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Housing
Honors housing provides the opportunity to live in an academic environment that supports the social, emotional, and personal growth of Honors students. Living in Honors housing will facilitate a stronger sense of community within the program and will encourage and promote your academic success and personal development while enriching your college experience.
First year Honors students beginning in fall 2009 will be assigned to live in Buckley Hall, which is the First-Year Honors Residential Community. We strongly believe that this leads to a better sense of community within the Honors Program as well as contributing to students’ academic success. This placement provides incoming Honors students with the benefits of living, studying, and socializing together and the opportunity to participate in the rich array of programs and events designed specifically for our first-year students. Honors students are frequently invited to meet in small venues with governmental leaders, noted authors, and acclaimed scientists visiting the campus.
For 2009-2010 Honors students may request either other Honors students or non-Honors students as roommates. Students may meet another Honors student at Orientation, whom they decide to request as a roommate. Providing both complete the housing application and submit the request to be roommates by the July 15, 2009 deadline, the Department of Residential Life will do its best to accommodate roommate requests. Priority for placement in Buckley will be given to students admitted to the Honors Program. After Honors students, non-Honors roommates will be placed on a first come, first serve basis according to the application receipt date of the Honors student requesting a non-Honors roommate.
Waivers of the First Year Honors Residential Community housing requirement may be granted in very rare circumstances for students wishing to live in another Living Learning Community onlyif the student presents a compelling case for his/her interest in living in another Living Learning Community. Written request for waivers should be submitted to Rebecca Gates, Honors Program Coordinator, by July 15, 2009.
After the first year, honors students may choose from the wide variety of housing options offered by the Department of Residential Life that may be available during room selection. Honors students may also choose to continue living in Honors housing. Second year Honors students may apply to live in the Sophomore Honors Community in Brock Hall. Honors students may also apply to honors housing in Wilson Hall, which is a state-of-the-art, suite-style residence hall in South Campus. Traditionally, Wilson Hall has housed juniors and seniors in the Honors Program. While honors housing may be available for interested students, space is limited, and housing in an Honors community after the first year is not guaranteed nor does Residential Life or the Honors Program guarantee on campus housing.
South Campus is a top quality living facility and learning space. This suite-style residential area has private bathrooms and living spaces, ample common space, air conditioning, seminar space, and much more. The Wilson Building offers upper-level Honors students a unique living arrangement, where four students share a common sitting and bathing area. All rooms are equipped with fast, direct (switched 10) connections to the University computer network and the Internet. Bedrooms measure 11' x 17'. Built-in closets consume two feet, bringing down the measurements to 11' x 15'. Singles are approximately the same size as the bedrooms in the suites. There are a few single rooms available in the Wilson Building. Each has a private bathroom, or shares a bathroom with another single. Unlike the suites, there are no living rooms in singles.Eachbedroom contains loft systems, chairs, and a built-in closet with shelves. Each suite contains a couch, chair, and end table. When it comes to studying, South has more space than any other residence hall. The desks are large enough to support a computer, stereo, and still have space to write. If you find studying in your room is difficult, then the two large group study rooms will be to your liking. For more intense studying, there is also a small private study room on the floor.
On the first floor of the Wilson Building, students and faculty take advantage of the ample classroom space for student organization meetings, programs, lectures, and presentations. Students potentially could have their classes right downstairs from their room. The game room, located in South Campus, provides entertainment with its four pool tables, two foosball tables, two ping pong tables, video game systems, board games, and the big screen TV. Next to the game room is the community room, which is as flexible as it is big. This room is great for studying at the tables, lounging on the couches, or participating in one of the many events held in the room. There is an enormous quad on which to play wiffle ball, ultimate Frisbee, football, and soccer. If you enjoy playing at night under the lights, the two sand volleyball courts are ideal.
Placement in this honors community is through application only. Applications are available during the spring semester from the Honors Program Office, CUE 419. Students selected for the Sophomore Honors Community will be assigned by the Department of Residence Life and do not participate in the on-line room selection process.
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