Campus housing left with empty spaces
By: Karen Myers
Issue date: 2/4/10 Section: News
Four weeks into the semester, every on-campus housing option - Maria Hall, West Hall, East Hall and the Webster Village Apartments- has a few open spaces to fill.
On Jan. 21, Webster University's Department of Housing and Residential Life sent an e-mail to all students who attend class on the main campus, telling them there was still housing available for spring semester.
Typically, West Hall houses freshmen, East Hall is for upperclassmen, and Maria Hall hosts a mixture of both freshmen and upperclassmen. Freshmen are required to live on campus when they come to WU, unless they live with their parents, within 35 miles of the university. International, transfer and graduate students are also required to live on campus during their first year enrolled in classes at the main campus.
Sarah Tetley, the assistant director of housing and residential life, said it's not unusual for spaces to be open after the start of the year.
"We typically do this after the add/drop day every semester," Tetley said. "In spring, we always have more spaces available because students leave to study abroad, or they may decide not to come back because of a significant life change."
There is space for 725 students to live on campus. Kelly Malone, the coordinator of housing and residential life said. Although they can't pinpoint an exact number of open spaces, she estimates the residence halls are about 95 percent full, and the apartments are about 98 percent full. She pointed out that they don't usually break down the numbers between the halls and the apartments.
Consolidation
This year, the WVA had several openings for female students and not enough for male students, said Chris Rice, the community director for the WVA. As a result, Housing and Residential Life had to initiate a consolidation process in the apartments this year.
Females who were living alone in apartments were asked to move in with a roommate to open up some space and make the best use of the space available.
On Jan. 21, Webster University's Department of Housing and Residential Life sent an e-mail to all students who attend class on the main campus, telling them there was still housing available for spring semester.
Typically, West Hall houses freshmen, East Hall is for upperclassmen, and Maria Hall hosts a mixture of both freshmen and upperclassmen. Freshmen are required to live on campus when they come to WU, unless they live with their parents, within 35 miles of the university. International, transfer and graduate students are also required to live on campus during their first year enrolled in classes at the main campus.
Sarah Tetley, the assistant director of housing and residential life, said it's not unusual for spaces to be open after the start of the year.
"We typically do this after the add/drop day every semester," Tetley said. "In spring, we always have more spaces available because students leave to study abroad, or they may decide not to come back because of a significant life change."
There is space for 725 students to live on campus. Kelly Malone, the coordinator of housing and residential life said. Although they can't pinpoint an exact number of open spaces, she estimates the residence halls are about 95 percent full, and the apartments are about 98 percent full. She pointed out that they don't usually break down the numbers between the halls and the apartments.
Consolidation
This year, the WVA had several openings for female students and not enough for male students, said Chris Rice, the community director for the WVA. As a result, Housing and Residential Life had to initiate a consolidation process in the apartments this year.
Females who were living alone in apartments were asked to move in with a roommate to open up some space and make the best use of the space available.
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