Board of Visitors minutes April 1, 2005 | ||
REAFFIRMATION OF HOUSING REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL FIRST-YEAR
STUDENTS AND PLANNING FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF
ALDERMAN ROAD RESIDENCES
WHEREAS, the University of Virginia’s educational mission extends to the University residences where undergraduate students live and the related residential programming in which they engage; and
WHEREAS, an undergraduate student’s first year is a critical time for assimilation into the University community; and
WHEREAS, having all first-year students live together is central to this process; and
WHEREAS, the Architect of the University has endorsed the continued use of the Alderman Road area as the principal location for first-year student housing and its expansion; and
WHEREAS, most of the residence halls on Alderman Road must be replaced;
RESOLVED the Board of Visitors endorses and reaffirms the requirement that all first-year students live together in University housing for the purpose of creating community and a comprehensive first-year experience; and
RESOLVED FURTHER the Board of Visitors endorses and supports planning to proceed with the replacement of the Alderman Road residences as housing for first-year students.
Board of Visitors minutes April 1, 2005 | ||