Location: South University across from the Undergraduate Library
Meal Serving Unit: 21 Meals per Week
Resident Population and Composition:
All female, 139 residents: first-year to graduate students.
Resident Staff Size, Composition, Special Features:
1 Assistant Resident Director.
Student Government/House Council/Minority Councils:
House Board - Annual budget $4,500 collected from
House Dues.
Academic Programs:
Honors Program Housing Option.
Micro-Computer Cluster:
5 Macintosh computers and 1 Laserprinter. Available
8 am - 10:30 pm, 5 lottery draws for overnight use.
Study Space Description:
Space is available in each room and in two libraries,
plus the public areas in the Gold Room and the Red Room.
Meeting Space:
The Red Room and the Gold Room.
Public Area Space:
The Red Room, the Gold Room, TV lounge.
Special Traditions:
Traditional living in a historic building. Sit-down
dinners 4 nights weekly served by waitresses (paid student positions available
to Martha Cook Residents); Friday afternoon teas open to the public; formal
dinner for the University Musical Society Messiah performers the first
week of December; an International Festival; special ethnic dinners; several
faculty dinners each year; special dinners for new residents and graduating
residents; a quiet atmosphere conducive to academic achievement; male visitation
hours; a quiet, safe, family-like atmosphere.
Special Programs/Opportunities:
Honors Housing options; Martha Cook Alumnae Association
awards $10,000/year food and board scholarships; the Martha Cook
Ann Arbor Alumnae Association has started a Minority Merit Scholarship
award, which currently amounts to several hundred dollars awarded each
year to one recipient.
Professional Staff in Building:
On-site CORE, Food Services Manager and Supervisor, Housekeeping
Manager, Office Coordinator, Student Assistant Resident Director, temporary
student desk staff, and computer coordinator.
History:
Mr. William Cook donated the Martha Cook Building in
memory of his mother. Its doors opened for the first time in September
1915, at a construction cost of $260,000. Martha Cook, an exclusively
all-female residence hall, is the only U-M facility that offers sit-down
meal service. The women of Martha Cook participate in and celebrate
many traditions including Martha Cook's birthday, holiday celebrations,
and weekly teas on Friday - open to other students who wish to visit the
building and enjoy the Martha Cook experience along with its residents.