North Carolina State University - Agromeck Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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Stevens University Tower ' s style cafeteria. restaurant Civil Engineering Grad Student, Nat Bolds is giving directions to a gentleman at the University Towers desk. Stevens 29 Uniwersitv Towers

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A4 € i Ia444 By: Kristen Fetter University Towers, a privately owned residence liail located next to NCSU, houses 936 stu- dents. Tlie students live on co-ed floors, with the exception of one all-female floor, in suite style rooms. Four people live in a 2-room suite, sharing a full bathroom in the middle. A Resident Director and floor Resident Assistants exist to provide assistance to students. Much like other residence halls. University Towers creates a community atmosphere by offering monthly events for residents. These events include special floor and building events, special dining events and educational events. Each March, University Towers holds its annual casino night. Those who reside in University Towers enjoy many of the amenities of off-campus living, while being conveniently located close to campus. The advantage of being so close to the university attracts many to live in University Towers. Other advantages the res- idents have include individually controlled air conditioning, 24 hour computer rooms and study lounges, a swimming pool, housekeeping service, parking, laundry, and a 24 hour reception area. Residents also have on-call maintenance. The Dine Anytime food service plan offers resi- dents a flexible schedule for dining. Open from breakfast 3 through dinner, UT Dining Services serves a variety of foods, including salad, grill and deli items, beverages and entrees. Residents dine in a restaurant style setting and always have the option to return for unlimited seconds. University Towers offers students a great alternative to on campus living by combining the best of on and off campus living. For many NO State students, it is a place to call home. University Towers, a privately owned resilience liail located next to NCSU, houses 936 students. student Life-28

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Campus By: Natalie Hampton Department of Communication Services It was called the second land grant to North Carolina State University. In 1984 and 1985, North Carolina governors James B. Hunt Jr and James Martin transferred to the university 780 acres of prime real estate adjacent to campus, giving NC State land for expansion into the 21st century. Because it came so close to the 100th anniversary of the date that NC State was estab- lished as a land grant college under the Morrill Act, the new vista came to be known as Centennial Campus. With additional acreage acquired by NC State, Centennial Campus became a vast, open 1 ,000-acre can- vas where the university would paint its vision for the future. The bold vision would include research buildings where fac- ulty would work in collaboration with private and government researchers to find solutions to today ' s technological challenges. It would be a place where student, faculty and others would live, work and learn together. This new campus would offer opportu- nities for recreation, relaxation and informal gatherings. A futuris- tic monorail would transport students and faculty between the old and new parts of campus. The concept is very important to me, said Claude McKinney, coordinator for Centennial Campus development. If our forefathers who had the vision for this modest little A M, as it was called in the 19th century, could return to North Campus today, they would never believe that NC State could have grown out of what they had envisioned - certainly not from that one building in the northeast corner that we now call Holladay Hall. In keeping with the university ' s land grant mission, McKinney and other planners wanted to build a campus community that would be respected by the entire state. We decided rather than just continuing what we were doing well, we would try to develop a new paradigm of a university work- ing with its constituents in the 21st century, McKinney says, and that meant creating a community that would accommodate university faculty, students, staff, government, corporations and industry. They would not only work in side by side laboratories, but they could actually live in the same envi- ronment. The intent is to build a pedestrian-scale village where people can live, work and learn together. 44 The intent is to build a pedestrian scale village where peo- ple can live, work and learn together. Claude E. McKinney Centennial Campus Development StudemLife 30