KGBW (Keefe, Gebbie, Beard & White House)
Wheaton’s youngest quad is one of its most vibrant and active. KGBW consists of Keefe, Gebbie, Beard, and White House, as well as eleven stand-alone theme houses.
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Gebbie Residence Hall |
Keefe and Gebbie are comprised of sophomores, juniors, and seniors who apply to live in three to six person suites focused around a unifying theme. Each suite has their own bathroom and common areas. Each building has a kitchen with a microwave, a laundry room, and a larger common area with a television. Suite-style living has proven to be particularly popular among sophomores. Lots of programming is done both on and off campus through community service and other events by the theme suites of Keefe and Gebbie.
Beard was designed as a learning community where one to ten person clusters are created by students who seek ways to connect knowledge acquired in classes to co-curricular experiences outside the classroom. Clusters might be focused around particular academic disciplines (e.g. biology majors involved in an environmental project on or off campus; women's studies majors working in a battered women's shelter), or projects might be interdisciplinary in nature (e.g. chemistry and art majors exploring the properties of color; English and sociology majors creating a tutor/mentor program for inner city youth). The clusters have between one and ten members, who are sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Each of Beard’s floors has single and double rooms, several smaller bathrooms, collaborative study rooms, a laundry room, and microwave. Each week, during the academic year, a cluster is responsible for sharing some aspect of their theme with the wider community during Beard Time, held on Sunday evenings. Past programs have included a mini finance workshop from the Financial Literary Cluster and an Italian feast from the Culinary Cluster.
Beard is a favorite residence hall of upperclassmen on campus that are looking for a community atmosphere that also guarantees a quiet, clean living environment. Favorite hall traditions include Beard Breakfast, a once-a-month morning feast cooked by the resident advisors and the Halloween Dance, sponsored annually by the quad.
White House is the only designated 24-hour quiet residence hall on campus. White House has shared bathrooms, a kitchen with a microwave, and a common area with a television. It is the only house on campus that has a hall staff member living there.
The eleven Theme Houses are scattered throughout the Wheaton campus. The Theme Houses range from five to twelve person houses. Each house is self-governed, but has a house president to handle things like their budget and house meetings. The Theme Houses are responsible for programming both on and off campus.
KGBW Hall Stuff 2009-2010
Beard
Colleen Liffers
Nadila Yusuf (HR)
Howard Powell (SR)
Elana JabbourWhite House
Kendra Feaster
26/28 Taunton
Erin Chapman