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Living at KU
Department of Student Housing 2010-2011
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Contributing to Student Success
The University of KANSAS Department of Student Housing 422 W. 11th Street, Suite DSH Lawrence, KS 66045-3312
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Welcome to
Student Housing Your decision to live on campus is an important first choice in your KU career.
Contents Benefits ........................................ 2 Timeline ....................................... 5 Residence Halls .......................... 6 Scholarship Halls . ...................... 9 Apartments ............................... 17 Dining and Employment ......... 19 Rates ........................................... 23 Points of distinction ................ 27 Services ...................................... 28
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Diana Robertson, Ph.D. Director, KU Department of Student Housing
The Department of Student Housing offers many options to meet your housing needs ... and so much more! We’ll ensure the basics – living space that’s clean, well-maintained and conveniently located. But we’re also committed to providing involvement, leadership development, experiences with different cultures, and even part-time employment. I invite you to live on campus and experience all the best that KU has to offer.
FRONT COVER: Moving day at Ellsworth Residence Hall. BACK COVER: Aerial view of five residence halls on Daisy Hill.
Visit us KU Student Housing offers tours. Tour information is at housing.ku.edu. We also partner with the Office of Admissions and Scholarships and can visit with you at KU’s Senior Days, Junior Days, and other special visit days. The Department of Student Housing office is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, at 422 West 11th Street in Corbin residence hall. Contact us at 785-864-4560 or housing@ku.edu.
Our Mission Building excellent communities through individual support and respect
Our Central Values • We provide essentials – shelter, security, nutrition – and strive for excellence in all we do • We promote academic success, growth, leadership, and participation in all our communities • We foster unity and understanding while celebrating the individual • We offer a variety of innovative and affordable environments through effective management
GSP student and her pet. A complete list of prohibited items and what to bring is at housing.ku.edu.
Safety is Key Security is a priority in all communities. Residents must scan their identification card to enter their building, and security staff walk throughout from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. Please read the “Safety & Security” section in the Housing Handbook. The annual security report about KU safety policies, crime statistics, and campus resources is available at ku.edu/safety or by contacting the Office of the Vice Provost for Student Success, 133 Strong Hall, 785-864-4060. The University of Kansas also requires a meningitis vaccination for students living on campus. The full policy is available at the KU Student Health Services website.
Credits Living at KU was produced by the KU Department of Student Housing, July 2010. Director: Diana Robertson. Associate Director for Administration: Kip Grosshans. Associate Director for Residence Life: Jennifer Wamelink. Associate Director for Facilities:Vincent Avila. Editor: Katharine Weickert. Designer: Jan Morris Nitcher. Photographers: Kelly Anderson, Jan Morris Nitcher, Randy Edmonds, and KU University Relations. Printed by Summit Litho, Inc. with soy-based ink. Please recycle.
Make friends for life
Events such as this one, the All Scholarship Hall Council picnic, are planned by leaders in hall government. K.K. Amini Hall is in the background.
benefits
of Living on Campus
Better grades It’s a fact: Students who live on campus get better grades and are more likely to graduate in four years. That’s in part because of these support systems: • trained staff • study groups • educational programs • faculty mentors • Academic Resource Centers We asked KU students what they expect: Students want an environment to help them study. Our on-campus communities serve as homework havens and social gathering places. Students who attend class regularly are more successful in school. With a bus that will take you door-to-door, there’s no excuse to miss class. And with study groups and other resources at your fingertips, your opportunity for academic success multiplies. Students in Templin Hall on move-in day. Living on campus is an easy way to meet new people and make friends.
And one more thing to help — we pay the utility bills, we do the grocery shopping, and our staff manages the cleaning and maintenance so you have time to study. On-campus living provides the staff and resources to help you succeed. We want to help throughout your college career so you stay in school and graduate in four.
