NEWS RELEASE

Contact: David West (west@nsula.edu )
News Bureau
Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, LA 71497
(318) 357-6466

1/13/2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NATCHITOCHES ­Groundbreaking ceremonies for Northwestern State University's new residence hall will be held Wednesday, Jan. 26 at 2:30 p.m. off Tarlton Drive next to the Health and Human Performance Building. The public is invited to attend.

The 380-bed residence hall is scheduled to be complete this fall. Contractors began dirt work at the site after the start of the new year.

"We are excited about the start of this project, which will have a positive impact on Northwestern," said NSU President Dr. Randall J. Webb. "Improvement of student housing has been a priority at the university. This new residence hall will allow us to provide the kind of facility students and parents are asking for."

Northwestern has selected Century Development Corporation of Houston to build and manage the residence hall. Century Development operates the University Columns Apartments on campus, which were constructed in 1994.

The complex will include a clubhouse/office, swimming pool and games area, Internet and cable connections, laundry facility and parking lot. Each unit will include a kitchenette and small living area. The developer was requested to consider the historical architecture of the campus reflected in buildings such as Russell Hall, Warren Easton Hall and Caldwell Hall.

The new facility will be a "modified residence hall," with 30 two-bedroom/two-bathroom units for four students and 126 two-bedroom/two-bathroom units for two students. The residence hall will have some features of an apartment, but will not include a full kitchen.

Northwestern has had on-campus housing for more than 100 years and was the first institution in the University of Louisiana System to introduce privatized housing in 1994 with the opening of the 512-bed University Columns.

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