Life at D&E
This is where you belong
This isn’t just a campus. It’s a community. It’s home.
Davis & Elkins College is a place of discovery. Here you’ll find a welcoming, supportive atmosphere and a place to be inspired. You’ll find friends, staff, and faculty who feel like family. You’ll discover yourself. And you’ll feel like this is where you belong.
Experience residential life.
On a college campus, you may learn in a classroom or lab. But a residence hall is where you live. And where you grow. In any of D&E’s 9 residence halls, you’ll meet new people and discover what it’s like to share the college experience.
The support and services you need for success.
On the Davis & Elkins campus, you’ll get the support and benefit from a full range of services to help you excel inside and outside of the classroom.
Dining Services
D&E Dining Services strives to create a home-away-from-home dining experience by providing the highest-quality food and beverages to meet your nutritional needs. Multiple food and meal plan options are available.
Fitness, Wellness & Counseling Services
D&E is committed to eliminating health-related barriers to learning and to promoting optimal physical, intellectual, emotional, spiritual, and community wellness. For your physical wellness, you’ll have access to a fully equipped campus fitness center and pool. Our on-campus clinic, meanwhile, provides prevention-focused, accessible, and high-quality healthcare and counseling to meet the needs of our diverse student population.
Public Safety
The Davis & Elkins College Office of Public Safety provides a safe and secure learning, working, and residential environment for all on campus. Public safety professionals monitor the safety and security of the campus around the clock and 365 days per year.
D&E Bookstore
From textbooks to course materials and supplies, the virtual D&E Bookstore has everything you need for your classes. Visit the store online to order from a wide selection of items.
Information Services
All your information and computing needs are brought together in a single hub. From accessing the resources in the Booth Library, to your campus email account, to all your connecting, computing, and printing needs, D&E Information Services has you covered.
Transportation
Elkins doesn’t have a local transit system. But you’ll find it’s a walkable and bike-friendly community where it’s easy to get around. For trips back home, D&E offers a shuttle service to major airports and transportation hubs in Washington, D.C. and Pittsburgh.
Spiritual Community
While Davis & Elkins College is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), we welcome Presbyterians, Christians from other denominations, and people of all faiths. Those interested in engaging with our spiritual community on campus include can take advantage of the following:
- Sunday services at Robbins Memorial Chapel
- Campus Bible study offered through the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship
- Opportunities for spiritual engagement through the Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Morrison-Novakovic Center for Faith and Public Policy
The Center is a unique community where students like you can engage in meaningful discussions around faith and public policy. Students apply and are selected for the Center based on multiple criteria and have the opportunity to live in the Center House, which hosts events and workshops.