Friendships Being a KU student is not just about the classes you take, but the experiences you have and the people you meet in on-campus housing. On-campus living guarantees that you’ll meet people—from familiar places and from around
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the globe. And like most students, you’ll be involved in the spontaneous (ordering a pizza and watching TV) to the organized (intramural sports and Hawk Week). KU is a large school, no doubt. On-campus housing makes it feel like home. It’s the familiar place that allows you to go out and explore the many wonderful opportunities a large school can offer.
Getting involved KU offers lots of ways to get connected. There are avenues for developing leadership skills, and many of them are in your community. For instance, did you know we offer at least seven leadership organizations that enhance the lives of the students who live with us? That’s not counting the number of students on committees who plan events like formal awards ceremonies, dances, Homecoming parade floats, and “Daisy Days” fun on the hill.
The green choice We know you chose crimson and blue, and now you can choose green, too. Group living is less expensive and more efficient than other options. Plus, you reduce your carbon footprint by walking or taking the bus. And KU Dining buys local and has gone trayless to save water. As we repair and renovate and replace (and we’re reusing, reducing and recycling) we buy energy-saving appliances and equipment, energy-efficient windows and doors, furniture made from post-consumer materials, and sustainably grown wood products. In short, you contribute to a more sustainable world by living with us.
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TOP RIGHT: Student Housing offers ways to get connected on campus, including activities such as the band that plays at basketball games. BOTTOM RIGHT: Unlike off-campus living, on-campus housing contracts can be adjusted for those who Study Abroad. It’s another way that Student Housing contributes to academic success. Here, two students tour Spain.
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Group living reduces your carbon footprint
timeline
sign your contract
We encourage you to sign a contract for housing when you receive your admission letter. Contracts are for the nine-month academic year. One cost covers your room, all utilities, and your meal plan.
October 1 Beginning October 1, admitted students with a KU online identification may sign an online contract at housing.ku.edu. A $350 charge will be posted to your KU account. The charge must be paid before you select a room.
February 1 Returning students who have contracts select a specific room assignment and roommate online.
March 1
We offer three living communities: 1. Residence halls are the largest housing community. 2. Scholarship halls are unique. About 50 residents per hall cook or clean (four to six hours per week) and then pay less for room and meals. 3. Jayhawker Towers and Stouffer Place are on-campus apartments for non-traditional students, single students, graduate students and students with families.
New students who have contracts and have made the payment may begin selecting a specific room assignment and roommate online. This process continues throughout the spring. March 1 is also the scholarship hall application priority date. Scholarship hall applicants submit additional application information. See housing.ku.edu for details.
April Acceptance letters begin to be mailed to scholarship hall students.
TOP LEFT: The Studio deck outside Hashinger Hall.
July
BOTTOM LEFT: Jayhawker Towers is an on-campus apartment complex.
Scholarship hall room and roommate assignments will be available online.
BOTTOM RIGHT: Scholarship Hall students prepare dinner.
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Welcome to the Residence Halls. KU has eight residence halls. One is women-only and seven are co-ed: Typically, men occupy one wing, the lobby is in the center, and women occupy the other wing. The residence halls range in size from 280 to 900 students each and offer traditional double rooms with community bathrooms or suites. All halls have: Internet, Academic Resource Centers with computers and study aids, KU card-operated laundry areas, and floor lobbies that serve as living rooms. KU’s eight residence halls feature social and educational programming, and special residential communities. Most of us are more at ease in smaller groups, so we’ve created a series of neighborhoods that connect students with similar interests. And before you know it, you’ll grow together as a community and individually by sharing experiences in and out of the classroom. For instance, one hall hosts a leadership community, another the Honors Program, and yet another focuses on the creative arts. For full descriptions, see “residential communities” at housing.ku.edu.
