Lloyd International Honors College

Honors Housing

The Honors Residence Halls offer Honors students pursuing all majors an invigorating environment where they build friendships, learn from each other, and grow and develop along intercultural, intellectual, and leadership dimensions. Living in Honors Housing is strongly recommended, but is not a requirement, for Disciplinary Honors and Global or International Honors students in their second year and above at UNCG. First-year students who are planning on living on-campus and who will not be living in a Residential College or Living-Learning Community are required to live in Honors Housing.

Honors students living in any of the three Honors Communities may select a non-Honors roommate.

North Spencer Hall

North Spencer Hall is the original Honors residence hall and offers an extraordinary space for nearly 200 Honors students. North Spencer offers large rooms that are air-conditioned and typically have a sink. It also offers a classroom equipped with global teleconferencing technology, a large parlor for visiting with other students that also hosts Honors events and activities, and offices for Honors College staff, including on-site Honors advisors. North Spencer is centrally located on campus, next to the dining hall. It is open to first year, sophomore, junior, and senior Honors students in good standing.

Gray Hall

Gray Hall became the second Honors residence hall in Fall 2013 and joined North Spencer Hall as dedicated living space for approximately 80 Honors College students with sophomore-through-senior standing. This recently renovated residence hall offers suite-style living with a maximum of four persons sharing a bathroom and also offers a number of single rooms. Honors students living in Gray Hall also have a full-time, on-site adviser to counsel them on their academic plans.

South Spencer Hall

South Spencer Hall joined North Spencer and Gray Hall in Fall 2015 as the third living space for Honors College students and is home to approximately 100 students. The Hall is attached to North Spencer and both offer similar room amenities. It has a parlor on the first floor, a large game room with television on the ground floor, a computer lab, and offices for Honors College staff. South Spencer is centrally located on campus, next to the Jackson Library. It is open to first year, sophomore, junior, and senior Honors students in good standing.

Honors students with sophomore-through-senior standing are strongly encouraged to live in North Spencer, Gray Hall, or South Spencer depending on their needs and interests.

Eligibility Requirements:
North Spencer, South Spencer and Gray Halls have the following eligibility requirements for Honors students with sophomore status and above:

• 3.0 GPA after completion of 15 semester hours
• 3.15 GPA after completion of 30 semester hours
• 3.3 GPA after completion of 45 semester hours

All students must maintain the GPA required for good standing listed above based on semester hours completed. Additionally, to remain eligible for Honors Housing, students must take one Honors class or class that fulfills an Honors requirement per academic year.

Applying for Honors Housing

For current Honors students interested in living in the Honors Residence Halls (North Spencer/Gray/South Spencer), please note the following:

1. You will need to fill out a UNCG housing application, including making the $200 prepayment.
2. Please check your UNCG email in the Spring semester for announcements from HRL on how to apply for Honors Housing.
3. Students wanting to keep their current room will be able to homestead.
4. Any current Honors student who meets the eligibility requirements listed above may apply for Honors Housing.

For incoming Honors students who have been admitted for Fall:

1. You are required to live in either North or South Spencer if you are living on campus and not a member of a Residential College or a Living-Learning Community.
2. You will need to fill out a UNCG housing application, including making the $200 prepayment. The application for new students will be open online from mid-February to early May.
3. When you fill out the UNCG housing application, be sure to select both North Spencer and South Spencer as your first and second Special Interest Housing residence choices.
4. The Honors College will inform Housing and Residence Life if you are eligible for Honors Housing. After receiving confirmation, Housing and Residence Life will open Honors Housing to you in Artemis. Students who apply for housing and pay their $200 prepay earlier rather than later will be given access earlier in the process.
5. If you’d like to live in North or South Spencer with a non-Honors roommate, you may pull them into your room via Artemis.

For more information about housing at UNCG, see the Housing and Residence Life web site.