University of Richmond Campus Life

By far the best dining halls of any colleges we went to. My brother wants me to go there so he can eat the food on visits!

All in all, Heilman Dining Center, or d-hall is not that bad. The desserts are usually amazing and breakfast is pretty delicious; lunch and dinner can be subpar (especially on weekends) but you can usually find something to eat or get creative. Oh, and it's great when prospective students and parents come because the dining hall goes all out.

Dining hall is great during the week, mediocre on weekends. The major drawback on this campus is that you have very few options of places to eat. There is Tyler's, which is uninteresting and really just a fast food place (although the food does not come all that fast...). The Cellar, which is an OK restaurant, although they massively reduced the menu this year, including removing many favorite items. Passport Cafe, which is overpriced and has decent food. Lou's, where almost nobody goes, but the food is alright. The Eight-Fifteen is just a Starbucks, but most schools have a real Starbucks, which would be better. There are no chain restaurants on campus, which I would actually have appreciated as a means to add some diversity to the options we have here. Really, Tyler's is just fast food anyway.

Excellent Buffet. The dinning hall offers a buffet style for all appetites. Vegan, Vegetarians, healthy conscious eaters and meat lovers. Fresh fruit, salads and a verity of deserts to choose from.

The food is generally decent, but it's better Tue-Fri than it is on the weekends. UR is very accomodating to vegans and vegetarians, and I think the gluten-free population has an easy time eating in D Hall. I think the vegan and vegetarian station in D Hall is generally higher quality than some of the other stations. Tyler's and the Passport Cafe are great places to go if you need something quick and to-go. The Passport Cafe always has cool international-type cuisine, and the ambience is nice and relaxed. 8:15 is UR's on-campus Starbucks, and I don't know of anyone who doesn't go there. It's a great place to stop by on your way to class, because the library is basically in the middle of campus. They always have pastries and unique, hard to find Clif bars, too.

The Dining hall at University of Richmond is very impressive. There are so many options for students, at least from what I saw!

Food is good, but can get repetitive. Many things are fried. Vegetarian options are always available. Desserts are A+.

There are a variety of choices when it comes to dining at the University of Richmond. We have a small grocery store on campus that has all the dorm life essentials. In addition, we have a variety of eateries as well. From a take and go, to a milkshake/smoothie place, to international food and our own version of Panera. We also have The Cellar, which is a restaurant. Last, but not least, we have the dining hall, which has all the options you can imagine, from Thai and Mongolian, to Fast Food options, a pasta, salad and panini bars.

Dining options range from a fast food joint, a Starbucks franchise, an international cafe, and a buffet-style cafeteria. Dining consistently receives awards in national competitions.

Great food, especially the dining hall, although there could be a few more options on campus. Luckily, Richmond is always looking at ways to improve and will be buildings new places to eat on campus soon.

I guess greek life is not an overwhelming part of Richmond; of course, rush only happens in the spring and also, because the girls do not have a specific greek life house, it tends to be more spread out which is nice because it does dissipate the cliquey-ness of the school by a little.

I am not involved in this, although my friends have made clear that options are unusually limited here and that Sororities seem to have less freedom and flexibility than Frats. There are no Greek houses on campus, which is a major downer for most people.

Greek life is a big thing at UR; a lot of students rush in their first or second years. This has caused some drama between sororities/fraternities and specific people. If you drop your pledge, the Greek population will invent a bad reputation for you. If you are really intent on rushing, though, UR is definitely a great place, because there are so many sororities and fraternities available to the student body. The Lodges host parties on the weekends, but there are also apartment parties depending on what your interests are.

Richmond's Greek life is a big part of campus life. Greek life has pretty diverse options, there is a group for everyone from service groups to panhellenic organizations and even historic black greek organizations. Campus statistics suggest that students in Greek life have higher GPA possibly because of the social support, balance and grade requirements to remain in greek life organizations each semester.

We have 8 fraternities and 7 sororities on campus; however only about 38% of students participate in greek life.

Not my cup of tea, but they're there if you're interested!

I wish we had more greek life, but those that we do have are very active!

Kind of dominates campus (40% of people are Greek), but you find a niche either way.

It exists but it does not dominate the campus. Those involves love it and those not involved do not feel excluded in anyway.

A large percentage of the student population decides to take part in Greek life. A large portion of social activities and parties are run by fraternities. However, you do not need to be in a Greek organization to participate and there are other social events unrelated to Greek organizations that even members of Greek organizations take part in.