Corbin Hall 420 West 11th Street 785-864-4182 • 290 residents, located near Memorial Stadium • Women only • Mostly double and triple rooms. South Corbin’s rooms vary significantly in size and floor plan • Shares dining center and Academic Resource Center with GSP • Limited hours for guest visitation • Opened in 1923; expanded in 1951; renovated in the 1990s
Gertrude Sellards Pearson (GSP) Hall 500 West 11th Street 785-864-4884 • 370 residents, located near Memorial Stadium • Coed by floor (starting in 2012) • Mostly double rooms • Shares dining center and Academic Resource Center with Corbin Hall • Opened in 1955; renovation in 2011-2012
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Ellsworth Hall 1734 Engel Road 785-864-4190 • 580 residents, located on Daisy Hill • Coed by wing • Double rooms, two-person rooms with bath and four-person suites • Residents can participate in 3E, “Experience Excellence in Ellsworth,” a career exploration program • Opened in 1963; renovated in 2003
Hashinger Hall 1632 Engel Road 785-864-8095 • 370 residents, located on Daisy Hill • Coed by wing • Location of the Center for Creative Arts • Includes a small theater, dance studio, design lab, painting and pottery room, textiles room, studio space and practice rooms • Two-person rooms with sink • Opened in 1962; renovated in 2006
Lewis Hall 1530 Engel Road 785-864-4750 • 280 residents, located on Daisy Hill • Coed by wing • Two-person rooms with bath and four-person suites • Lewis Hall emphasizes a community service theme • Opened in 1960; renovated in 1999
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McCollum Hall 1800 Engel Road 785-864-4860 • 900 residents, located on Daisy Hill • Coed by wing • Traditional two-person rooms with a closet and built-in dresser with mirror • Special communities in McCollum include Honors Program, Leadership, and Global House • Opened in 1965
Oliver Hall 1815 Naismith Drive 785-864-4911 • 660 residents • Coed by wing • Located near Allen Fieldhouse, Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center, and Hoglund Ballpark • Traditional two-person rooms with a closet and built-in dresser and mirror • Oliver has its own dining center • Opened in 1966
Templin Hall 1515 Engel Road 785-864-4470 • 280 Residents, located on Daisy Hill • Double rooms, two-person rooms with bath and four-person suites • Returning students must have a 3.0 grade-point average • Templin houses Honors Program and Engineering residential community • Opened in 1959; renovated in 1997
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Welcome to the scholarship halls. KU has 12 scholarship halls built on the principle of cooperative living. Residents take part in cooking and cleaning their halls (4-6 hours a week in shifts compatible with class schedules) in exchange for a reduced housing rate. Residents are not required to have earned an academic scholarship from KU to live in the scholarship hall, but residents must maintain a 2.5 grade-point average and take a minimum of 28 hours each year. You’ll be selected to live in the scholarship hall based on your commitment to the cooperative philosophy, academic achievement, financial need, two written essays and two references. All halls have: Internet, Academic Resource Centers with computers and study aids, KU card-operated laundry areas, living and recreational space, and their own dining area and kitchen. The schol halls are rich in tradition and their many community programs reflect this emphasis. There are about 50 students in each hall.
Six Women’s Scholarship Halls Dennis E. Rieger Hall 1323 Ohio Street 785-812-3710 • Two-person rooms with shared community bath, and four-person suites • The hall features energy-efficient geothermal heating and cooling • Hall traditions include Fireplace Chats and father-daughter weekends • Opened 2005
Douthart Hall 1345 Louisiana Street 785-812-1787 • Four-person bedroom and study areas • Schol-Hollywood is a popular spring event and Douthart sponsors a May farewell banquet • Opened in 1954
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Margaret Amini Hall 1312 Louisiana Street 785-812-3423 • Four-person suites with adjoining bath • “Maggie” hosts a Full Moon Party, a Mardi Gras celebration, and Tea Time • Opened in 2000
Miller Hall 1518 Lilac Lane 785-812-1980 • Residents are assigned to a room with dresser, closet, and study space • Two sleeping porches, which remain quiet 24 hours • Residents share seven small kitchens and dining areas • Opened in 1937
Sellards Hall 1443 Alumni Place 785-812-1756 • Four-person bedroom and study areas • Sellards hosts an annual International Dinner, featuring food and programs from a specific country • Opened in 1952
