SIL-UND provides dormitory-style housing in one or more UND residence halls for students, faculty, staff and their families. Adults (such as spouses and adult children) who are not taking SIL courses or serving on staff must have special permission from the SIL-UND Director to stay in dormitory housing.

Normally two or three adults are assigned to a room (depending on room size); single occupancy rooms are not available to students except under special circumstances. Children usually have a room next to or across from their parents' room. Young siblings usually room together, older siblings of different sexes are assigned separate rooms.

Each room is equipped with single beds (slightly longer than twin size), dressers, and desks. Weekly linen service (sheets, pillowcases, and mattress cover) is available for a fee or you may choose to bring your own. Laundry facilities and irons are available in the dormitory, as well as televisions, a computer lab, and a sauna. There is an enclosed courtyard in the dormitory complex with a sand volleyball court. Other recreational facilities are close by for tennis, raquetball, basketball, soccer, ultimate frisbee, weight training and other sports.

Meals are served in an air-conditioned dining room located about 1 block away. It serves three meals a day, except for weekends, when there is only brunch and supper. (Anyone living in the dormitory is normally expected to participate in the dining plan. The dormitory does not have adequate facilities for people to cook for themselves. However, those living outside the dorm may still participate in the dining plan if they wish.)

SIL tries to provide convenient, safe, affordable, and quiet housing. To keep costs as low as possible, resident students, guests, and teens contribute an hour of work per day to keep the residence halls clean or help with other aspects of the program. We also observe some quiet hours and ask residents to keep noise levels low generally. There are restrictions on what can be watched on televisions in public areas. Alcohol, tobacco products, and cohabitation are not allowed by UND policy.

Because of the children who live in the dorm, we take extra care to provide a warm, loving, and safe environment for them, and particularly to protect them from sexual exploitation. Anyone with access to children in the program is required to attend a 1.5 hour training seminar at the beginning of the summer which focuses on proactive guidelines that all participants are expected to follow and to sign a code of conduct.

While most students and staff prefer to live with these arrangements, we also recognize that some may choose not to accept them. They are free to make other housing arrangements with UND or in the community. All SIL participants, whether living in the dorm or not, have access to the office floor and other public areas in the dormitory.

For current charges, see the information on costs.