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inform alumni who are invested in the specific residence halls, focusing their message on “This is what is best for A&M,” says Mizer. Recognizing the emotional attachment that students and alumni can have to their residence halls, the department is selling small wooden replicas of the buildings and trying to decide what to do with the bricks. Clear communication was also key for The Ohio State University in Columbus when it relocated its Stadium Scholarship Housing program from the OSU stadium to another facility. The present Stadium Scholars and alumni, who are notoriously loyal to the program, might easily have felt that moving out of the stadium was a bad idea. Jack Schreibman, an alumnus of the program who was also on the Stadium Scholars alumni board when
the decision was made, notes that “Stadium Scholars were saddened when the program moved from the stadium to Mack Hall. Generations of Buckeyes had lived there and had participated in the program.” However, clear communication and transparency about plans and goals effectively allayed most people’s anxieties. “The university and residence life specifically did an amazing job keeping current students and alumni of the program involved and informed,” Schriebman says. Residence life staff met with students currently enrolled in the program and fully explained the timeline and subsequent decisions that were made. Alumni received notification from university executives and residence life staff simultaneously. As a result of this kind of reaching out, Schreibman says he felt involved in the decision
and especially appreciated the added touch of receiving a personal letter from university president Gordon Gee when the decision was about to be announced. After examining all the objective data – a building’s age and physical structure, the number of students needing housing, the demands for learning spaces or amenities or new technology – planners should also look at the emotional factors involved in razing a residence hall. The building is more than just a pile of bricks, more than a construction designed for student living quarters. It is a safe haven for residents, a place to live and learn and tS grow, and a vast storehouse for students’ memories.
Luke L. LaCroix
is the assistant director of residential education and housing at The College of New Jersey in Ewing.
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Talking Stick - January/February 2011
Talking Stick - January/February 2011
Contents
Online Now
Vision
Just In
Your ACUHO-I
Res Life
Facilities
Business
Transitions
Calendar
Forming a More Perfect Union
The Revolution Will Be Digitized
Conversations
First Takes
Reporting Out
Welcome
Snapshot
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Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - Cover2
Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - 1
Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - 2
Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - Contents
Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - Online Now
Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - 5
Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - Vision
Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - 7
Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - Just In
Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - 9
Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - 10
Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - 11
Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - 12
Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - Your ACUHO-I
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Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - 15
Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - Res Life
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Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - 18
Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - 19
Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - Facilities
Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - 21
Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - 22
Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - 23
Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - Transitions
Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - 25
Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - 26
Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - Calendar
Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - Forming a More Perfect Union
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Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - The Revolution Will Be Digitized
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Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - Conversations
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Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - First Takes
Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - Reporting Out
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Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - Welcome
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Talking Stick - January/February 2011 - Snapshot
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