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Watkins Hall 1506 Lilac Lane 785-812-3138 • Residents are assigned to a room with dresser, closet, and study space • Two sleeping porches, which remain quiet 24 hours • Residents share seven kitchen and dining areas • Opened in 1925; KU’s first scholarship hall
Six Men’s Scholarship Halls Battenfeld Hall 1425 Alumni Place 785-812-3158 • Two-, three-, and four-person suites • Battenfeld was KU’s first men’s scholarship hall • Opened in 1940
Grace Pearson Hall 1335 Louisiana Street 785-812-1772 • Four-person bedroom and study areas • Trophy case features huge collection of basketball memorabilia • Opened in 1955
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K.K. Amini Hall 1318 Louisiana Street 785-812-3182 • Four-person suites with adjoining baths • Host annual Amini Weenie Roast for the scholarship hall community • Opened in 1992
Krehbiel Hall 1301 Ohio Street 785-812-3715 • Two-person rooms and four-person suites • Energy-efficient geothermal heating and cooling unit • Opened in 2008
Pearson Hall 1426 Alumni Place 785-812-1770 • Two-person suites • Hosts of the annual Breakfast Schmeckfest event • Opened in 1952; renovated in 1992
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Stephenson Hall 1404 Alumni Place 785-812-1727 • Traditional two-person rooms • Year-round pick-up basketball games in backyard • Opened in 1951
Schol Hall students have a 3.3 grade-point average
Crawford Community Center, 1346 Louisiana Street, is an 1892 home. It was bequeathed to KU in 2002 and restored. It now serves as a community center for the scholarship halls that surround it.
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The residence Graduate halls range size onintime from 280 to 930from with help students each
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On-campus housing promotes academic success
TOP: On-campus apartments welcome many international students.You’ll meet new people from around the world and make lifelong friends. LEFT: Stouffer Place Apartments provide housing for graduate students and families with children. Right: Jayhawker Towers is an on-campus apartment complex offering residents greater privacy and independence. 16
Welcome to Apartment living. Jayhawker Towers and Stouffer Place apartments offer greater privacy, on-site staff, a 24-hour information and resource center, Internet, KU card-operated laundries, and optional meal plans.
Jayhawker Towers Apartments 1603 West 15th Street 785-864-8305 • Two-bedroom apartments shared by two or four residents • Four towers house 800 single students, nontraditional, and transfer students • Service center, commons and Academic Resource Center available • Rental furniture packages are available • Opened as private apartments in 1969; purchased by KU in 1980; two towers renovated in 2009 and 2010
Stouffer Place Apartments 1603 West 15th Street 785-864-8305 • Complex of 283 apartments in 25 buildings • Family-friendly on-campus housing for graduate students, families with children, post-doctoral students and non-traditional students • One-, two-and three-bedroom apartments • Rental furniture packages are available • Opened in 1957; on-going renovations
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We prepare healthy meals (& clean up) for you
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CONVENIENCE
DINE, WORK WHERE YOU LIVE
DINING With your KU Card and a KU Cuisine meal plan, you’ll enjoy delicious food without the shopping or clean up.Visit kudining.com for information. There are 21 dining locations for KU students across campus. Here are the residential dining rooms: Mrs. E’s on Daisy Hill More than 3,000 people eat at Ekdahl Dining Commons each day. Mrs. E’s is food court dining center with spectacular views of campus. The Studio at Hashinger Hall The Studio features a Euro-style dining island, a grab-and-go convenience area, an outdoor deck, and a cozy indoor fireplace. GSP Dining Center From Sunday through Friday, GSP and Corbin Hall residents are treated to a salad bar, soups, pizza, deli, fruit and dessert, and cooked-to-order items. Oliver Hall All week the made-to-order area offers a variety of ethnic dishes, wraps, fresh specialty salads, omelets and more. After-hours, the O’Zone eatery, right off the Oliver living room, offers subs and pizza.
Work Where you Live
TOP LEFT: The residential dining centers have great food made by award-winning chefs. BOTTOM LEFT: Mrs. E’s on Daisy Hill is a food court with spectacular views ABOVE: At Miller and Watkins Scholarship Halls, residents share a small kitchen.
