Visual & Performing Arts Residential College

First-year students majoring in either the College of Art + Design or the College of Music & Dramatic Arts can live in North Hall and take classes with the same group of peers, creating a smaller network within the larger LSU campus from day one. 

In this living-learning environment, musicians, actors, designers, architects, composers, technicians, scholars and arts administrators join together to foster lifelong connections through the arts and beyond.

JOIN THE VIsual & Performing Arts RES COLLEGE (vpARC)

NORTH HALL

 

North Hall

As part of the Residential College One Complex (RCC), North Hall surrounds a beautifully landscaped central courtyard with West Hall, South Hall, and East Hall, which houses the faculty-in-residence apartment. North Hall is on the west side of campus near the athletic facilities and The 5 dining hall. 

MORE ABOUT NORTH HALL

To participate in VPARC, you must:

  • Be a first-year student with a declared major in the College of Art + Design or the College of Music & Dramatic Arts
  • Enroll in at least two courses offered through VPARC in both the fall and spring semesters. For scheduling assistance students should contact the academic counselor in the academic college associated with their declared major listed below.

College of Art + Design majors: Architecture (DESR; PARCH), Studio Art (DESS; PART), Art (ARTDN), Interior Design (DESD; PID), Landscape Architecture (DESL; PLA)


College of Music & Dramatic Arts majors (PRMUS): Film and Television (FITV), Music (MUSIC or MUSAR), Music Education (MUSED), and Theatre (THTR)

  • Priority course scheduling
  • Reserved spaces in courses
  • Some courses taught in North Hall
  • Exclusive access to arts-related programming, hands-on activities, and tours
  • Easily make new connections by living and learning with a core group of peers
  • Hear from industry leaders at several special-interest lectures and engage in hands-on activities
  • Network with faculty members and college administrators
  • Access to in-community tutoring and faculty office hours
  • Faculty and staff hold office hours and review sessions inside North Hall
  • Live close to the athletics facilities and The 5 dining hall

During the admitted-student housing application process, select the Visual & Performing Arts Residential College as your preferred housing option.

You'll receive notice of acceptance into the living-learning program by the spring, and then you can begin searching for and matching with potential roommates. 

For Visual & Performing Arts Residential College eligibility information, view the requirements above or contact VPARC staff listed below. 

For housing application and room assignment information, please contact Residential Life at housing@lsu.edu. 

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Shannon Walsh
Visual & Performing Arts Res College Rector
College of Music & Dramatic Arts

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Erin Schell
Art & Design Advisor
College of Music & Dramatic Arts

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Amy Smith
Music & Dramatic Arts Advisor
College of Music & Dramatic Arts

 

 

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Frances Rodriguez
Broussard Hall 
Residence Coordinator 
Department of Residential Life