Purdue Village to welcome undergraduate students next fall

Nine buildings with a total of 144 apartments will be reserved for undergraduates. University Residences is making the change at Purdue Village to meet increasing demand for on-campus housing created, in part, by increasing undergraduate enrollment at Purdue. Also contributing to the demand is vacating two more floors at Young Hall for increased office space and the closing of Wood Hall for renovations.

"We make every effort to provide housing for all beginning undergraduate students who wish to live with us," said Barbara Frazee, executive director of University Residences. "We are proud that so many choose to do so."

Purdue University Residences is housing almost 12,000 students on campus this year, making it the largest voluntary on-campus residences program in the nation. Purdue Village's 67 buildings house about 2,500 residents in 1,056 apartments. The complex contains all of the university's housing for students with families.

All Purdue Village housing contracts will be honored through the end of the spring 2007 semester. Families in the complex will be offered new contracts. University Residences will pay for moving trucks for those who choose to remain at the complex but must move to a different unit.

Unmarried graduate students, faculty and staff will not be eligible to renew their housing contract for next year. The graduate students will be offered contracts at Hawkins Hall instead.

All Purdue Village residents have been mailed a letter notifying them of the changes.

In Purdue Village, five buildings containing 80 apartments will be taken down in 2007 to make way for new child-care and community centers. The child-care center, scheduled to open in 2008, comes in response to requests from university employees. The $3.8 million community center will replace a smaller center spread out among several older buildings that formerly housed students in Terry Courts. Those buildings are being removed to make room for the new $10 million Discovery Learning Center at the corner of Nimitz and Intramural drives.

"Demand for housing services changes from year to year, and University Residences must constantly adapt to meet the changing needs of the Purdue community," Frazee wrote in the letter sent to Purdue Village residents in November. "Purdue Village has a 50-year history of providing housing for our students with families, and we will continue to for many more years."

Contract renewal information will be distributed in January to families wishing to remain in Purdue Village. Graduate students can obtain contracts for Hawkins Hall online during the contract renewal period that begins in mid-January. Residents with questions or concerns are encouraged to contact Purdue Village general manager Mike Shettle at (765) 494-2090.

Writer: Jim Schenke, (765) 494-6262, jschenke@purdue.edu

Sources: Barbara Frazee, (765) 494-1000, bjfrazee@purdue.edu

John Sautter, vice president of housing and food services, (765) 494-1022, jasautter@purdue.edu

Mike Shettle, (765) 494-2090, mdshettle@purdue.edu

Related Web sites:
Purdue Housing and Food Services

Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu

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