Dejope Residence Hall, one of UW-Madison’s newest dorms, is located on the shore of Lake Mendota. Dejope is the name that the Ho-Chunk and other American Indians have called the Madison area for thousands of years, meaning “Four Lakes.”

Dejope Residence Hall, one of UW-Madison’s newest dorms, is located on the shore of Lake Mendota. Dejope is the name that the Ho-Chunk and other American Indians have called the Madison area for thousands of years, meaning “Four Lakes.”