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Residential Life


Living Options

What's your living style?

Each Residence Hall has room or floor options that fit diverse student lifestyles. All room options are limited in number and waiting lists are maintained for options that may not be immediately available.

Room Options

Double Room
For two students to share one standard size room. We encourage all freshman to start off in a double room. Double rooms are located in Birch, Oak, and Tamarack.

Single Room without a Bath
For a single student in a smaller room (approximately one-half the size of a double room). This is a good choice for those who desire a little more privacy and love those cozy spaces. Single rooms without a bath are located in Birch, Oak, and Tamarack.

Single Room with a Bath
For a single student in a smaller room with a private bathroom attached. This option has a private attached bathroom, need we say more? Single rooms with a bath are located in Oak.

Double-as-a-Single
For a single student in a standard size room. Double-as-Singles are for those who really like to spread out. This gives you lots of your own space. All of Pine's rooms on the first and second floors are Double-as-a-Single rooms. Double-as-Singles are located in Oak and Pine.

Two Person Suite
For two students in two rooms with a connecting door, some include a bath. There are lots of options with this choice. Some students make one room into a living room and one room into a shared bedroom. Two person suites are located in Oak and Tamarack.

Two and Three Person Linden Suites
For two or three students with private bedrooms and a shared bathroom. For students looking for the best of both worlds, Linden Suites is the next generation in residential living offering both privacy and the benefits of developing close bonds that only rooming together can bring. Linden Suites.

ADA Compliant Rooms
For students with disabilities, a limited number of ADA compliant rooms are located in Linden.

Learning Communities

FYRE
First Year Residential Experience is an outstanding program where freshman students live in Oak on a floor with only other first year students. Participants make new friends and share similar experiences and together explore BSU and help one another make the transition to college life. 

OBLC
The Open Borders Learning Community comprises approximately 46 students who live on the same floor with students from around the world. OBLC residents stay in double rooms and are mathced with a roommate from a different culture (most often American students paired with international students). OBLC is located in Birch.

Honors Floor
The  Honors Program and Residential Life are partners in the Honors Scholar's residence on Tamarack 12th floor. This living options is available through a special application process to six Honors Scholars. For more information, contact the Honors Program at 218-755-3984 or honors@bemidjistate.edu.


Single Gender Floors:

Coed Floors:

Freshman-Only Floors:

  • Oak on the FYRE floors.

Sophomore, Junior and Senior Floors:


Bucky's Scoop.

Bucky talks

Myself, I've always preferred having a roommate. It's a great way to really get into the swing of college life and make close friends. In fact, I roomed with a kid in Oak for a while, until I chewed off the closet pole. Some people are so picky.

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