Loy Center Neighborhood

The Loy Center is a residential community that connects students’ fraternity/sorority involvement with their living arrangements in a way that builds strong relationships. The common rooms are used daily for chapter-related activities, study groups, and general community building. Programs and events in the neighborhood often bring in upper-level students and the greater Greek community to foster a strong sense of belonging.

Quick Facts

Neighborhood: Loy
Office location: Janice Ratliff Building, Central Residence Life Office, Suite 101
Buildings in Neighborhood: Loy A-S
Housing style: Residence hall (closes during breaks)
Student population: Sophomores-Seniors
Neighborhood capacity: Approximately 200 students
Year built and updated: 1989 (Loy A-M); 2011 (N-S)
Room types: Double rooms, single rooms, and triple rooms with shared bathrooms
Gender: Single gender houses
Elevator: No

About Loy Center & Building Names

In 1997, the Elon College Greek Courts were renamed from the Greek Lodges to the Loy Center in honor of William (Bill) E. Loy, Jr. and in memory of his wife, Elizabeth Apple Loy ’47. Two rocks were added to the neighborhood. The first rock belonged to Mrs. Loy’s family, and was placed in the Greek circle. A plaque commemorating the Loy family is attached to the rock. This rock is not to be painted. The second rock became known as the ‘spirit rock’ and is located at the entrance of the Loy Center. Greek organizations are allowed to spray paint this rock to show their Greek pride.

Features, Amenities & Traditions

Features

Fraternity and sorority neighborhood
The chapter determines who lives in the house each year
Partnership between Residence Life and Fraternity and Sorority Life

Building Utilities & Amenities

Amenities:
- Bike racks
- Community kitchen, chapter room, and laundry on the first floor of each house
Utilities:
- Cleaning: Facilities Management staff clean bathrooms regularly
- Toilet Paper is provided by facilities management
- Air conditioning and heating
- Shared laundry facilities are located in each house, maintained by CSC, free
- Electricity, water, sewer, and recycling/trash service included (trash room on first floor of each building)
  - Individual room trash/recycling cans are not provided
Technology:
- Card-controlled exterior access to each house
- Wireless internet
- Students should visit the Student Tech Guides on the Information Technology website to learn about Network Connectivity and Television, including information on connecting their personal devices, including laptops, mobile devices, smart TVs, Rokus, gaming consoles, and more to Elon’s network. The Student Tech Guide will walk students through other technology resources as well.
- Note that student rooms are not equipped with phone lines.
- Elon gives HBO Max logins for residential students as well as Streeme TV live TV access on common room TVs

Room Size

Please note that these are general dimensions and that there may be variations in individual spaces. You may refer to the Floor Plans webpage for individual space dimensions. Note: Elon credentials are required to access this webpage.

Single
- Bedroom – W: 10’7″, L: 15′
- Window – H: 84′, W: 36″
- Dresser – H: 30″, W: 31.5″, D: 10″
Double
- Bedroom – W: 12′, L: 15′
- Window – H: 61″, W: 73″
- Dresser – H: 30″, W: 31.5″, D: 19″
Triple
- Bedroom – H: 29’6″, 20′
- Window – H: 61″, W: 73″

Room Furniture

Please note that these are general dimensions and that there may be variations in individual spaces.

Closets or Wardrobes
Desk: H: 40″, W: 42″, D: 24″
Chair:
Dresser: H: 30″, W: 31.5″, D: 10″
Twin XL beds: L: 80″, W: 38″, Thickness: 9″
- Bed lofting: We recommend students use bed rails for lofted and bunked beds. Bed rails and lofting supplies are available throughout the neighborhoods during move-in day. AFTER move-in day, students can submit a FixIt with Facilities Management to have these supplies delivered to their rooms. Bed Rails can be installed whether a bed is lofted or not.
- All Twin XL Beds can lofted to a max height of 76 inches, a minimum height of 7 inches with 3 inch increments in between. Full beds can be raised to a max height of 36 inches, minimum of 7 inches with 3 inch increments, they cannot be lofted.
- Students will be responsible for adjusting the height of their bed (raised, lowered, or lofted) and a video of how to do this upon move-in can be found here under Resident Bed Construction

Programs and Traditions

Events such as the Welcome Back Picnic, Trick or Treat on Greek Street, Loy Center Olympics, the New Member Welcome, and the End of Year Celebration are annual events that engage the residents of the Loy Center Neighborhood and members of the fraternity and sorority community.
Each year, new neighborhood programming is introduced to the Loy Center Neighborhood with the goal of creating programs that develop students’ leadership skills, self-understanding, social connections, and understanding of the experiences of others.