{"id":67498,"date":"2006-10-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-students-use-superlatives-to-describe-new-residence-hall\/"},"modified":"2006-10-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-23T00:00:00","slug":"uri-students-use-superlatives-to-describe-new-residence-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2006\/10\/uri-students-use-superlatives-to-describe-new-residence-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 students use superlatives to describe new residence hall"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tFirst new housing on Kingston campus since 1971 \u2018wows\u2019 residents<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGTSON, R.I. \u2013 October 23, 2006 \u2013 Gorgeous, bright, spacious and comfortable are just a few of the ways 溏心vlog免费B站 students are describing their living quarters in the new North Woods Complex.<\/p>\n


\n\tDuring the Columbus Day weekend, 238 students moved into the first new housing facility on the Kingston Campus since 1971. Building A of the North Woods Complex is the first major complex developed for undergraduate students that includes apartments and suites.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cWhen I walked in, I just said, \u2018wow.\u2019 This is just so amazing,\u201d said Colleen Black, an ocean engineering major from Martinsburg, W. Va. \u201cIt\u2019s our favorite place.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nOne of her apartment-mates, Jessica Lehmann, a pharmacy major from Park Ridge, N.J., called the complex gorgeous. \u201cThis makes it so much more enticing to stay on campus.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nOfficials from Housing and Residential Life and Dining Services threw a welcome home party this week for all the residents, featuring live jazz music, hot appetizers and soft drinks. \u201cWe wanted to welcome them to their new home and their new neighborhood,\u201d said Chip Yensan, director of Housing and Residential Life,\u201d he said. \u201cWe also wanted to thank them for their patience and graciousness.\u201d<\/p>\n



\nBuilding A of the new neighborhood, which is located at Heathman and Flagg roads, was originally scheduled to open over Labor Day weekend, but a variety of factors delayed the opening about five weeks.<\/p>\n


\n \u201cIt was absolutely worth the wait,\u201d said Andrew Bundeff, a Cumberland resident studying pharmacy, whose comments were echoed by numerous residents. \u201cIt\u2019s great becoming part of the North Woods community because it\u2019s not just a place to crash.\u201d

\nBundeff and his friends agreed that such a facility would foster a sense of community, because more students will be on campus and be more likely to enjoy campus activities.<\/p>\n


\nHe was also impressed with the party. \u201cI kidded a friend of mine, saying what do you think they are going to serve us, scallops and bacon? Then when I came down, that\u2019s exactly what they had. I couldn\u2019t believe it.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n \tHe and his friends were sitting in the Grand Lounge near a big-screen television that was showing ESPN. The lounge, which is an atrium with skylights, runs the full height of the four-story building. Scenic photography, featuring local seashore and 溏心vlog免费B站 scenes by AL \u201cButch\u201d Ferris, a dining employee, surround the atrium.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI really appreciate the money the University is spending on housing, landscaping, lighting, and classroom space,\u201d Bundeff said.<\/p>\n


\n\tKourtney Simpson, a microbiology major from Providence who works as a resident assistant in the complex, said North Woods offers a completely different atmosphere from the other undergraduate residence halls. \u201cI love it because we have our kitchens, our own single rooms.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThe resident assistants\u2019 apartments are also different in the new building in that they each have two doors, one of which opens to the common areas and another that opens to the hallway. \u201cThe entrance to the hallway is great for students who might want to come see me about a problem, but want to maintain their privacy. It\u2019s also helpful when I am on call and have to respond to an issue. I don\u2019t have to disturb my roommates.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tMike Medeiros is a fifth-year pharmacy student from Lewiston, Maine who lives off campus in Narragansett. But he has friends in the apartments. \u201cHow many days have I been here guys? What, every day since it was opened?\u201d Friends who live in the apartments gathered and chuckled with Medeiros in the living room.<\/p>\n



\n\tEach living area has either four or five single rooms, with two lavatories, each equipped with shower and toilet, and two separate sinks with counter space. The apartments have kitchens with tile floors and which are equipped with electric ranges, microwave ovens, dishwashers and plenty of cabinets. The living rooms or common rooms are equipped with comfortable chairs. The hallway living areas and Grand Lounge all have carpet tiles, which can be replaced easily when they get soiled. The building houses living and learning units for the Honors Program, the College of the Environment and Life Sciences and 溏心vlog免费B站 athletics. <\/p>\n


\nThe building is also nationally certified for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, which is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance \u201cgreen\u201d buildings. The designation gives building owners and operators the tools they need to have an immediate and measurable impact on their building\u2019s performance. Certification recognizes performance in five key areas: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality.<\/p>\n


\n\tBuilding A is part of a $74 million project, which also includes a second North Woods facility and the West Side Suites behind Browning Hall. Construction continues on Building B of North Woods and the West Side Suites.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI love having my own room,\u201d said Lauren Pelkey, a pharmacy major from Presque Isle, Maine. \u201cBut we also have a place where we can all hang out.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tSteve Cannici, secondary education and chemistry major from Fairlawn, N.J., lives in the College of the Environment and Life Sciences theme area of the complex. \u201cI am just so glad to be part of this community, and I hope I can contribute to it.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First new housing on Kingston campus since 1971 \u2018wows\u2019 residents KINGTSON, R.I. \u2013 October 23, 2006 \u2013 Gorgeous, bright, spacious and comfortable are just a few of the ways 溏心vlog免费B站 students are describing their living quarters in the new North Woods Complex. During the Columbus Day weekend, 238 students moved […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67502,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}