Housing Advantages
Advantages to Living on Campus
Fixed fuel prices
Easy Payment
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Payment due only once each semester
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Eligible for financial aid assistance
Utilities included
- Basic Cable
- Water
- Electricity
- Trash Collection
Safety
- Access controlled building
- Individually locking bedrooms
- Security cameras at entrances
- 24-hour desk staff at Lakeside
- Fully certified campus police
Within walking distance of:
- Classes
- Library
- Tutors
- Fitness Center
- Basketball Courts
- Dining hall and other food options
- Faculty offices
Getting involved
- More opportunities to attend events
- On campus club activities
- Close to free sporting events
Building friendships
- Community Assistants work to build community
within the halls
- Opportunity to meet 1300 on-campus residents
- Meet new people at the social programs and
athletic events
Leadership and participation
- Weekly activities to get involved and grow
academically, socially, and personally
- Opportunity to serve as an officer for the Campus
Activities Board or Residence Hall Association
- On-campus students are more likely to attend and
benefit from afternoon and evening events
Help with roommates
- All residents are encouraged to complete a
roommate contract at move-in
- In-hall staff will mediate roommate conflicts
- Opportunity for room changes within Lakeside or ABAC
Place
Higher grades and more college success
- National studies document that students who live
on-campus have higher grades in both their first and second years in
college!
- They also have greater access to the library,
study space, the writing center, and friends to help them study.
In-hall programs and socials
- There is always something for the on-campus
student to do.
- Anywhere from 1 to 7 or more programs are planned
each week to give the students something to do.
Live-in staff
- 35 live-in community assistants
- 5 live-in professional staff members
- On-call system that allows the residents to reach
a CA or professional staff member 24 hours a day every day that a
student is living on campus.
Fully furnished apartments
On-site convenience stores
On-site, 24 hour fitness center
High speed Internet access for all students
- Wireless access in Lakeside
- Ethernet connections in ABAC Place
- 24 hour, on-site computer lab and cyber cafe
Dedicated maintenance staff at No Extra Cost
- Unclog drains
- Pest Control
- Maintain HVAC system
- Replace light bulbs
- Repair Appliances
- After Hour service calls
- Much more
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