Graham Family Hall
Opened in Fall 2024, Graham Family Hall is a four-story, 79,000-square-foot residence hall on East Quad, between Johnson Family Hall and the East Campus Research Complex. The hall houses approximately 262 students and integrates elements of Notre Dame’s collegiate gothic campus architecture style and cherished residential traditions. An arched opening through the first floor serves as a unique feature incorporating a walkway through the building and allowing pedestrians east-west passage via an existing sidewalk. The first-floor level features communal areas on one side of the floor and quiet study spaces, a reading room and the hall chapel on the other side. Graham Family Hall has a mix of student room types including singles, doubles, quads and six-person rooms. Each floor features a community lounge with kitchens or kitchenettes, and fitness, laundry and additional facilities are located on the lower level. An outdoor patio is featured on the west side of the building.
Rector
Dennis Wieboldt
Dennis Wieboldt serves as the Leep Family Rector of Graham Family Hall.
Dennis is a Ph.D. student in History at the University of Notre Dame, where he is a Richard and Peggy Notebaert Premier Fellow at the Graduate School. Dennis, the author of more than 30 academic articles, book reviews, and other essays, writes in the areas of constitutional law and legal history, with a particular focus on the First Amendment’s Religion Clauses.
Dennis arrived at Notre Dame in 2023 as the first student to concurrently pursue a J.D./Ph.D. in History. Prior to his time at Notre Dame, he earned his B.A. summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Boston College. There, he received several undergraduate honors, including the 2022 McCarthy Prize in the Humanities, a distinction conferred upon the best thesis in the humanities by Boston College’s Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences. After earning his B.A., Dennis earned an M.A. in history from Boston College.
In 2026, Dennis earned his J.D. magna cum laude from Notre Dame Law School, where he received the Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Program of Law, Ethics & Public Policy. Dennis was also recognized with the A. Harold Weber Writing Award and the Patricia O’Hara Scholarship and Leadership Award.
Outside of the classroom, Dennis has served as an Assistant Rector in Graham Family Hall, on the Executive Council of the American Catholic Historical Association, and on the Advisory Committee of Boston College's Church in the 21st Century Center.
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Hall Stats
- Approximate Capacity
- 262
- Number of Sections
- 7
- Year Established
- 2024
- Quad
- East Quad
- Sex
- Male
- Chapel
- Number of Floors
- 4
- Number of Rooms
- Elevator
- Yes
- Air Conditioning
- Yes
- Nickname/Mascot