Affinity Housing
Living-learning communities
Bucknell's Affinity Houses are where like minds grow together. Explore a common interest day and night as you live with others who share your passion. Set in residential houses around campus, each of these living-learning communities shares a common theme.
Don't see an Affinity House that meets your interests? Start your own! Students who share a particular passion can apply to live together in one of Bucknell's small houses.
Your interests, your home. Explore how Affinity Houses take your Bucknell experience far beyond the classroom.
Please Note: NCAA institutions are not permitted to have athletic housing or dormitories, meaning no more than 49% of a particular house, residence hall, floor or block can be made up of student-athletes. As you build your group list, please be mindful of individuals who are student-athletes. Group lists will be verified to make sure the University complies with NCAA rules.
2024-25 Affinity Houses
7th Street House: Umoja
7th Street House focuses on highlighting the importance of Umoja, or "unity." Our mission is to convene Black people and other people of color in order to create an environment where minority students feel welcomed and comfortable on Bucknell's campus.
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51 Strohecker Farm Lane: E-sports
A safe space for students that engage in e-sports and other forms of video games to collaborate and build connections in a fun and engaging community.
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125 Strohecker Farm Lane: Bed and Breakfast
Bucknell's Bed and Breakfast Affinity House is a community of students who enjoy being in the kitchen, whether it's cooking, baking or simply eating with friends. BnB will host cooking events where students in our community can share their favorite recipes, teach others and enjoy meals together. No experience is needed.
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23 University Avenue: La Casa
A home away from home for Latinx identifying students to feel themselves and express their cultural identity.
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64 University Ave.: The Outhouse
At the Outhouse, we promote outdoor recreational activities and explore our shared love for the outdoors. Our goal is to promote environmental awareness and help the larger University community explore and appreciate the outdoors.
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400 St. George St.: Entrepreneurship & Innovation
The mission of the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Affinity House is to foster intellectual growth, collaboration and creative thinking. We strive to establish the mindset that we can positively impact the world around us through entrepreneurship and innovation.
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Carey House: Ticket Booth
This community is built around a shared interest in film and other forms of media content.
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Corner House: Global Home
The Global Home Affinity House promotes the international community on campus by engaging the wider Bucknell community in global and cultural activities. We strive to create an inclusive space that celebrates culture and diversity on campus.
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Edwards House: Club Sports
A safe and inclusive environment for club sport student-athletes (athletes not on an NCAA Division I team) to come together and pursue their goals.
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Fran’s House
Fran's House, named after the late director of the LGBT Office, Fran McDaniel, provides Bucknell University with LGBTQ+-friendly, gender-neutral housing. The house serves as a safe place for LGBTQ+ individuals and allies at all times and as a sponsor of events to enrich the lives of LGBTQ+ individuals and allies on campus.
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Galloway House: Imani
A community for Black students to feel safe and connected. Imani strives to become a place where Black students feel they can express their ideas and creativity, and create bonds with students who may be having similar experiences at Bucknell.
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Hulley House: C.A.L.V.I.N. & H.O.B.B.E.S
C.A.L.V.I.N. & H.O.B.B.E.S is a strictly substance-free house dedicated to providing a fun, safe environment for students to live and socialize. We partner with the club on campus with the same name, which has promoted substance-free fun for more than 25 years.
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Leiser House: Sunnyside
Sunnyside fosters a community of leadership, support and empowerment among motivated and high-achieving women on Bucknell's campus. We aim to provide an inclusive hub for positively charged innovation and collaboration to enhance the college experience for all students on campus.
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Taylor Street House: Greenhouse
A community that fosters connections among students from diverse disciplines who share an interest in sustainability. It provides a platform for collaboration and community building, centered on a shared passion for nature and permaculture.
Take a Closer Look at the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
I’m grateful for the people I was able to meet in my Affinity House. All of us in the house had different majors, but we all had one common interest that brought us together.
Caroline Hromy '21, history