Carmin Hall

Located in the center of IWU’s campus—a stone’s throw from the Student Center and just a five-minute (or less) walk from nearly any building on campus—is Carmin Hall. Built in 1990, Carmin is a 150-bed women’s residence hall housing a tight-knit group of freshmen through seniors.

Emphasizing unity and loyalty, Carmin’s live-in residence life staff includes a Resident Director (RD) and one upperclassman Resident Assistant per unit. (There are two units per floor.) Around the clock, at least one of these individuals is available to assist with resident needs or emergencies. They also make themselves available within the routine elements of student’s lives by planning activities, offering weekly Bible studies, and hosting unit meetings on a regular basis. One of their favorite recent activities has been “Carmin Circle Cookout,” an outdoor concert and food fest.

Resident rooms in Carmin Hall resemble an “S” shape, with a distinct front and back side to the room. This allows roommates to have their own separate areas if they choose, although many roommates choose a different layout – making one side of their room a sleeping area and one side a living area. Each room has individualized heating and air conditioning controls as well as high-speed Internet access and optional Cable TV connection. In addition, Carmin Hall is arranged in suites, with a bathroom used to connect two adjacent rooms.* With only two people in each of those rooms, that means the bathroom is shared by four women, instead of a whole floor!

One unique aspect to Carmin Hall is a large landing at the top of the stairs and serves various purposes such as chatting with friends, journaling, decoration areas, or just sitting with friends. Also available to Carmin residents are laundry facilities on each floor, as well as a TV room, a computer room, a chapel, and a kitchenette off the main lobby. There’s also a mini-store at the front desk that’s stocked with snack foods, microwavable dinners, and midnight chocolate fixes.

*The exception to this is two single-unit rooms on each second and third floor unit that had its own bathroom and houses three residents.

An IWU Namesake:

Carmin Hall is named in honor of Bernard D. Carmin, an IWU alumnus, educator, and benefactor.

GETTING THERE:

From the intersection of East 38th Street and South Nebraska, proceed south on South Nebraska for five blocks to East 43rd Street. Turn right (west) here; Carmin Hall is at the end of the drive on the right.

Parking: Limited parking is available in the lot east of Carmin Hall. Parking is also available one block north of the facility (near Bowman and Shatford Houses), one block south along 44th Street (in the parking area between Evans Hall, Hodson Hall and the Townhouses), or two blocks east in the large parking lot of the Phillippe Performing Arts Center.

BY PHONE/BY MAIL:

Indiana Wesleyan University
Carmin Hall
4201 South Washington St.
Marion IN 46953