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Harriett J. Terry Hall

Female Residence Hall

Terry Hall, a traditional four-story air-conditioned female residence hall and home to nearly 160 first-year freshman female students, offers double occupancy rooms. It is equipped with a large student lounge, free laundry facilities, a mini-computer lab, community bathrooms with individual shower stalls, cable television, a community kitchen, and wireless internet. Residents are allowed to bring a 1.7-cubic-foot refrigerator. Compact refrigerators above 1.7 cubic feet are not allowed.

History

Harriett J. Terry Hall bears the name of one of our early pioneers. Ms. Terry was born in New York in 1885. She entered college in 1906 and, before graduating in 1910, she helped found Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Ms. Terry came to A&M in 1922, where she worked as a professor and residence hall counselor.