Peru State College Residence Life

10/08/2026

09/02/2026

🍂 Come experience Peru State this fall! 🐾

Our fall Admissions events are coming up, and we can’t wait to welcome future Bobcats to campus!

Join us for a Go Blue Day or our Home School Day to explore campus, learn more about Peru State, meet members of our campus community, and see what being a Bobcat is all about.

📅 Find an upcoming event and register today:
https://www.peru.edu/visit/

08/29/2026

When McKenzie had left, another strong leader emerged at Peru Normal when Eliza Morgan joined Peru as preceptress. While her role included teaching literature, rhetoric and history, her greater impact might have been in shaping the college experience for the school's young women.

Morgan started by turning the sparsely decorated dormitory rooms into pleasant homes for the girls.

"When Miss Morgan took charge of the ladies' dormitory," McKenzie later wrote, "it was in a decidedly plain, not to say rough, condition. The rooms were poorly furnished."

"Her first thought was to secure at slight expense, rugs or carpet, or oilcloth for the floor."

Morgan ran a tight ship and expected her girls to care as much about their accommodations as she did! And they did!

08/23/2026

Welcome Week is 🔥 These students are kicking off college right!!

08/21/2026

08/21/2026

Move-in Day with this amazing, hard working staff! Bring on Welcome Week! 💙 GO CATS!!