Michigan State partially ends co-ed community bathrooms at honors dorm

Michigan State University has partially reversed its decision to convert all shared bathrooms in its honors dormitory to co-educational facilities after complaints from students and parents who said the arrangement made them uncomfortable.

Officials installed new signs at Campbell Hall last week to label some bathrooms by gender; The change comes after a formal complaint and survey results showed unease among residents over a $37.1 million renovation that transformed all 20 public bathrooms into unisex facilities.

Failure to notify parents in advance that bathrooms would no longer be segregated by gender led at least one student to seek other facilities, according to a letter from a parent.

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The facilities were the first co-ed public bathrooms of their kind in any of the institution’s 27 residence halls. MSU said it is moving to unisex public restrooms in Campbell Hall to accommodate future change in the student population.

“After reviewing the survey data, the decision was made to provide students with options,” MSU spokeswoman Kat Cooper said in a statement to Bridge Michigan. he said.

The honor dormitory spans four floors and includes 20 shared bathrooms as well as five disposable toilets. Cooper said he wasn’t sure how many of the shared bathrooms would remain unisex and how many would be separated into men’s or women’s.

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The university did not notify parents that bathrooms would not be designated by gender. (Getty Images)

In an email to Campbell Hall residents, school officials said bathrooms on the ground and first floors, where two shared bathrooms are located, “will be structured as much as possible for the gender makeup of the community,” and that there will be “gender-based bathroom options” on the second and third floors of the residence hall, where there will be eight shared bathrooms as well as single-use toilets.

“We wanted to ensure that no rooms would need to be moved as part of these changes,” the email reads. “The goal of the updates is to provide more options and help residents feel more comfortable in their daily routines.”

Some members of the MSU Board of Trustees said this week that the university made the right decision by responding to student and parent feedback.

The dormitory has four floors with 20 shared bathrooms and five single-use bathrooms. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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“I am happy that the university is listening to the concerns of its students,” said Trustee Mike Balow.

“It’s important that our students feel comfortable and have options. This is the right move by the university,” added Trustee Dennis Denno.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.