Good food cooked by a real chef, light airy rooms yards from the water, and an active, close-knit, honest community: life on campus is great!

Webb’s campus – a walled, 26-acre estate with its own private beach – is special, and Webb requires students to live and eat on campus. The men live on the second and third floors of Stevenson Taylor Hall. The women live on the second floor of the model basin and in James G. Motley Hall.

Students eat in Stevenson Taylor – three squares Monday through Friday, brunch, and dinner on Saturday and Sunday. Students also use the student kitchen to cook up their own food when the munchies strike.

Webb’s student body is largely self-governing. Students actually help determine and implement the policies that govern conduct on campus. Two institutions keep this system in place: the Student Organization and the Student Court. Underlying these institutions is an important tradition, the Honor Code, which mandates that Webbies maintain the highest standards of conduct at all times. The upshot is that students have an unusually strong voice on campus, and a sense of trust and security is widespread.

At Webb, students share in maintaining the facilities. The upkeep of the labs, the shops, and other facilities is handled through a student labor program called “Beaver Day” — the work assignments are called “beavers.” The student government hands out the assignments.