Honors Housing: A Community for You

The Honors College is proud to offer two residence halls for Honors students. Rawlins Hall is available to freshman Honors students. Honors Hall is available for upperclassmen. Honors College students registering for housing are encouraged to select Rawlins Hall or Honors Hall; however, spaces are limited, and the halls may be full.

First-Year Students

Honors College first-year students are given priority in the housing registration process for Rawlins Hall. All first-year Honors College students who plan to live on campus are encouraged to select Rawlins Hall on their housing application.

To learn more about Rawlins Hall, visit the UNT Housing site.

Transfer and Upper-Class Students

Honors Hall provides suite-style living to upper-class members of the Honors College and transfer students. This option is great for Honors College students who want to continue living in an Honors community with their peers.

To learn more about Honors Hall, visit the UNT Housing site.

Early Move-In

Honors students living in UNT residence halls have the unique opportunity to move in a day before the regular move-in date. Early Move-In allows Honors students to jump-start their journey at UNT and avoid the crowds on UNT’s campus-wide move-in day.

Learn more about Early Move-In on our Early Move-In & Pre-Flight page.

Both  Honors College housing options are home to a faculty-in-residence. The faculty-in-residence offers students opportunities to interact with professors outside of the classroom setting, enhancing their Honors education experience. Faculty-in-Residence host programming for students and can often be found in study lounges and common areas. Get to know your F-i-R – they’re a great addition to your Honors Housing experience! 

Wesley Phelps (He/Him)

Faculty-in-Residence for Rawlins Hall

Wesley Phelps is an associate professor of history and director of undergraduate studies at the University of North Texas, where he teaches courses on recent United States history and queer history. His research focuses on how democracy operates at the grassroots level and how marginalized groups of people have struggled to participate in the democratic experiment. His book, A People's War on Poverty: Urban Politics and Grassroots Activists in Houston, was published by the University of Georgia Press in 2014. Phelps' new book, titled Before Lawrence v. Texas: The Making of a Queer Social Movement, was published by the University of Texas Press in February 2023. He is also the creator of a 10-episode podcast series titled “Queering the Lone Star State,” which chronicles landmark legal cases in the struggle for queer equality in Texas. He is currently the Faculty in Residence in Rawlins Hall, where he lives with his wife, Devon, a middle school teacher.

Frances Perkins (She/Her)

Faculty-in-Residence for Honors Hall

Frances Perkins  is an accomplished writer, director and producer of film and video. She received her B.A. in Film Studies at University of California Santa Barbara, and her M.F.A. in Film Production at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. With over 20 years of teaching experience at the university level, Frances has been a Principal Lecturer in Media Arts at the UNT since 2016, where she teaches graduate and undergraduate producing and writing courses. She won UNT campus-wide teaching awards in 2018 (CLEAR Outstanding Online Teaching & Course Award) and 2023 (President's Council Teaching Award), as well as grants for online teaching and mentoring. Frances leads a Study in America trip to New Mexico  each Summer, where Media Arts students visit soundstages, TV and radio stations, and famous filming locations. In her spare time, Frances likes to read, paint, sew and bake, even winning UNT's 2022 Best of the Nest Cookie Fest  in the Simply Delectable category with a Chewy White Chocolate Chip Gingerbread cookie.

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