Beds, desks and a lounge equal excitement for one on-campus sorority.

Wiggins Hall, located in the Worth Hills area of campus, will house He Is Sufficient, a Christian sorority, next fall, said James Parker, assistant dean of Campus Life.

Parker said HIS was chosen for the spot because it has enough members to fill the rooms and would benefit most from them.

The 120-member sorority was offered 10 rooms for 20 women and a lounge, but not a chapter room, Parker said. He does not anticipate the sorority having trouble filling the rooms, he said.

Jackie Quisenberry, president of HIS, said it is important for the sorority to have a spot to call its own on campus. In addition to the Sid Richardson Building, where HIS meetings take place, Wiggins will be another place members can meet, she said.

“I think it is a very positive step for our sisterhood,” Quisenberry said.

Quisenberry said she hopes the change will make students more aware of the sorority and increase membership.

At the beginning of this semester, HIS became a member of TCU Fraternity and Sorority Life, Quisenberry said. Members are now advised by both University Ministries and Fraternity and Sorority Life, she said.

Quisenberry said being offered the rooms helped create a smooth transition and improved the sorority’s relationship with Fraternity and Sorority Life.

Wiggins was renovated in summer 2007 and houses about 104 students, including 50 freshman men, 27 Sigma Phi Epsilon men and 27 Pi Kappa Phi men, Parker said.

Sig Ep and Pi Kap will continue to live in Wiggins in the fall, Parker said. In order to make room for HIS and Gamma Phi Beta, a new sorority, freshman men will move from Wiggins to other dorms on campus next semester, he said.

Brett Singer, Sig Ep president, said HIS has earned and deserves the opportunity to live in the dorms.

HIS is excited to be neighbors with Gamma Phi Beta, Quisenberry said.

It is the first time a Panhellenic and Christian sorority will live side by side at TCU, Parker said, but it is not a first among other universities.

Gamma Phi Beta will have 15 rooms for 30 women in Wiggins in the fall.

“It does not matter that we are not part of Panhellenic,” Quisenberry said. “It will be fun to meet new people and build good relationships.”

Jessica Wickizer, president of Gamma Phi Beta, said she is pleased that her sorority is moving into Wiggins and living next door to HIS.

Parker said both organizations have similar goals and missions that will mix for a good partnership.

The male counterpart of HIS, Brothers Under Christ, does not have designated rooms on campus to live in, but it has not been an issue, said Kurtis Freeman, president of BYX.

“It is too far away from what we are used to,” Freeman said.

TCU’s BYX chapter has been on campus since 1989. They have never been offered housing, and the members enjoy being able to live off campus and branch out, Freeman said.

“HIS has very good leadership and I am sure they made the best decision for their sorority,” Freeman said.