McArthur-Welsh Hall, known as "McWelsh," is a residence hall located on the south side of campus, behind the Technology Center/MeWaldt-Jensen building.
McWelsh is Northern’s Pet-Friendly Residence Hall. Students desiring to bring a family pet, cats or dogs only, can fill out some paperwork pay a small deposit and bring their pet with them to live. We are excited to be the first University in South Dakota to offer this unique opportunity to our students.
Residence hall specifics:
- Four-story, co-ed hall that can house approximately 87 residents in single rooms.
- While the building does not have centralized AC, a select number of rooms do have window units to offer an added level of comfort.
- The building honors Grace McArthur, a Northern music instructor from 1928 to 1966, and Emeline Welsh, an English professor from 1931 to 1966.
- Main lobby on the first floor has two TVs, microwave, piano area, pool table, table tennis and vending machines. TVs are located in the other lounge/kitchen areas, which are centrally located on the other three floors.
- Each room comes equipped with a loft kit so that student may choose to raise their beds up to 5’11”.
- Rooms have individual desks with desk lights, shelves and dressers on each side of the room; spacious closets; and full-length mirrors.
- Independent heating controls for each room
- Wireless internet access is located throughout the hall, and individual rooms are wired for high-speed internet
- Rooms are 12’4” in length and 11’ in width.
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