The Department of Student Housing and KU Dining Services are two of the largest employers of KU students. You can work in a dining hall, assist maintenance or custodial staff, serve as a Desk Assistant/Security Monitor, or be a Resident Assistant. These jobs start above minimum wage and offer flexible schedules.
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On-campus housing helps you get connected
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Get involved in government Hall governments plan activities, oversee a budget, and represent their community. Students who are involved feel more connected to the university and are more successful academically. Consider expanding your leadership through one of these organizations: • Association of University Residence Halls. AURH unites hall governments with leadership opportunities, social interaction, growth, and lots of activities. • All Scholarship Hall Council. ASHC unites the scholarship hall governments with annual events such as Sneak Peek for high school seniors, a newsletter, and providing a forum for issues. • National Residence Hall Honorary. The top 1 percent of student leadership within student housing are invited to become part of NRHH. • Jayhawker Towers Tenant Association. JTTA advocates for Towers residents and hosts educational and social events. • Stouffer Neighborhood Association. SNA organizes community social events and brings students and families together from around the world.
What to Bring All residents: desk lamp, school supplies, alarm clock, linens, toiletries, laundry and cleaning supplies, medications, medical insurance and social security cards, first aid kit, and umbrella. Additionally, apartment residents will need cookware, tableware, living room furniture and power strip. Consult with your roommates about large items such as TVs, stereos, futons, carpet, curtains or microwaves.
TOP LEFT: The All Scholarship Hall Council carries the ASHC banner in the Homecoming parade. BOTTOM LEFT: Trained staff help students succeed academically. On-campus living offers tutors, study groups, academic resource centers and computer labs. ABOVE: Two students study in Hashinger Hall. Academic support is a priority. And with on-campus housing, it’s easy to go to class every day — grab the bus right outside your front door.
For your safety, KU PROHIBITS: • Alcohol and illegal drugs • Firearms, weapons, weapon parts and fireworks • Candles, incense, and open flame decorations
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On-campus housing is full of options
All on-campus housing has Internet access. Scholarship halls are wireless; residence hall common areas are wireless.
Get Connected Students pay an additional charge for Internet access. Contact ResNet 785-864-0200, resnet@ku.edu or technology.ku.edu for information about:
Residence hall
Rates are for each person, 2010-2011 Two-person room
$3,642
Two-person renovated
$4,610
Four-person suite
$4,886
• Residential network (ResNet)
Two-person suite with bath
$5,256
• Internet and e-mail
Students buy a meal plan for additional cost. Most choose to get 390 meals a year, $280 cash, and 8 guest passes for $3,340.
• Computer system guidelines
On your own You may wonder if moving off campus would help you feel “on your own.” But consider this: • Student Housing provides many living options that allow you to increase your independence without losing the convenience. • Housing organizes social activities to help you connect to others, even in our apartments. • Living on campus is more economical than commuting from an off-campus apartment. • Living cooperatively in a larger environment is more ecologically sustainable. There’s no need for a car, so you reduce your carbon footprint. And we’re committed to sustainable practices. For instance, every time we replace a hallway light bulb with a compact fluorescent we save enough energy for you to watch more than 200 DVDs. • Academic Resource Centers and study rooms help you succeed. • Hundreds of upperclass students choose to return to Student Housing each year. Off-campus housing means: • Paying separate bills for television, gas, electric, water and internet. • Grocery shopping, preparing food, and cleaning up. • Traveling to find study areas, tutoring, or academic support.
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Scholarship Residence hall hall Rates are for each person, 2010-2011 Scholarship halls (Battenfeld, Douthart, Grace Pearson, Pearson, Sellards, Stephenson)
$3,184
Scholarship halls with suites (Dennis E. Rieger, Krehbiel, K.K. Amini, Margaret Amini)
$3,452
Meal charge for above 10 halls
$1,822
Miller and Watkins housing rate Meal charge is separate.
