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Hughes Hall

Hughes Hall

About The Hall

Hughes Hall houses approximately 300 students and has a traditional residence hall design with corridor-style rooms and shared floor bathrooms. Each floor community has a central lounge space with a kitchen, lounge furniture, and television for students to study or socialize with their community. Each floor also has a laundry room. The building is connected to McDowell Hall, a sophomore building. Nearby is the Woods Brown Amphitheatre, a peaceful and eventful green space for the AU community. The Cassell Fitness Center, open to all AU students, is a short walk away.

Personalize Your Room

Decorative and additional items can be purchased from the HRL coordinated vendors through our Personalize Your Room webpage.  Each room will include the furniture noted on this webpage.

In-Hall Staff

In-hall staff include resident assistants (RAs) and a community director (CD). Hughes’ RAs live in the building, acting as peer educators and helping residents connect to their community. The Hughes community has one CD, a professional staff member who works with RAs to foster a living-learning environment to bridge the academic and residential experience.

  • Wi-Fi throughout building

  • Gender neutral bathrooms on each floor 

  • Community kitchen/lounge

    • Microwave 

    • Stove cooktop 

    • Oven  

    • Sink with garage disposal  

    • Dining room table and chairs

  • 24-hour front desk service

  • Printer in lobby 

  • Elevators 
  • Mailrooms
  • Laundry rooms

  • All carpeted floors  

  • Cable-ready outlet

  • Windows with cellular shades  

  • Built in closet with vanity  

  • In-room Ethernet connections

  • Twin sized adjustable beds  

  • Dual/firm mattress 

  • Desk, chair, and bookshelf (newly replaced) 

Who can live in Hughes Hall?

  • 2023-2024 academic year: sophomore and upperclass students.
  • 2024-2025 academic year: TBD
Room dimensions
Description Approximate Dimensions

Room

15'6" x 9'5"

Built-in shelves

2'10.5" (W) x 1'11.75 (D) x Adjustable (H)

Bookcase

1'11'5" (W) x 11.5' (D) x 2'6" (H)

Desk

3'5.5" (W) x 1'11.5" (D) x 2'6" (H)

Wardrobe or built-in closet

2'10" (W) x 1'11.75" (D) x 5'9" (H)

Dresser or built-in drawers

2'10.5" (W) x 1'10.75" (D) x 1'8.75" (H)

Bed frame

3'3" (W) x 3' (H) x 7' (L)

Mattress

Standard twin


Virtual Tours

Our virtual tours are representative of a given room type. Each space varies based on room sizes and dimensions. Each virtual tour includes some decorative items and a MicroFridge to show what the room looks like when occupied, but these items are not included in rooms. 

Click below to view virtual tours of Hughes Hall:

Your Community

  • Get involved in your Residence Hall Association or Hall Council.

  • Check out the history plaque in the front lobby!

Residence Halls

Community Director