Flood Recovery Updates
(See Frequently Asked Questions for more information.)
| Wednesday, July 16 |
Flood and Room Assignments |
On Wednesday, 1900 letters were mailed informing first year students of their housing assignments. This makes nearly 3500 first year students who have received housing assignments. Contracts and Assignments has assigned all males with housing applications received through most of February. They have assigned all females whose applications were received by the first week in March. All new students who preferred Mayflower and applied by the end of March were also assigned. We are committed to housing the entire first year class in the residence halls. While we will be utilizing temporary housing arrangements again this year, we will not be housing any more students in temporary housing than we have in previous years. We still have students left to assign and we anticipate having all permanent assignments made and sent by the end of July. I'm sure you are anxious to find out your assignment today, however, I ask you to be patient and wait for your letter to arrive at home. I'm saying this because people inquiring about where they or their student will be living takes time away from the office as they continue to assign the rest of the applicants.
Today, contractors are in Mayflower beginning reconstruction of the first floor. Not all space on the first floor will be available upon move in, but students rooms on second through eighth floor will be safe and ready for occupancy on early move in, August 18. At the same time, the housing staff is also preparing the other residence halls for resident arrival. We hope you will not notice any differences with move in this August from previous years. It is our expectation, not our hope, to have things in place in spite of the flooding. Please continue to visit the housing web site (housing.uiowa.edu) for updates regarding housing and housing assignments.
| Thursday, July 10 |
Mayflower Will Be Open |
The University is delighted to announce that Mayflower Residence Hall will be open and ready for move-in by August 18, 2008, as originally planned. The building has passed all structural inspections and flood recovery employees, contractors, and University Housing staff have been working in the building since June 28 to determine necessary repairs. We'll be working 24/7 to ensure that the building is ready to go this fall.
Go inside Mayflower Hall.
Although not all first-floor areas will be available when the building opens, they will become available throughout the fall semester. These areas include a 24-hour desk and mail center, computer lab, fitness center, vending area, convenience store, game room, and study/meeting spaces.
The ability to open Mayflower will have a remarkably positive impact on the residence hall community at Iowa. It means that students who have already been assigned to Mayflower will be able to occupy their originally-assigned rooms (unless they were assigned to first-floor rooms, in which case we will relocate them to another room in Mayflower). In addition, students assigned to other residence halls who received letters turning their single rooms into doubles and their double rooms into triples will have their singles and doubles back!
If you've applied for housing and haven't received your assignment yet, please be patient. Our assignments have been delayed because of the flood. Our next group of assignments will be sent in mid-July. If you haven't applied for campus housing, we still have space and will accept applications through the month of July. You can apply online through your Admissions Profile on ISIS.
If you have questions, call the University Housing Contracts and Assignments Office at 319-335-3009, weekdays from 8-5.
We look forward to your arrival in August!
Von Stange, Ed.D.
Director of University Housing
The University of Iowa
8 Burge Hall
Iowa City, IA 52242
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