Upperclassmen know Willard as the dorm at the end of the sorority quad. Last year, this building was closed for renovations and moved to 1835 Hinman, but during the 2017-18 school year, the residential college will come home. In the fall, Willard – one of two multi-thematic residential colleges – will be in its temporary home, 1835 Hinman. Then, over winter break, the residential college will move to the newly renovated Willard Hall, which will feature multi-purpose common space and an improved location for Fran’s Cafe. Named after Frances Willard, the university’s first dean of women, Willard is the largest and one of the oldest residential colleges on campus. Famous alumni including Stephen Colbert and Julia Louis-Dreyfus have lived in the residential college, and its current faculty chair, Gary Saul Morson, teaches the perennially popular “Introduction to Russian Literature.”
Reporting by Rachel Oh, Justin Curto, Trevor Lystad, Meg Pisarczyk, Robert Bell, Claire Toomey, Alena Prcela, Mia Zanzucchi, Victoria Alfred-Levow, Kate Salvidio, Elly Rivera, Rachel Epstein, Jakob Lazzaro, Yoonjie Park, David Gleisner
Photos by Rachel Oh, Justin Curto, Emma Kumer, Meg Pisarczyk, Virginia Nowakowski, Claire Toomey, Alena Prcela, Victoria Alfred-Levow, Kate Salvidio, Mia Zanzucchi, Elly Rivera, Rachel Epstein, Jakob Lazzaro, Brian Quistberg, Yoonjie Park, David Gleisner
Videos by Mia Zanzucchi, Emma Kumer, Meg Pisarczyk, Virginia Nowakowski, Helen Lee, David Gordon, Jesus Campos, Helen Lee, Elissa Gray, Gabrielle Bienasz, Andy Brown, Elizabeth Guthrie, David Gleisner, Poppy Shen
Editing by Libby Berry, Lila Reynolds, Maxine Whitely, Helen Lee, Virginia Nowakowski, Mia Zanzucchi, Jesus Campos, Isabella Jiao and Rachel Frazin
Design and development by Alex Duner, Tyler Fisher, Hilary Fung, Dan Hill, KK Rebecca Lai, Maxine Whitely, Sheng Wu and Katie Zhu
This project is open source. Check it out on GitHub.
Data provided by Northwestern University Residential Services