Pyon-Chen Hall

Pyon-Chen Hall is the first of two new residence halls in the newly established Heritage Community. It opened its doors to residents in August 2021, with the official dedication ceremony on October 1, 2021.

Pyon-Chen (pe-awn spoken as one syllable) Hall is the first residence hall in our inventory to be named in recognition of two alumni instead of a Maryland county. Pyon-Chen Hall is named in honor of two fearless trailblazers, Pyon Su, and Chunjen Constant Chen. In 1891, Pyon Su became the first Korean student to receive a degree from any American college or university. Chunjen Constant Chen was the first Chinese student to enroll at the Maryland Agricultural College in 1915.

This state of the art residence hall is six-story, co-ed, traditional style hall housing 450 residents in single and double rooms. Each floor features a laundry room, a central lounge, enclosed study areas, and clusters of private communal accessible bathrooms. The bathroom configuration offers common vanity spaces and individual toilet and shower compartments that provide a much greater level of privacy and accessibility. A service desk is located on the first floor.

Pyon-Chen Hall is home to some of the incoming University Honors living-learning program cohort and other incoming first-year students.

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