Increase in freshman class numbers creates housing difficulties
Jennie Klahre
Issue date: 8/21/08 Section: News
"Last year we had about 62 women in temporary housing and by the fourth week of the fall semester all of those 62 were in permanent spaces," Reid said. "With men, though, there were hardly any 'no shows' so they stayed [in their temporary housing] for almost the entire fall semester."
"Will history repeat itself?" Reid said. "Your guess is as good as mine."
Although letters were sent to all students in Belk, Graham and Hewlett dorms over the summer detailing the situation, Reid has received a few phone calls from concerned parents of temporary housing students.
"Today I've heard from five parents," Reid said. "Some permanent students were not making temporary ones feel as at home as we had liked [in a triple room] and some roommate styles did not match up."
He added, "That's not unusual, but we've got at least five students we need to see if we can't help assign to permanent spaces as soon as possible."
Students with earlier housing contract submission dates will also be tended to first, assigning temporary students to any available housing building, including Cornerstone, the suites and the university apartments.
"Something monumental is going on at UNCW," Reid said. "It's becoming the first choice with students as opposed to their second, third or fourth and that's why we're seeing a stronger freshman number than before."
Around 12,500 students currently attend UNCW and DePaolo projects a 2 percent growth in scholars in the coming years and to have about 14,500 by the year 2017.
"Will history repeat itself?" Reid said. "Your guess is as good as mine."
Although letters were sent to all students in Belk, Graham and Hewlett dorms over the summer detailing the situation, Reid has received a few phone calls from concerned parents of temporary housing students.
"Today I've heard from five parents," Reid said. "Some permanent students were not making temporary ones feel as at home as we had liked [in a triple room] and some roommate styles did not match up."
He added, "That's not unusual, but we've got at least five students we need to see if we can't help assign to permanent spaces as soon as possible."
Students with earlier housing contract submission dates will also be tended to first, assigning temporary students to any available housing building, including Cornerstone, the suites and the university apartments.
"Something monumental is going on at UNCW," Reid said. "It's becoming the first choice with students as opposed to their second, third or fourth and that's why we're seeing a stronger freshman number than before."
Around 12,500 students currently attend UNCW and DePaolo projects a 2 percent growth in scholars in the coming years and to have about 14,500 by the year 2017.
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