The University of Idaho campus may be quiet during the summer months, but a number of students still call it home.
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Biology major Maurgan Scott attends to the 24-Hour Desk Tuesday at the Living Learning Community. Maurgan works 30 hours a week assisting those who are staying in the dorms during summer break.orms, su
This summer, 76 students have been accepted into university housing and will move in anywhere from May to August, said Kelsi Nagle, recruitment coordinator for University of Idaho Housing. That number is comparable to the numbers from the past two years and changes have been made accommodate the growth, Nagle said.
“We have seen an increase in students who have wanted to stay on campus the last two years,” Nagle said. “Normally, we only offer one building but we have extended that so we do have students staying in two different buildings now.”
The only housing option for summer students is in the Living and Learning Communities. The other residence halls such as Theophilus Tower and Wallace Residence Center are only open for participants of summer conferences.
Students who want to live on campus during the summer must be enrolled in UI classes and must either have lived in university housing the previous spring term or plan on living in housing the following fall. The housing office makes exceptions for students such as those in graduate or special programs who do not meet the requirements, Nagle said.
Charity Wight, a customer service representative for UI Housing, places students into housing.
“It’s a complicated process,” Wight said. “It can be as detailed or as specific as they would like. Some people prefer rooms with windows facing a certain way and we try to accommodate things like that.”
Most students are placed in single rooms, Wight said, while a smaller number of students request to be placed in a double room. The cost for a single room during the full summer term is $1,900 and a double room is $1,400. Students who choose not to stay for a full term pay on a day-to-day basis. Financial aid still applies.
Claire Lundeby, a senior majoring in English at UI, lives in the Scholars LLC and is also one of three Summer Resident Assistants. Lundeby said that students living on campus during the summer are more independent compared to those during the fall and spring semesters, but there are still opportunities for students to meet each other and bond.
“This summer, we’re probably going to have maybe five to ten low-key events spread throughout the couple months,” Lundeby said. “So not quite as frequently as during the academic year, but we are still doing programming.” Lundeby said that since the students must prepare meals themselves, she sees residents cooking together in groups in the kitchen. Residents also have common living areas they can use to gather together.
“Summer housing is a wonderful resource during the summer,” Lundeby said. “Anyone who needs summer housing should consider it.”
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