Rooms once filled by LSU students will now have new occupants come fall 2013.
McVoy Hall will be the new home for Baton Rouge Community College students enrolled in the Tiger Bridge Program at the University, an invitation-only program in which BRCC students will live and participate in University life while taking classes at BRCC.
McVoy Hall has a total of 182 beds, and Director of Residential Life Steven Waller said the Tiger Bridge Program anticipates to use all of them.
Waller indicated that new students living in McVoy will not displace any of the incoming students to the University. Both Kirby Smith and Annie Boyd residential hall renovations are expected to be complete this fall.
Renovations on the Annie Boyd residential hall began in June, Waller said.
The newly renovated hall will have a total of 110 beds, a new lounge, study spaces, computers and a basement kitchen. However, Waller said the most noticeable change will be the raised patio on the outside of the building.
The new changes will also incorporate more eco-friendly features that have become the norm for new ResLife projects. Low-energy lights, central air-conditioning as well as an energy recovery system will make the hall more energy efficient than before.
Associate Director of Residential Life Jay High said their first priority is to get Annie Boyd complete and then possibly open the hall up to students.
“A lot can happen between now and then,” High said.
The plan is for the renovated eighth through tenth floors of Kirby Smith to be used this fall to house students, and Annie Boyd will be housing for students who have previously lived on campus and those students who were unable to obtain a spot in the on-campus apartments.
High said the horseshoe is typically used to house returning students — a plan that ResLife will continue to implement after the renovation of Annie Boyd.
In addition to having the use of the two additional halls, ResLife has received less housing requests this year than previous years.
Waller said ResLife had a standby list of about 300 people last year. Most of the people who stayed on the list received housing. This year ResLife has received about 300 fewer housing requests, which should eliminate the need for a standby list.
