{"id":1362,"date":"2009-09-18T17:22:12","date_gmt":"2009-09-18T22:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezing.me\/transfer\/?p=1362"},"modified":"2014-09-23T08:36:02","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T13:36:02","slug":"residential-college-grand-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/residential-college-grand-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials, Students Celebrate Grand Opening for Residential College"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; margin: 5px; padding: 5px; width: 600px; float: left; background-color: #ffffff;\" class=\"jce?caption\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ezing.me\/transfer\/wp-content\/uploads\/stories\/njl_0855-b1.jpg\" alt=\"njl_0855-b1\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; margin: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\" title=\"njl?0855-b1.jpg\" height=\"399\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 5px; color: #000000; text-align: left; clear: both;\" class=\"jce?caption?text\"><strong>UM officials cut a ribbon dedicating the university&#8217;s first residential college during ceremonies Friday afternoon. The participants are (from left) Lorinda Krhut, director of student housing; Dean Kruse, resident director; Chancellor Dan Jones; Craig Threlkeld, president of the residential college cabinet; Carolyn Staton, provost emeritus; Provost Morris Stocks; Larry Ridgeway, vice chancellor for student affairs; Dan O&#8217;Sullivan, senior fellow of the college; and Larry Sparks, vice chancellor for administration and finance.<\/strong> UM photo by Nathan Latil.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A public program Friday (Sept. 18) on campus marked the grand opening of the new residential college. The event included a ribbon-cutting ceremony and reception.<\/p>\n<p>The new state-of-the-art academic community has been bustling with activity since some 465 undergraduates moved there in time for the fall semester&#8217;s opening day of classes Aug. 24.<\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; margin: 5px; padding: 5px; width: 250px; float: right; background-color: #ffffff;\" class=\"jce?caption\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ezing.me\/transfer\/wp-content\/uploads\/stories\/njl_0855-c.jpg\" alt=\"njl_0855-c\" style=\"border: 0px solid #000000; margin: 0px; float: right;\" title=\"njl?0855-c.jpg\" height=\"158\" width=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 5px; color: #000000; text-align: left; clear: both;\" class=\"jce?caption?text\"><strong>Dan O&#8217;Sullivan congratulates Carolyn Staton on the announcement that the college&#8217;s library has been dedicated in her honor. <\/strong>UM photo by Nathan latil.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Living at the college and interacting with the students are O&#8217;Sullivan, associate professor of French, and his family: wife, Patricia, and their children, Marion, 11, and Colm, 10. Patricia is an instructor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion.<\/p>\n<p>The living environment is intended to nurture and broaden the scope of learning. The three-story building features a dining hall, fitness center, library, computer center, music practice room and study rooms. Six types of room layouts for students are available, ranging from a standard double suite to a corner suite of four single rooms. Freshmen are assigned to doubles, and each suite has its own bathroom.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the O&#8217;Sullivans, some 30 other faculty members, chosen as faculty fellows, are to be closely involved with the student residents. As senior fellow, O&#8217;Sullivan is the college&#8217;s main coordinator, in charge of scheduling activities, providing leadership for the students and organizing the faculty fellows.<\/p>\n<p>A second residential college, similar in design to the first and named in honor of the Luckyday Foundation, is slated to open next fall near the first one.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UM officials cut a ribbon dedicating the university&#8217;s first residential college during ceremonies Friday afternoon. 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