A program launched last year offering housing on Quinnipiac University’s campus for students with summer internships will return this year. Summer housing will be available to both Quinnipiac and non-Quinnipiac students from May 17 to Aug. 2.
“We did launch this last year to non-Quinnipiac students that were looking to stay on campus for the summer because they were doing internships with either one of our corporate partners or just another organization in the area,” Shannon LeGault, associate vice president for conferences and events, said.
The launch of the program last summer was a huge success.
“We wanted to start small and just make sure that we had all the processes and procedures in place and make sure that it would work well with the university,” LeGault said. “So, we did start with a small cohort of 11 that really enjoyed their stay here.”
She is hoping to expand the program this year and encourages more Quinnipiac students to take advantage of this opportunity.
“Quinnipiac students were allowed to stay last year as well, it just wasn’t largely promoted to them. So this year we are promoting it as one big program,” LeGault said.
Current Quinnipiac students will pay $320 per week to stay in The Hill suites on the Mount Carmel Campus while non-Quinnipiac students will pay $350 per week to stay on York Hill Campus in the Eastview suites for the duration of the program.
Although students will be living on separate campuses, LeGault has plans to host social events designed to bring the two communities together.
“We are also looking to build a little community between groups, so we are looking to set up a welcome reception or ice cream social, just so that everybody can get to know each other and so that they have that community while they are here for the summer,” LeGault said.
All students in the program will have access to free parking on campus, WiFi, the Library, the Recreation and Wellness center and all outdoor spaces for the duration of the summer.
“We are looking to continue to grow and have more facilities open in the summer going forward,” LeGault said.
New this year, students will also have access to dining hall services for the month of July, when other groups, such as athletes on campus are not using them.
“But then also we have them in the Hill and Eastview specifically because of the kitchens,” LeGault said.
Some internships may require students to stay after Aug. 2, and while this program will end on that date, LeGault says Quinnipiac students would be able to stay on campus by requesting to move in early to their fall housing assignments.
“Unfortunately for the non-Quinnipiac students, the second is the latest that we are able to keep them at this point. That may change in future summers, but we obviously want to make sure that facilities have enough time to clean and make any repairs to all the dorms before the Quinnipiac students move back in for the fall semester,” LeGault said.
She is hoping to continue to expand the program in coming years as more students and organizations utilize this unique opportunity.
“We’ve shared the information with a lot of our corporate partners so that they know when they are recruiting people that they can also let them know about this opportunity in the hopes that they can hire people who aren’t from the area,” LeGault said.
For students from other states, this program could offer them a wider range of opportunities as they search for internships over the summer.
“Hopefully this gives them the opportunity to think even more broadly about the internships they are applying to, knowing that they can stay in the area,” LeGault said.
Applications for Summer 2026 are open now, and LeGault is looking forward to more students showing interest in the program.
“My goal is to have at least 30, I would love to see it get up to 50, but my goal is to get to 30,” LeGault said.
She hopes that as the program continues to grow and bring in more students from other areas, Quinnipiac will become a hub of activity and support for the student community year-round.
“Our goal is to get summer just as lively as the academic year,” LeGault said.
