Dorm Life

Friends hanging in a dorm room.

Hanging in the lounge.

Desks and dressers in a dorm.A mirror with drying towles.

In Dordt Discovery Days there are three different ways you can learn. Day campers come at 9 in the morning and leave at 4 in the afternoon. Commuters come at 9 a.m. and leave at 9 at night. Residents stay on campus all week.

In Covenant Hall, where residents are staying, there are three floors. This year, girls stay on the south side of the dorm, and guys stay on the north. There are 109 double rooms, 6 handicap rooms, and 4 lounges in the building where the students stay. There are two bathrooms per floor. Each bathroom has five showers!

Inside each room, there are 1 or 2 bunk beds, a closet,  2 to 4 dressers, and desks. You and your roomates have to be in your dorms by 10:30 every night with lights out at 11:00 p.m.

Some students sign up with a roommate. That way you know who you will be sharing a room with all week. Others want to meet new people, so they sign up without a roommate. The administrators will pair two girls or two guys (or four if they are staying in a handicap-accesible room) together if they don’t have roommates.

If you don’t sign up with a roommate and absolutely can’t get along with your new roommate, you can find a counselor and tell them you would like to change roommates. They will switch you with someone, or move you into a new room with other people. As far as we know, nobody has had to change roommates.

Every night, a small group of around 10 students will meet with their counselor and talk about their day. They will ask you questions and go over the morning devotions. The groups are all girls or all guys. These groups are a great way to meet new friends and end your day. 🙂 🙂 🙂