housing
Housing Renovations Done Before Move-In
As students made their way back to Vermillion this year, University Housing felt a wave of relief. Unlike last year, they knew they would be able to accommodate all those moving into on-campus housing, and a repeat of last year’s housing conflict was off the table. To ensure the dormitories were in perfect condition, the […]
USD Housing Renovations over Summer Break
The 2023 spring semester is coming to an end, which means summer renovations for USD housing will be underway. Three residence halls will be closed for the summer due to emergency roof repair, electrical repair such as electrical panel repair, and plumbing lines installation. Director of Housing, Cody Burggraff, said there will be renovations starting […]
Laundry Machines on Campus
Sophomore student, Spencer Pigman, saves his laundry every two weeks due to the expense of the laundry machines. “[I dislike] it when the washers and dryers are broken and it is really extensive,” Pigman said. He said the laundry machines in his dorm complex are constantly out of order. And as a result causes stress, […]
Dorm Changes: A Common Problem
Thousands of students have occupied the rooms on campus and because of this, those spaces are subject to the occasional damage report. A total of 36 percent of USD’s student body resides within the four residential housing buildings on campus: McFadden Hall, North Complex, Coyote Village and Burgess/Norton Halls. Most residents of these halls are […]
Housing supports students staying over break
Bennett Clary and Kenley Cotter After a semester without any days off, students may be eager to return home for a long break. However, some students may not want to go home or they may not have somewhere to return to. For these students, USD offers the opportunity to stay on campus for as long as students need during winter break. USD Housing […]
SGA passes resolutions to support sexual assault prevention measures and COVID surveillance testing
Kate Fitzgerald, USD Director of Housing, spoke at the Student Government Association (SGA) meeting this Tuesday about the procedures around isolation and quarantine rooms for students living on campus. SGA also passed two resolutions and introduced a bill to restructure the Green Initiative Fund. Fitzgerald said students who choose to stay in isolation rooms on […]
University housing during social distancing
Not all USD students can go home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some are international, while others won’t have sufficient internet access to complete classes online. Once the majority of students have moved out, USD plans to consolidate the ones who can’t leave into two residence halls for the remainder of the semester. Kate Fitzgerald, director […]
Second-year honors students to have housing community in Coyote Village
First-year honors students have a designated housing community on campus. But after freshman year, USD honors students previously didn’t have a specific living community to be a part of. Starting next year, there will be a wing on one of the floors in Coyote Village set aside for honors students. Kate Fitzgerald, USD Housing Director, […]
USD sustainability, housing to increase recycling efforts
The recycling program at USD started small, but has expanded its services to 15 buildings across campus. University housing will soon follow suit with its own residential recycling program in Fall 2020. Professor Mark Sweeney, a member of the joint-committee of sustainability for the USD campus said individual buildings were responsible for handling recycling before […]
Being an RA is the hardest college job
Some students work at coffee shops, retail stores and on-campus jobs to make money. Most of these jobs you clock out at the end of the day and continue your day-to-day life without really thinking of work. One of the hardest is the role of a Resident’s Assistant. A study done about the role of […]