Robinson Hall

Robinson Hall is a new residence hall that opened for occupancy fall 2017. Robinson is an updated version of a traditional residence hall providing students modern amenities and conveniences including air conditioning. Unlike traditional residence halls though, Robinson offers students private, single-user bathrooms that are shared by the floor. Similar to a home, each bathroom pod is privately used by one individual. Additional sinks are located near the bathrooms to provide quick, easy use. The ground floor of Robinson features a living room, kitchen, laundry room, study space, knowledge stations, and a music practice room. The building is coed by room (each room is single gender, but may be next to a room of opposite gender). Student bedrooms feature flexible furniture, which allows the student to arrange the rooms in a number of different ways. Robinson is located in the Arts District and is in close proximity to Palmer Museum of Art, Paterno Library, Forum Building, and Business Building. 

In 1871, Sarah E. Robinson was hired as the first music instructor at the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania (known as the Farmer’s High School of Pennsylvania, 1855-1862) in its sixteenth year of existence. This swelled the size of the total faculty to ten. The student body at that time totaled 75. When deciding that to name this new residence halls, current students were included in the decision making process, and the majority selected Robinson as the name due to the large number of music students who reside in the North Housing Area, and it would provide a building named after one of the University's first female instructor.