Hampshire House provides these women with a place to go between classes, study, meet fellow commuting students, store supplies, prepare meals, take a nap, shower, or relax. As with any house it takes the people in it to define and make it a home away from home. Individual use of the facility varies depending upon the student. Some students use Hampshire House daily. Other students stop by weekly or bi-weekly depending upon when they are actually on campus.
Schedules vary widely so some weeks, or semesters, there can be more students around than others.
Personal schedules very so much that people can frequently miss each other entirely for weeks or months at a time. Because of the variety of schedules, house meetings are usually held in the lunch hour on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Hampshire House is a welcoming place for any off-campus student seeking to create community for herself at Smith College. Hampshire House, like any other house on campus, requires the full participation and commitment of its members to succeed and reach its fullest potential. To have a key to Hampshire House, a member must have paid her dues and have commited herself to being an active part of the Hampshire House family.