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Media
Contact:
Tim Luckadoo,
919/515-3088
Paul K. Mueller,
News Services, 919/515-3470
Dec.
3, 2002
New Wolf
Village Will House 1,200 Students on Campus
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Groundbreaking
will soon begin for an eight-building complex
on the North Carolina State University 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.
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Artist
Rendering of Wolf Village
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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.
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