COLLEGE BUYS APARTMENTS posted 3/2/06, updated 3/8/06
Students now have a completely new housing option

Lindsay Kastl and Emily Hagerman relax in their new Adrian College apartment.

When Adrian College recently offered apartment-living to its students, Lindsay Kastl was one of the first to take advantage of the new housing option.

“I love it!” Lindsay said. “It feels more like home here. This is something special about Adrian.”

Adrian recently purchased a 25-unit apartment complex, in addition to two brick apartment buildings. The apartments are located across Michigan Avenue from Stevens Hall. Several of the units have been opened to students this semester.

“We’re really, really excited,” said Lindsay’s roommate, Emily Hagerman. “They’re very nice. There’s so much more space, and since we have such different schedules, it’s nice to have our own rooms so we don’t bother each other.”

Apartments like the one above are air conditioned and are equipped with their own washer and dryer. There will be openings for 100 students to live there by August 2006.

She added that she loves the space to hang out and do homework in the living room and likes being able to park her car near the front door.

“I like waking up in the morning and being able to eat breakfast,” Lindsay said.

The apartments in the main complex are air conditioned, come with kitchen appliances and have private baths. The units were built from 1999 to 2003 and include a washer and dryer.

Adrian College assumed full possession of the units March 1, and now modifications will be made that will allow approximately 100 students to live there by August of 2006.

In a memo to campus announcing the new option, President Jeffrey Docking said Adrian has made a commitment to improve housing because students say it’s important to them.

“Students are the College’s priority; rest assured that these apartments are only one of the many ways in which we will continue to demonstrate that commitment to them,” he said.