Trustees at Elon University have authorized funding for five new residence hall buildings to meet the growing demand for on-campus student housing. The action came at the board’s annual fall meeting, Oct. 10.
“These projects will provide housing for 183 students,” said Leo M. Lambert, Elon president. “We are continuing to invest in residence buildings as more and more students desire to live on campus, close to the library and other outstanding facilities.”
This year, about 2,700 students live on campus or in university-owned or managed facilities, up from 1,900 five years ago. New housing for about 210 students was added for fall 2001. Freshmen and sophomores are required to live on campus, and the number of upper-class students living on campus has doubled since 1998.
Three of the new residence hall buildings will be located at Danieley Center, on the eastern side of campus north of Haggard Avenue. One of the buildings is a two-story, 80-bed, suite-style facility, built in the same style as seven other residence halls constructed over the past three years. Completion is projected for fall 2002.
Each of the other two new Danieley Center buildings will house 32 students in eight four-bedroom, two-bath apartments. Each student will have a private bedroom and share a common living room and kitchen. Completion of the apartment-style building is tentatively projected for fall 2002. Total cost of the Danieley Center projects, which include additional parking, is estimated at about $4.5 million.
In addition, housing for 44 students will be included in the new Academic Village project in the area south of McMichael Science Center. Two new “living-learning” pavilions will be built, incorporating student residences with teaching spaces and live-in faculty apartments. Construction on the $2.7 million Academic Village project is expected to begin this fall.