The Campus Canopies® concept was born when my youngest daughter was leaving for college and I couldn’t find anything that would give her privacy in her shared dorm room. So I designed a lightweight aluminum canopy structure with designer curtain panels, and created a privacy space around her bed.

Her roommate and a number of students in her residence hall saw it and asked me to do the same for them.

That’s when Campus Canopies as a business was born.

Campus Canopies® fulfills an unmet need on college campuses today. When students go to college, they enter in a shared living space with roommates they have never met before. In addition to personality differences, most roommates have different study habits and sleep schedules. One roommate might be an early riser, while another will study until 3:00 in the morning. Many roommates develop into life-long friends, but the experience of residential life in college, especially at first, is often awkward and stressful.

Sleep, the most precious commodity, is always in short supply.

Campus Canopies® is the perfect privacy solution. It allows students to re-imagine their dorm room, to beautify their living space, and to unplug and recharge where they sleep, study and play.

I always knew that Campus Canopies provides privacy and adds beauty to dorm rooms. As we enter our ninth year in business one of the nicest surprises is how Campus Canopies helps neurodiverse students. The product creates a safe space for neurodiverse students who have an elevated need for privacy.