In the 2025-26 academic year, residential life will see a significant change. All incoming first-year students will be put into themed living units to foster more community between students in residence halls.

The Ithaca College Student Governance Council met Feb. 3 to discuss upcoming changes to first-year student housing selection for Fall 2025.  SGC was joined by Stanley Bazile, vice president of Student Affairs and Campus Life; Laura Davis, director and interim assistant dean of Students in the Office of Residential Life; and Eileen Roth, assistant director for Residential Education and Assessment in Res Life.

I did not expect my decision to live a substance-free life in college to impact my experience as much as it had started to.

Two residential learning communities — the Language House and the newly created FIRST Place — and a new sophomore space will be added to East Tower.

After having only five students apply to participate in the Sustainably Conscious Living Residential Learning Community next year, the Office of Residential Life has decided to cancel the community.