Stanislaus State's dorm layout ... The University of California at Merced closes dorms over the holiday break to its 600 residents. Dorms at Columbia College stay open for their 10 to 30 residents.

Twenty-three Stanislaus State students were displaced Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, after a sprinkler head broke and gushed water in their dorm. The students were placed in other university housing.