
Living Learning Communities
Find a community that's just right for you!
Penn State Behrend offers opportunities for students interested in living with others who share common interests and goals. Living Learning Communities are open to students who have an interest in one of the themes. Students interested in joining one of the available communities can contact the Housing and Food Service Office for more information.

Engineering House
By living in one of the Engineering Houses at Behrend, you'll have ready access to the tech you need and the engineering-focused social and academic programs you want. All School of Engineering students and first-year students interested in engineering are invited to live in an Engineering House:
Niagara Hall for First-Year Students | Senat Hall for Returning Students |
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Live with 200+ first-year engineering students | Suite-style living |
RAs are engineering majors | RAs are engineering majors |
Engineering lounge | Dual-monitor study room |
College-supported printer | College-supported printer |
Remote access to engineering software | Remote access to engineering software |
In-house programming sponsored by the School of Engineering | Collaboration station with 65-inch screen and wireless content sharing |

Global Borders
This international-focused special living environment in Trippe Hall offers the opportunity to build valuable cultural competency skills. Global Boarders is an international-focused community of students seeking close interaction with peers who live or have studied abroad, hope to study abroad, or want a culturally diverse living-learning environment. The Black School of Business will offer academic enrichment and unique out-of-class opportunities for Global Boarders participants, both first year and returning students.

Heartbeat House
Heartbeat House offers support and amenities that speak to the unique demands of your nursing studies. You'll have opportunities for in-house advising and tutoring. You'll also enjoy easy access to nearby parking and the use of a kitchen, which help to accommodate early morning clinicals or late-night study sessions.

Honors House
The Honors Special Living Option is available to students who share similar academic goals and are enrolled in the Honors Program. Fostering the scholars' growth through activities with faculty, the Erie Honors House is run in conjunction with The Schreyer Honors College. Behrend students also have the opportunity to participate in the Hall Council and the Community Standards Board. A majority of Honors students, both first year and returning, are assigned to Ohio Hall.

Service and Sustainability House
The Service and Sustainability House is an Interdisciplinary Learning-Living Community centered around learning about and acting on the Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) as detailed by the United Nations. Do you care about food insecurity? Want to eliminate poverty? Interested in Green Building? Want to fight gender and racial inequality? All these issues are components of sustainability. Sustainability isn’t just about the environment, it’s about people and prosperity, equity and the economy, too.
This Living Learning Community, located in Trippe Hall, is for students who are dedicated to a sustainable and service-oriented lifestyle. Students interested in learning about and tackling these issues through service projects can now live together among a community of similarly passionate students. Be part of a group that raises awareness about sustainable living and builds a greater culture of service among all our students. Special opportunities for residents could include participating in convenient programming designed to match their interests and travelling to participate in service opportunities in our surrounding communities and beyond.