In 2016-2017, Walsh got AN EXTREME  HALL MAKEOVER!

We are so grateful that the university heard our pleas for renewing our beloved home, and during the academic year of 2016-2017, we were the first hall to ever undergo such an intensive renovation in the history at the University. So, the Walsh community of women lived in Pangborn Hall, just across the Quad, for one year until the Walsh Renovation Makeover was completed for August 2017. 
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As the 2015 Hall of the Year, 2016 AND 2018 Women's Hall of the Year, we know that Walsh has always been more than a building and we are confident that we can be W.I.L.D. anywhere! 

Some amenities we are now SO THRILLED about:

• All updated mechanical, electrical, and plumbing
• ​All new communal bathrooms on every floor
• New signage and added storage options
• New paint, carpeting, and flooring
• New, modern elevator
• Accessible entrance with accessible bedroom and bathroom options
• ​New lounges with full kitchens on every floor
• New full kitchen in basement lounge
• Added air conditioning in all common spaces
• New fitness room with new workout equipment
• Additional men's/women's restroom in basement
• Additional guest restroom/shower on first floor

• ​New Mailroom and new Hall Staff Office on first floor
• All new bedroom and common space furniture
• Elimination of redundant closets 
• Renewal of historic character in archways, original mosaic floor tile, and wood detail
• Updated Rector & Asst. Rector apartments
• Addition of a Priest-In-Residence apartment
• All new windows throughout the building
• New lobby entrance configuration
• Reconfiguration of rooms: we now have one of EVERY single type of room on campus (single, double, deluxe double, super-double, triple, quad, quint, sixsuite)

 See how some of our women said farewell to our  building in 2016...

Text: ​"We gather here today to celebrate the greatest dorm in all of Notre Dame’s history and the building that housed the community at its heart.  We gather to celebrate the life and now the death of this building, with its glorious façade that masked the crumbling within.  We gather to celebrate this time of rebirth when we’ll cocoon ourselves in the shelter of Pangborn Hall as we trust our beloved home to the hands of the finest skilled craftsmen of the age.  As we lay these carnations down, let it be a symbol of our sorrow for the death of a beloved home...but also to symbolize the venerated BIRTH of a [new] home with: No bats! No bugs!  No overflowing toilets! No electrical fires in the middle of the night! A place where the ceilings will not fall on our heads! A place where the elevator does not take 15 minutes to ride to the top floor, and where the Wild Women can roam free in peace! Walsh Hall: 1909-2016   to   2017-forever.  Now please, one by one, pay your respects."

And took some pictures to remember the  building before the reno...

Quote viewed from inside the elevator cage

The room where Fr. Ted Hesburgh lived for a summer!

the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony when we moved back in:

Text:  We are gathered here today in front of our beautiful home! Walsh Hall, established in 1909, has been home to men and women for over 100 years! In 2016, Walsh Hall residents were told that their beloved home would be renovated the following academic year. On that cold Wednesday in January, screams and cries of despair echoed through the halls. As we came to terms with our Great Migration, we realized that it was definitely time to get rid of Walsh’s: Bats, Falling Ceilings, Moldy Bathrooms, Banging Radiators, Broken Windows … and…. Cockroaches.  One year ago today, your Walsh sisters mourned the temporary loss of our building with a short memorial service. In that time, our year in Pangborn was one for the books. Walsh Community persevered and Walsh Love thrived. Now we are back and all of the things we love about Walsh are still here, just with a fresh coat of paint. Welcome to your new and forever home!