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Housing Options ARKANSAS BAPTIST COLLEGE Arkansas Baptist College offers a traditional dorm-style residence with 135 beds as well as a 188-bed state-ofthe-art apartment-style residence. In addition, the college has contracted with Avondale Apartment Homes to offer additional student accommodations off campus. Rates range from $1,538 per semester to $2,300 per semester on campus. In early 2012, construction of a new 192bed women’s residence hall will begin. ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY Freshmen can take advantage of the First Year Residential Experience (FYRE) program at Arkansas State University. It provides year-long learning opportunities, activities and support for first-year students. In the program, all firstyear students are housed in areas designed specifically for them. Likewise, ASU has a community designed to cater to the needs of nontraditional and graduate students and their families. Called “The Village,” it is composed of 50 two-bedroom houses and 191 one-, two- and threebedroom apartment units. Rent includes cable television, wireless internet access and utilities. CENTRAL BAPTIST COLLEGE CBC currently has two residence halls: Bruce Hall for female students and Williams Hall for male students. Fall 2011 room and board is $3,000 per semester for a double occupancy room. The college has plans to build a new residence hall in the next few years as part of its “Vision 2020” plan. HENDERSON STATE UNIVERSITY With an increase in freshman enrollment, Henderson has leased several apartment units at two local complexes to accommodate additional students. Students on campus have a variety of options to choose from, even within the residence halls. Two undergraduate halls segregate the sexes and feature floors with themes including “Substance Free,” “24-Hour Quiet,” and “First-Year Experience.” Upperclassmen
Students hitting campus these days have more to choose from than did the freshmen that came before them. There’s been a flurry of residential building activity on campuses across the state, and increasingly, colleges are offering apartment-style living to students. Even within on-campus residences there are often many options to choose from in terms of learning communities. Here’s a glimpse of what your new home away from home looks like.
have co-ed facilities with suite-style rooms and semi-private restrooms. Themed housing includes an “Exercise & Encouragement” floor and a “Service & Activism” floor. The International House features apartment-style living for upperclassmen and a themed community that blends both American and International students. There’s also housing for honors students. HENDRIX COLLEGE At Hendrix, most students live on campus for all or most of their undergraduate experience. In addition to traditional residence halls, Hendrix offers four apartment-style quad houses (four students per suite in four suites), as well as college-owned apartments (including apartments in The Village at Hendrix). There is also a Language House, a residential living experience for students.The Language House rotates annually among French, German and Spanish. Additionally, there is an Eco-House that emphasizes sustainable living, as well as the Bonhoffer House, a Christian living community.
2009 and Westside One and Two were completed last year, contributing to the replacement of approximately one-third of campus housing during the past two years. The state-of-the-art Student Village complex features two residential halls – Gosser Hall and East Village Hall – which encompass 12 residentially scaled four-story houses. The facilities include 92 private and semi-private suites that house
Inside apartment-style housing at UALR.
JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY John Brown University offers traditional dorm housing as well as townhouse and duplex living. JBU places a strong focus on community so students are required to live on campus for their first six semesters. Room and board for the year is $7,562. OUACHITA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY More than 95 percent of students live in university housing at OBU. The Student Village was dedicated in
a total of more than 350 students. Amenities include two first-floor lobbies and four upper-level terraces as well as study, fitness center, theater and game rooms. The Westside residence halls house a total of 128 students in two threestory facilities. In response to student input, the Westside residence halls are designed to foster community with 20 to 24 students in four-person suites sharing a large living room space on each floor. Room and board for the 20112012 academic year is $3,020 per semester.
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