Artist rendering of Wolf Village

Groundbreaking will soon begin for an eight-building complex on the NC State campus that will house 1,200 students. The first phase of Wolf Village, to be located on campus near the intersection of Gorman Street and Western Boulevard, will kick off with a ceremony on Wednesday, Jan. 22, at the site. The first three buildings should be completed and ready for occupancy by fall of 2004, with the remaining buildings completed by the fall of 2005.

Consistent with the university's master plan, student housing is being added to address enrollment growth projections and provide on-campus options for upper-division and graduate students. The project will be funded through the sale of bonds and repaid through housing revenues.

Currently, NC State offers campus housing for more than 27 percent of its total enrollment — about 29,600 students — very close to the national average of 28 percent for similar public universities.

Each of the eight buildings in Wolf Village will offer furnished four-bedroom apartments with two full baths, four single bedrooms, living room, kitchen and washer-dryer. The complex will also feature study lounges, fitness rooms, seminar rooms, computer lab, volleyball courts and Wolfline bus stops.

According to Tim Luckadoo, associate vice chancellor for student affairs, University Housing is completely self-supporting. "This operation, like other campus operations such as University Dining and the Campus Bookstore, receives no state appropriations," he said, "and must operate on a sound business model. We're aware of the demand for campus housing and sensitive to the local market."

A university task force on living and learning, chaired by Dr. Kay Moore, dean of the College of Education, recommended in this year's report that NC State create living and learning villages across campus, where students can get academic support and a stronger sense of community. Wolf Village is being designed with these recommendations in mind, and is envisioned as a place where students, faculty and members of the local community can interact and learn from each other.

Posted December 3, 2002

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