Gordon Commons
Gordon Commons residence hall (formerly Taylor Place) is comprised of two 13-story towers, and all first-year students of the Downtown Phoenix campus are expected to live here. Upper-division students are encouraged to live on campus. Gordon Commons features student lounges and meeting spaces, laundry facilities, on-site dining and vending, a private terrace, and a 4,000-square-foot neighborhood shade garden.
Housing
Dining
🏘️ Housing
Living on campus is expected for first-year students and recommended for upper division students, and not only because living on campus enhances your experience. You are also more likely to excel in the classroom, get more involved in campus activities, have more interaction with faculty, and feel more connected to the campus community.
Who Lives at Taylor Place
First-year students in Barrett, the Honors College, College of Health Solutions, College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts (Popular Music majors only), University College, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions live here as part of ASU's residential college model.
As a first-year student, you're expected to live on the campus of your major. You will live in a supportive, close-knit residential college community designed to help you succeed at ASU. Residential colleges place you next door to classmates that share your major or career interests and feature programs, events and amenities tailored to your major. Form valuable connections with roommates and classmates that will last a lifetime. Learn from staff who are prepared to help you build the foundation for your next four years. Explore housing at ASU: https://housing.asu.edu/.
Gender inclusive housing
Gender inclusive housing accommodations are offered in each residential college community at no additional cost.
Students requesting Gender Inclusive Housing must email University Housing. Requests can be submitted at any time of the year. Gender inclusive housing requests will be accommodated based on space availability; preferences are not guaranteed and availability is limited.
🍽️ Dining
Sun Devil Dining offers quality, value, variety and convenience with over 50 dining locations including dining halls, fast casual restaurants, cafes and on-campus markets.
Meal Plans
Meal plans are available for all students, faculty and staff. Students living on campus are required to have a meal plan. Meal plans consist of meal swipes that can be used at any on campus dining hall and Maroon and Gold dollars (M&G) which can be used as any on campus dining option. View meal plan options here.
Dining Halls Retail Rate (Cash, Debit, Credit, or M&G): Breakfast $8, Lunch $10, Dinner $11, Sunday Brunch $10.
Barrett Dining Center Retail Rate (Cash, Debit, Credit, or M&G): Breakfast $10, Lunch $12, Dinner $13.75, Sunday Brunch $12.
Meals can be used: in Tempe at Hassayampa, Manzanita, Tooker, Pitchforks, Barrett Dining Center; Taylor Place at the Downtown Campus; Verde Dining Pavilion at West Campus and Citrus Dining Pavilion at the Polytechnic Campus. Premium meals served at the Barrett Dining Center will cost a meal swipe plus $2 for breakfast, $3 for lunch and $4 for dinner for the above plans (M&G Dollars, cash, debit/credit may be used to cover the additional fee).
Unused M&G Dollars from residential dining plans transfer from Fall through Summer semester. Any unused M&G are non-refundable at the end of the Summer session and cannot be transferred to the new academic year. Meals must be used in the week or semester (depending on the plan) they are issued in. The week begins on Thursday and ends on Wednesday. Unused meals do not roll over from week to week, or semester to semester.
Gordon Commons Dining Hall
Gordon Commons dining hall brings allows guests to enjoy an exciting and distinctive eating environment. The food stations change menus daily and include a deli, soup, home station, grill, salad bar, international entrees and vegetarian/vegan entrees.
P.O.D. Market
The P.O.D. Market is a full service convenience store that carries all of your needs while on campus. Snacks, hot and frozen foods, beverages, classroom supplies…you name it! Meal exchange is accepted in all locations (excluding the Micro POD Market at Hayden Library). Meal Exchange offers the ultimate in convenience with meal options that can be easily exchanged for a meal plan swipe twice a day at all on campus markets. M&G dollars are accepted in P.O.D. markets.
Good eats
Each campus offers students an all-you-care-to-eat dining option featuring everything from vegetarian to hot-off-the-grill comfort foods. With extended hours, quick snacks and plenty of outlets to recharge your laptop, we make delicious, quality food super convenient.
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