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Family Housing:
The End of an Era
By Chasten Conway, Louisiana State University
When thinking about Residential Life as a concept from the beginning, diverse types of communities have
changed. Lately, we have noticed more suite types or apartment styles to be what first year students desire
within their experience in their required live-on year. With enrollment increasing, it has been a challenge to
continually offer housing options for upper class students, but reflecting on it makes me remember when
most departments had a family housing option.
At Louisiana State University (LSU), I have been given the great pleasure of supervising a family housing
apartment complex (Graduate-PhD) while also supervising an undergraduate apartment complex (firstyear
students-seniors) for two years. LSU is planning to end the family housing provided for multiple
decades this June. I would be lying to say that over the two years, I have not had to learn to adapt methods
considering the two different populations I oversee, but I truly learned the importance of programmatic
strategies. When thinking about engagement, you must ensure you are considering the population within
family housing which most of the time do include international students with children. Doing programs for
the students is the focal point, however if we are not providing some involvement within the kids, it causes
the parents not to be fully involved.
My supervisor and I started to think about things our undergraduate students need and what our Graduate
and PhD students need. We noticed that statistically, our family housing is lower socioeconomic status
individuals, so we wanted to ensure resources are provided, which results in partnerships with other
stakeholders. For one of the events we did, we worked with sponsors to get donations to have food bingo
where each family got frozen turkeys and other household items. During the holidays, we work with the
police department to put on a program so that all the kids can get free pizzas and presents, so that the
families can also celebrate the holidays with their kids without making a sacrifice to other things going on
in their lives. We also ensured that these events are also open to the undergraduate students since both
communities I supervised are seen as one family. Each program at each community had elements that would
be relatable for each to ensure that a resource was being presented to our students to better their overall
care.
As June approaches, it is important to reflect on the importance of ensuring that transparency is being
shared with our Family housing. Each month, we send an email reminding our community that the facility
will be closing in June. We are being over communicative because we care about their success and realize
that some of these individuals have lived here for over a decade. When reflecting on my time within family
housing, I am proud to see that the families are aware of more campus resources and know that even when
they are no longer residential students that I am a resource. I recently had a student check out of family
housing thanking our department for the unconditional support to them and their child. We sometimes in
Higher Education do not realize how much an extra step can make a difference for the students.
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