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Residential Colleges of Rice University

Baker College
Location 6320 Main St., Houston, Texas, United States
Established 1957
Namesake James Addison Baker
Colors Red      Black      Silver     
Masters Ivo-Jan van der Werff, Rosemary van der Werff
President Natalie Swanson
Chief Justice Jeremy Palmer
Membership 360 (approximate)
Mascot Devil
Website baker.rice.edu
Will Rice College
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Will Rice College, with Old Dorm (1912) at left, the commons building at center, and the quadrangle and New Dorm (2009) at right.
Location 6330 Main St., Houston, Texas, United States
Established 1957 (1957)
Namesake William Marsh Rice, Jr.
Colors Rust      Gold     
Masters Bridget Gorman, Mike Reed
President Michael Devine
Chief Justice Alan Wang
Membership 400 (approximate)
Mascot The Phoenix
Website willrice.org
Hanszen College
Location 6350 Main St., Houston, Texas, United States
Established 1957 (Original building constructed in 1919)
Namesake Harry Clay Hanszen
Colors Royal Blue      Yellow     
Masters Paul Brace, Klaudia Brace
President Jack Toups
Chief Justice Gary Dreyer
Membership 350 (approximate)
Mascot The Guardian
Website hanszen.rice.edu
Wiess College
Location 6340 Main St., Houston, Texas, United States
Established 1957 (original building constructed 1949)
Namesake Harry Carothers Wiess
Colors Goldenrod      Black     
Masters Andrew Schaefer, Laura Schaefer
President Tay Jacobe
Chief Justice Akash Ghosal
Membership 305 (approximate)
Mascot The War Pig
Website teamwiess.com
Jones College
Location 23 Sunset Blvd., Houston, Texas, United States
Established 1957
Namesake Mary Gibbs Jones
Colors      Light Blue
     Green
     Purple
Masters Michel Achard, Melanie Achard
President Scotty Stevens
Chief Justice Daisy Gray
Membership 325 (approximate)
Mascot Jabberwocky, JIBACat (unofficial), Marley McKenzie
Website jones.rice.edu
Brown College
Location 9 Sunset Blvd., Houston, Texas, United States
Motto Tende Bene Alta Pete
Established 1965
Namesake Margarett Root Brown
Colors Maroon      Gold     
Masters José Aranda, Krista Comer
President Santiago Avila
Chief Justice Elizabeth Goodnight
Membership 353
Website brown.rice.edu
Lovett College
Location 6310 Main St., Houston, Texas, United States
Established 1968
Namesake Edgar Odell Lovett
Colors Navy Blue      Yellow     
Masters

José and Mayra Onuchic

President Tessa Fries
Chief Justice Nicky Joseph
Membership 375 (approximate)
Mascot Stag
Website lovett.rice.edu
Sid Richardson College
Location

6360 Main Street,

Houston, Texas, United States
Established 1971
Namesake Sid W. Richardson
Colors Black      Red      Gold     
Masters Ken Whitmire
President Griffin Palmer
Chief Justice Ramee Saleh
Membership 360
Mascot Tower of Power
Website sidrichcollege.org
Martel College
Location 99 Sunset Blvd., Houston, Texas, United States
Established 2002
Namesake Marian and Speros P. Martel
Colors Azure (sky blue)     , argent (white)     , maroon     
Masters Carrie Toffoletto, Frank Toffoletto
President Dylan Dickens
Chief Justice Gabrielle Falcon
Membership 350 (approximate)
Mascot Beer Goat
Website martel.rice.edu
McMurtry College
Location 1605 Rice Blvd., Houston, Texas, United States
Established 2009
Namesake Burt and Deedee McMurtry
Colors Royal Purple      Silver     
Masters Margaret Beier, Chris Stickney
President Walden Pemantle
Membership 420 (approximate)
Mascot Lion
Website mcmurtry.rice.edu

The residential colleges of Rice University comprise eleven separate residential colleges which function as the primary housing, dining, and social organization for undergraduate students. The system was established in 1957 and was inspired by the residential college systems at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge as well as the American adaptations of the same at Harvard and Yale. Each student is randomly affiliated with a residential college upon matriculation and becomes a lifetime member of the college. The residential college system takes the place of a greek system, and has contributed to a sense of community that other universities have sought to emulate.

At academic ceremonies, including Matriculation and Commencement, the colleges process in the following order: the four original colleges in the order Baker, Will Rice, Hanszen, and Wiess, followed by the other colleges in order of founding: Jones, Brown, Lovett, Sid Richardson, Martel, McMurtry, and Duncan. For the original four colleges, which became colleges at the same time in 1957, the processional order reflects the order in which the original buildings were constructed. For McMurtry and Duncan, which were built at the same time and opened simultaneously in August 2009, the processional order reflects the order in which the founding gifts were made.

The colleges are often classified by geographical location: Jones, Brown, Martel, McMurtry, and Duncan are the North colleges; Baker, Will Rice, Hanszen, Wiess, Lovett, and Sid Richardson are the South colleges.

The residential college system was instated in 1957 by converting East, South, West, and North Halls into the men's colleges of Baker, Will Rice, Hanszen, and Wiess, respectively. Jones, the first residential college built on campus for that purpose, was constructed the same year and became the singular women's college. Brown, Lovett, and Sid Richardson colleges composed the initial expansion founded between 1965 and 1971. To cope with increasing enrollment, Martel, Duncan, and McMurtry colleges were constructed in the period between 2001 and 2009. Today, when undergraduates are asked where they are from, many respond with the name of their college, not their home state. This is a testament to the centrality of the residential college system to the social life on the Rice campus.


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