Triple furniture done right

In support of the extended housing program, we try to provide the best possible furniture experience, given that we don't want to load up a traditional double room with too many pieces so that there is no room to function. Many years ago we started buying a better quality desk that was closer in style and functionality to the "permanent" desks that the other two residents would be using. In addition, we purchased third beds that could be adjusted up and down like the permanent ones to increase storage space. This week we received delivery of some additional new extended housing desks that will allow us to purge the oldest desks still in the pipeline. Although we haven't come close to the number in many years, we have enough extended housing furniture to set up 200 rooms if needed. This fall we started with a total of 112 rooms and are down to less than 70 now. At the end of the Fall Semester all those still in extended housing will be offered a new assignment.

Re-working Rodney Spaces

In the past two years we have tried to give the Rodney Complex some updates to its' "sixties" appearence by using paint and flooring to change the dated look of some of the spaces. This week the Rodney A/B Upstairs Commons was the focus, with new carpeting to complement paint and fabric bulletin boards that were added last year. This time the carpet was installed wall to wall to give the area more of a living room feel. In addition to the Commons Lounges, the brick in the tubeways was painted white to brighten up that area and take away from the institutional look of the basic brick. More efforts will be made in the future to address all the areas in Rodney that require an update. Hopefully students that lived in Rodney in past years will return and notice the positive changes.

A "Sit In" at Christiana East Tower

In the elevator lobby of the Christiana East Tower, an opportunity was found to create a small bench area where residents and guests could sit down and hang out while waiting for each other to come down and meet up. This suggestion made by Residence Life is being brought to life in the Housing Carpenter Shop as designed and being built by our staff. The new bench area will be upholstered when complete for a comfortable spot to relax in an area that was previously underutilized.