NORTH QUAD 2025-2026

Meet your neighbors, learn about the building, and connect with your RA!

Meet your neighbors, learn about the building, and connect with your RA!

Meet your neighbors, learn about the building, and connect with your RA! Meet in the 10th floor lounge at 7:15 pm to walk to dinner together in NQ Dining. The Community Meeting will be immediately after at 8:00 pm in NQ Bowman Room, 10th Floor. Hope to see you there!

Meet your neighbors, learn about the building, and connect with your RA!

Join RAs Josie and Anna for night of speed friending to meet new people on the 6th floor!

Looking for a way to destress? Come to Bowman Room to watch Coco.

Looking for a way to meet new people and experience one of the coolest places on campus? Join us for brunch at North Quad Dining Hall, followed by a trip to our campus's own Kelsey Museum of Archaeology!

Come decorate jars and fill them with good wishes for the year ahead!

Come make vision boards in your community and ponder on where you see yourself in the future! Enjoy some donuts and chat with your fellow residents while you get your creativity going on a page! Whether physical or virtual, make your vision boards yours !

Interested in hearing from an artist featured at U-M's Institute for the Humanities? Join us on a trip to the Institute to hear from Catherine Chambers, an artist in residence with the exhibit Conifer Trees, Bark Beetles, and Fire!

Join RA Jaryl as we walk to the UMMA together to explore what it has to offer!

Looking to explore what the city of Ann Arbor has to offer and build a greater connection with the city? Come spend some time outside while supporting local businesses.

Kick off the semester with a scoop of community! Sorbet and Stories is North Quad's twist on an ice cream social. Enjoy some sorbet, then mingle around tables with icebreaker questions that'll have you exchanging stories, sharing fun facts about yourself, and even discovering your new study buddy. This event is the perfect way to meet others while enjoying some tasty sorbet!

Join RA Jaryl in a virtual guided meditation session by ITS! Hope to see you there.

Come spread positivity at the Encouragement Exchange! This event is all about kindness and connection. You'll have the chance to write uplifting notes or letters for your neighbors--and receive some in return. Whether it's a simple message of support or a few heartfelt words, your writing can brighten someone's day. Join us for a released evening of sharing encouragement and building community together.

Join us in the 7th floor lounge to test your dessert trivia and enjoy lots of sweet treats!

Are you looking for a way to glow up your dorm room? Join us for Dorm Décor Galore in the Bowman Room! We will have supplies for some fun and simple DIY projects to help you make your space feel more like home — from wreaths and origami to cardstock! This fun, hands-on social will be a great chance to get creative, meet new people, and take home something one-of-a-kind for your room.

Celebrate fall with a slice of pumpkin pie! Join us for a fun and tasty get-together. Meet your fellow residents, make new friends, and chat with your awesome RAs. Don't miss out on the fall vibes and sweet treats! Hope to see you there!

Join your RAs, Josie and Anna, for a magical event celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival. Enjoy traditional mooncakes, fun lantern making, and moon watching! 

Looking for a way to explore mindfulness practices from around the world that help you relax, recharge, and find balance? Join GSP RA Yacine on October 6thfor a Be-Well Monday in the Bowman Room from 5-6pm.

Looking for a cozy way to celebrate the season? Join us in the Bowman Room for Spooky Coloring & Cookies! Come kick off October with festive coloring pages, sweet treats, and a chance to relax with friends. Whether you love Halloween or just need a midweek break, this is the perfect opportunity to unwind, get creative, and enjoy some fall vibes with your neighbors.

Kick off fall study break with a mind-bending movie night! Join us for an Inception watch party. Relax and dive into dreams within dreams—it’s the perfect way to start your break with a twist.

Interested in discovering a new spot in Ann Arbor? Join us on Saturday, October 18th, for a walk to the Ann Arbor Farmers Market! Wear your walking shoes and bring your own money for a fun Saturday afternoon in Ann Arbor.

Stop by the 7th-floor lounge for a Halloween Game Night. Join us for creepy tunes, fun games, and plenty of sweet treats. 

Looking for a way to learn how hair and ritual healing can be combined? Join us for the Take To Event as we walk to the Institute for the Humanities to hear Tzu Poré in conversation with Kahn Santori Davison. Sign up, and read the Institute for the Humanities' official event description: Detroit barber and artist Tzu Poré talks with writer Kahn Santori Davison about Poré's project Shifting Roots. The project fuses symbolic hair design, ritual healing, and fine art into one unified ecosystem of transformation. Through intentional grooming, visual storytelling, and community activation, this initiative presents identity as terrain—where hair becomes soil, and fine art becomes the bloom. Poré will share how his cultural roots shape his work in the garden, on canvas, and as a trained barber/cultural griot.

Let's go see the Blind Kwanhyun: Korean Traditional Orchestra of the Blind! Experience music from around the world with the Nam Center for Korean Studies' collaboration with the Center for World Performance Studies at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance! Come immerse yourself in traditional Korean music from a renowned ensemble!

Meet your neighbors, learn about the building, and connect with your RA!

Meet your neighbors, learn about the building, and connect with your RA!

Hey GSPeeps! Join us for one of the University of Michigan’s most beloved traditions, Painting the Rock! This event is designed to bring Global Scholars together in a fun, creative, and collaborative way. No art skills needed, just bring your creativity (or cheer us on) and enjoy making memories, snapping photos, and leaving our mark on campus.

Interested in learning more about Viennese culture? Come to the 10th floor Bowman Room and spend time with your third floor floormates, enjoy ice cream, and compete to see who can decipher the most Wienerische Wörter (Viennese words) into Hochdeutsch (Standard German)! The winner will receive $10 Blue Bucks.

Join International Impact in watching the 2019 award-winning Korean film Parasite! Popcorn will be provided!

Looking for something to do after a long week of classes? Join your GSP RAs in the Bowman room for food, karaoke, games, and prizes during the annual GSPARTY!!

Want something to do after watching the Michigan @ Nebraska football game? Come join your 3rd floor floormates to spend a relaxing evening playing German card/board games and get to know the Max Kade Haus better!