$2,190
Jayhawker Towers Apartments Rates are for each person, 2010-2011 Four-person apartment
$2,910
Four-person apartment, renovated
$3,746
Two-person apartment
$5,140
Two-person apartment, renovated
$6,618
Each apartment has a kitchen, but students may choose a meal plan.
STOUFFER PLACE Apartments Monthly rates
One-bedroom apartment Two-bedroom apartment
$314 $366
Two-bedroom apartment, renovated Three-bedroom apartment, renovated
$482 $622
Current rates are at housing.ku.edu
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Residents in a Lewis Hall suite. 24
On-campus housing is student focused & cost efficient
Commuting to class According to one financial author, nationally the average college student pays $5,000 more per year to live and eat off campus than to live on campus. We handle those details for you. We also provide onsite staff for safety and security, leadership opportunities and jobs.
In your second year When you come back as a second-year student, remember we offer lots of options including: • A double room by yourself • Suites for two or four people • Contract release options for Study Abroad and other programs • Summer contracts If apartment living is what you want, your next step is Jayhawker Towers. Two of the four Towers buildings have been remodeled and are brand new. For your entire college experience, we’d love to be your source for comfort, convenience, a sustainable lifestyle, and academic success.
above: Outside McCollum Hall. Living on campus is the total college experience for academic success, community involvement, friends, convenience, savings and green living. left: Students studying in GSP Hall. Residence and scholarship hall students face no separate bills for rent, gas, electricity, water, trash, cable, and groceries. BELOW: Door decoration in Corbin Hall.
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KU Department of Student Housing
Home to Jayhawks & their t-shirts since 1923 Women in a suite at Lewis Residence Hall. 26
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points of distinction in ku housing
• KU’s Student Housing maintains more than 60 buildings and 100 acres of land. • KU Department of Student Housing has about 185 full-time employees and more than 425 student employees. • Chef Joe Pruitt received a Silver Medal at the National Midwest Regional Conference Culinary Challenge. • KU Housing has been selected to host the 2011 Conference of UMR-ACUHO (Upper Midwest Association of College and University Housing Officers). • Residence Life staff member Luis Aranda received ACUHO’s New Professional Award. • Lewis and Templin residence halls earned the National Educational Program of the Month from the National Residence Hall Honorary. Residents published a literary magazine of 65 works of art, prose and poetry. More than 300 KU students and staff submitted entries.
• Krehbiel Scholarship Hall was awarded the 2009 Grand Prize for outstanding design for architecture in education from College Planning and Management magazine. • Facilities staff member Doug Carter received a scholarship to attend the Association of Physical Plant Administrators Training Institute. • Director Diana Robertson was named one of KU’s “Women of Distinction” by KU’s Emily Taylor Women’s Resource Center. She also recently participated in a global housing summit in Hong Kong and China. • During the summer, conferences and camps fill the Student Housing residence halls with visitors. Each summer, overnight stays number more than 25,000. • Nearly $100,000 in scholarships are awarded each year to returning residents. • Number of residents in student housing: 5,200.
Residence and scholarship hall students “camp out” for tickets to sports events such as KU basketball.
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available services
Residence Halls
Scholarship Halls
On-campus Apartments
Interest communities (Engineering, ROTC, honors program, upperclass students)
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Academic support
Academic Resource Centers Designated quiet or study areas Specialty equipment (pianos, art tools)
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Amenities Laundry and vending machines in building Room-size refrigerator/microwave for rent Special activity rooms (theater, pottery studio) Bus service Large-screen TVs in central living rooms
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Personal support Professional trained staff Resident assistants in each community 24-hour staffed main desk Nighttime security rounds 24-hour on-call maintenance staff Custodial staff to clean commons areas Job opportunities for residents Leadership opportunities Social and educational programming Green choices—recycle bins, CFL lights 24-hour card swipe security Video cameras in parking lots Intramural sports teams
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Towers
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Room and board Furnished with bed, desk, chair, dresser Single room option (upperclass only) Summer living option
Utilities included in contract (water, heating, electricity, cooling)
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Cable TV hookup available
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Meal plan option Full kitchen available
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