living preferences. Using the information from this survey, students are then matched with peers who indicated similar lifestyles. Students may also mutually request to be assigned together in a room.
Upper-division residents may choose their own roommates and may request specific housing assignments provided they follow the housing recontracting procedures publicized each spring term. Upper-division students who do not select roommates will complete a roommate survey as part of the recontracting process. Using the information from this survey, students are then matched with peers who indicated similar lifestyles.
Auxiliary Services for Students
Food Service
Pitt-Johnstown offers eighteen meal plans, which vary from 55 meals per term to unlimited cafeteria dining. Students may also purchase meal plan points that can be used as cash in any of the campus’ six unique dining facilities: the Student Union Cafeteria, the Varsity Café (in the Living/Learning Center), the Tuck Shop (a small fast food outlet), Jazzman’s Café and Bakery, and Brioche Dorẻe. Pitt-Johnstown Food Services can accommodate most special dietary needs. Students are encouraged to participate in the new Mindful dining program which encourages making healthy food choices by providing nutritional information, enrollment in MyFitnessPal, and awareness of the Body Mass Index. Box lunches are available to those students who will be off campus during regular meal times (e.g., student teachers, athletes, etc.).
Laundry Service
There are twelve separate laundry room locations in the residence facilities. Each facility has washers and dryers that can be operated free of charge.
Mail Service
The full-service mailroom is next to the Bookstore in the Student Union. All students, including commuters and residents, are assigned a key-accessible mailbox next to the mailroom for their entire enrollment at Pitt-Johnstown.
