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were wired with direct access to the Center for Instructional and Research
Computing (CIRCA). This project was a collaboration with Academic Affairs
and was one of the pilot locations for what became DHNet in 1997.
Cooperative Living Halls (Co-ops): At student request, three residence
halls were converted to cooperative living halls (co-ops). In exchange for
lower rental rates, students living in co-ops completed routine custodial and
maintenance duties. Reid Hall was a co-op from 1972-1990. Buckman Hall
was a co-op from 1973-2003. North Hall was a co-op from 1974-2002.
Scholarship Hall: Yulee Hall was the Scholarship Hall from the 1980s to 2001.
During this time, all Yulee rooms were designated “singles” for sophomore
and above students with GPAs of 3.0+.
A Co m m i t m e n t t o F a c i l i t i e s
HRE maintains over 2.9 million square feet of space in 159 buildings built
between 1905 and 2015. Maintaining and renovating residence facilities in this
age range presents ongoing challenges. Maintenance and renovation plans exist
for each facility. Staff updates short and long range maintenance plans annually
for each facility; the Housing Master Plan provides guidance related to long term
strategic planning including funding.
Prior to FY 2002-03, the HRE budget included lump sum totals for routine and
deferred maintenance projects and specified large projects to be paid for from
“fixed operation outlay expenditures” or reserve funds. However, aging facilities
needed more attention sooner than this budget strategy allowed. In FY 2002-03,
the budget separated maintenance projects into general maintenance (routine)
and special or capital projects (deferred maintenance). This also marked the
year that information to students about rent increases specified how much of
the increase covered operational costs and how much supported the Master
Plan, which included an accelerated plan to upgrade and renovate facilities.
Running a city within a city of this size required more space to support operations.
In 1999, a Specialty Shop was built in the Surge Area of campus to first store
new furniture for Lakeside Residential Complex then consolidate maintenance
specialty shops located in various residence halls and East Hall Supply Property/
Records furniture storage to one location. The 14,700 square foot Specialty
Shop has seven bays. After the new furniture was moved to Lakeside, bays 1- 4
became the new locations for the Electrical Shop (previously in Yulee Hall), Cable

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