Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Public, Rural Setting
21,767 Undergraduate Students
4,145 Graduate Students
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Residence Life/Housing Profile
Last Updated, June 2006
| Office Structure: | Housing & Dining Services and Residence Life make up the units which provide the housing, dining, and student support for the on campus population of Virginia Tech. |
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Occupancy |
8,765 Undergraduate Housing Capacity |
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| Available Housing Options | Undergraduate--Traditional, Suites, Single Sex, Co-ed No privatized housing |
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| Special Interest Housing | Smoke Free | All halls. |
| Substance Free | Yes | |
| First Year Experience | The WING program is a first year experience program. Four Resident Advisors staff this program. Residents are enrolled in a 3 credit "First Year Seminar Course". The class focuses on college transition issues and skill improvement (reading, note taking, time management, etc) 150 student participate in this program. There are also a variety of social programs offered to these particpants. | |
| International Houses | The WORLD program is our international living option. Domestic and International students live in this building. The building holds 296. | |
| Honors Housing | The Hillcrest Community holds about a hundred students. It is housed in Hillcrest Hall. There are a total of 4 student staff members. Community members make a commitment to living in Hillcrest for 3 to 4 years. There is an even distribution of seniors, juniors, sophomores, and freshman in the program. Studnets take a honors seminar class and participate in specializied programmming. | |
| Greek Housing | The Oak Lane Community is composed of eighteen organizations all of which are recognized fraternities or sororities on campus. These groups lease their buildings from the university to use the space for living and programming initiatives. Residents also pay for their room and a dining (meal) plan. This area houses approximately 600 students. A student hired and supervised by the the deparment serves as a house manager for their respective organization. | |
| Academic Major/Interest Housing | Biological and Life Sciences Learning Community. This program is staffed by two resident advisors. There are about 40 program participants. All community member are registerd for the same Principles of Biology and General Chemistry classes. Additionally they take a 2 to 3 credit seminar class each semester for community members. | |
| Wellness | Five Resident Advisor Staff work with our Wellness program titled "The W.E.L.L." (The Wellness Environment for Livning and Learning. Staff utilize the Spices programming model. Residents may take an optional 2 credit class in the spring called (Healthy Living). This program averages about 200 participants | |
| Leadership | Residential Leadership Community: 215 Student participants. It has a first year program and a second year program (the second year is for students who have participated in the first year and were interviewed to be a 2nd year member). Students take a course in the fall and spring associated with leadership. The community members also are heavily involved in community service and developing a service project. | |
| Other | Hypatia: Women in Engineering Learning Community. 52 first year women participate in this program. They are enrolled in a 3 credit seminar class the first semester of the year. During the second semester women from the field of engineering are brought in to provide insight to members about being a woman in a male dominated field. | |
| Number of Staff | Professional Housing/Residence Life Staff | 31 |
| Support Staff | 10 | |
| Graduate Staff | 15 | |
| Undergraduate Staff | 268 | |
| Housekeeping Staff | 78 | |
| Maintenance Staff | 12 | |
| Data Management System | Banner | |
| Student Organizations | Individual Hall Govenments, Campus Wide Residence Hall Government, National Residence Hall Honorary | |
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