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PHOTOS: Students who live on campus experience a sense of academic and social
community with their peers, creating friendships and memories that will last a lifetime.
The Summits
Three residence halls make up The
Summits community: Cathedral Hall,
Tenaya Hall and Half Dome — our new-
est residence hall opening in Fall 2013.
The Summits is designed as a traditional
corridor-style residence hall experience
with five bedrooms sharing a common restroom. Half Dome will
be home to new and continuing students while Cathedral and
Tenaya Halls will be exclusively for first-year residents. Residents
in The Summits partner with campus custodial staff to maintain
the cleanliness of restrooms and public areas including study
rooms and in-hall laundry facilities available 24 hours a day. The
Summits provides many great amenities for residents to enjoy.
Residents can take advantage of the Resident Learning Center
located on the first floor of Tenaya Hall. Other amenities, such
as a computer lab and printer, gaming center, vending, dance
and music rooms, meeting rooms, mailboxes, kitchen, outdoor
barbeque, and more, are available to residents.
The Sierra Terraces
Sierra Terraces is also home to first-year
students living on campus. Two-story
residence halls (Tuolumne and Mariposa)
offer community living with two or three
students per bedroom. Every two bedrooms
share a private bathroom. Both halls
have common lounges, computers and a
kitchen to make a late-night snack.
The Valley Terraces
Nine magnificent halls of apartment-
style suites accommodate continuing and
transfer students with two or three double
occupancy bedrooms, a shared living room
and private bathroom.
The Terrace Center
The Terrace Center is located at the heart
of the community. It provides laundry
facilities with an Internet notification
system for Valley Terraces and Sierra Ter-
races residents, mailroom, Housing and
Residence Life office, comfortable study
lounge and computer room. The Den is a common meeting place
for residents to enjoy a large-screen TV or play a game of pool,
air hockey or pingpong. Movie nights, dances and other special
events take place in the Terrace Center’s California Room.
The Summits Marketplace
Centrally located off the paseo between
Cathedral and Tenaya halls, The Summits
Marketplace offers a large selection of
snack items, grab and go microwavable
items, groceries, personal care items and
more. Don’t forget to try a F’Real Shake.
It’s the hottest item they sell.
Housing: New and Enjoyable
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Living on Campus
On-campus housing provides a safe place to live, surrounded by caring staff and other students who will help you transition to college
life. You can focus on your studies and enjoy your college experience while living among friends in our well-maintained facilities.
UC Merced is proud to guarantee housing to all incoming first-year and new transfer students meeting the necessary deadlines stated
on our website: housing.ucmerced.edu. Entering first-year students who live on campus during the fall term are guaranteed a second
year of housing, if all deadlines for applications are met. On-campus housing is also available to continuing students on a first-come,
first-served basis.