Risley Amentities

Risley Hall is complete with 41 double rooms, 115 single rooms, 3 kitchens, as well as 15 gender-neutral bathrooms, 2 single gender bathrooms, and 2 individual bathrooms.

No two rooms are identical. Sizes range from a single room that is 93 square feet, to a double room that is 273 square feet, the largest double on campus.

West Ground Floor of Risley

  • Tammany Lounge, a coffee lounge for programming and studying.
  • The Great Hall, our own in-house dining hall modeled after The Hall within the Christ Church at Oxford University where the Harry Potter dining scenes were filmed. See our RisDining page for more information!

East Ground Floor of Risley

  • A dance studio complete with a mirrored wall, mats, a ballet bar, and a grand piano.
  • Vending machines that accept cash, card, and Big Red Bucks!
  • A laundry room with six washers and eight dryers, as well as a community iron and ironing board.
  • Risley Theater, currently closed for evaluation for the 2026-27 academic year, is an 81-seat black box theater complete with a backstage space, sidestage entrances, a green room, and a technical booth. Visit the Risley Theater Subcommittee (T-Sub) page to learn about Risley Theatre!

First Floor

  • CowCliffes Lounge, a room with a large community table and many chairs connected to the large Student Programming Kitchen. Perfect for studying or for food-related programs!
  • The Central Living Room, which is perfect for studying, except for on Sunday Evenings when it hosts Risley's three hall council meetings.
  • The Television Room (TVR), which contains a flat-screen TV with cable rentable BluRay player as well as gaming systems such as a Wii.

Second Floor

Here you'll find our library - with books of every genre, a community computer, a printer, and tables and seating for study.