More than 130 students, faculty, staff and friends of the University attended a grand opening celebration, ribbon-cutting and tours for the new Julia A. Sears Residence Hall Aug. 6.
Trustee Dan McElroy represented the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees at the event, assisting President Richard Davenport, Vice President for Student Affairs Pat Swatfager-Haney and other University and MNSCU officials with the ribbon-cutting in front of the new hall.
Residence Life staff members conducted tours for members of the campus and greater Mankato community. The 608 students who will live in the new, state-of-the-art, suite-style residence hall will move in later in August.
Each “semi-suite” has two bedrooms with 10-foot ceilings and large windows offering sweeping views of either the campus mall or the wooded bluff over the Minnesota River Valley. Bedrooms have individually controlled air conditioning and heating, tile floors and sound-resistant walls, loftable beds, dressers and desks with lockable drawers, upholstered office chairs, closets, plentiful electrical outlets and dual Internet, telephone and cable TV jacks.
The two bedrooms are connected by a full, compartmentalized, private bathroom for use by the suite’s four residents.
The building is named for Julia A. Sears, who served as Mankato State Normal School principal in 1872 and 1873.
More information about the new Julia A. Sears Residence Hall is available at http://www.mnsu.edu/reslife/halls/juliasears.html
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