Chapin Humanities Residential College

During the summer, you will be assigned a time to move into Chapin through Northwestern Residential Services. When you arrive at the Chapin steps on move-in day, there will be a group of Executive Board members there to greet you, help you with your luggage, and answer any questions you may have. After seeing your room, you’ll check in to receive your Wildcat Welcome schedule. We'll also have Chapin activities planned for that night, but, for the most part, how you spend move-in day is up to you. We encourage you to leave your door open (bring a stopper!) when in your room, walk around and meet your neighbors, invite someone to a game of Super Smash Bros. or Rock Band, and get comfortable in Chapin and at Northwestern.

A residential college is more than just a place to live. The goal of residential colleges is to create a community within your dorm. Chapin has regular firesides from fellows, subsidized outings to events in Evanston and Chicago, weekly tea and munchies, and more! Residential colleges have committees to involve every resident in planning and facilitating these events.

We put “ch” in front of words that really do not need (but really want) a “ch” in front of them, such as

Media Lounge -> Chlounge, Chapin Executive Board -> Chexec, Chapin Halloween -> Challoween. It takes some getting used to, but part of being a Chapino is putting "ch" in front of almost any word that's associated with Chapin and pretending to agree that it works.

It means that most of our fellows are involved in humanities-related departments at Northwestern or interested in the humanities. This does not preclude non-humanities majors from living in Chapin, and we have fellows who are not necessarily in the academic realm of humanities.

Fellows are faculty and other members of the Northwestern community that are affiliated with Chapin. They attend and host events regularly and are an integral part of the Residential College experience. Check out our Faculty Staff and Fellows page for a full list of Fellows that are members of the Chapin community!

A non-resident (NonRes) member is someone who doesn’t live in Chapin, but pays $40 a year to stay connected and take advantage of our facilities and events. They can use their WildCards to get into the building and are welcome at all Chapin events including munchies and Chapin formal.

If you would like to become a non-resident member, please click here, read the information, and fill out the quick application!