Jenkins Hall houses 245 first year coed students. Meta V. Jenkins from the State College for Colored Students (now Delaware State University) in June 1921. She was one of the founding organizers of the Philadelphia Charter of the DSU Alumni Association. Jenkins Hall was erected in 1970 and dedicated during the ninety-first anniversary of Founder’s Day, February 7, 1982. Jenkins Hall has a kitchen on each floor, main lounge, laundry room, recreation area, and computer, television, and telephone lines in each room.