Construction delays on a new first-year residence hall will force some incoming first years to accommodate up to three people in their dorm rooms. Students will not be able to move into Woody House, the new residence hall in the Alderman Road area, until around November 15.
The first years assigned to Woody House temporarily will live in other residence halls, mainly in the suites of the other Alderman Road dorms, before moving into their permanent residence in the late fall.
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Jo Lawson from Facilities Management said Woody House residents will receive both a temporary room and roommate assignment and a permanent assignment.
Brochures and letters of explanation about the situation were mailed to first-year students the week of July 10, Doherty said.
"We're sending out information, a description of the triple situation, and images of the new residence hall," he said. "The worst thing is to surprise people -- our duty is to get as much information out as possible."
Since mailing the information, the housing office has received some questions, "particularly from students and parents in town for orientation."
The students who are assigned to the triples were randomly chosen from the students who indicated they wanted to live in the Alderman Road residence area, he added.
Incoming first-year Leigh Bladergroen from Richmond said the temporary arrangements for the Woody House residents may be inconvenient for a while.
"I think it's obviously not going to make people happy," Bladergroen said. "Maybe the school should have planned a little better, but it's only through November and not the whole year."
The University is constructing Woody House in order to accommodate growing numbers of first years over the past few years, Doherty said.
Lawson said the new residence hall will resemble Cauthen House in the Alderman area in many ways, including having air conditioning.
"We've been told that Cauthen is a good residence hall," Doherty said. "The most notable exception will be no computer labs and no first-year resource center like in Cauthen, but we will keep the large study lounge and two smaller study lounges on each floor" like Cauthen has, Doherty said.
The Resident Staff members who eventually will live in Woody will live in the Alderman suites as well, doubling up with the permanent Resident Advisors until Woody House is open, according to Doherty.
"Sure there will be complaints, but for the most part there will be questions," Doherty said.
He said a Web site providing information on Woody House is under construction and soon will be up as a link from the Facilities Management Web site.
Floorplan of the first floor (other floors are similar)
From UVA Housing Division
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