The Office of Housing and Residence Life is preparing for major renovations this summer as Winston-Salem State University seeks to further improve student living conditions.With the completion of WSSU’s newest residence hall, Rams Commons, Linda Inman, the director of Housing and Residence Life, has looked toward improving the existing dormitories, beginning with portions of Wilson Hall.”This summer we’ll be painting and carpeting in Wilson and totally renovating the eight apartments,” said Inman.Improvements of the Wilson Hall apartments will include new furniture for the living rooms, new appliances for the kitchens, and renovation of bathrooms in addition to carpeting and painting. The price range for the apartments will also increase to an amount similar to that of a four bedroom/kitchenette apartment in Rams Commons.Over the next 3-5 years, the remainder of the Wilson Hall suites will have furniture replaced, and problems with lighting and the general state of the bathrooms will be improved.Wilson Hall renovations aren’t the only projects being put into action this summer.”We will be doing some smaller projects in the other residence halls,” said Inman. “This will include replacing Pegram’s roof and installing closet doors in Brown.”Inman said there will be renovations on the halls every summer as a part of the five-year plan.”We’re trying to enhance conditions and options in the existing traditional halls. Air conditioning is the students’ main concern, so we’re looking at installing additional units in the halls.”An increase of $450 per bed in the Wilson Hall Suites and $600 per bed for the apartments was requested to start replacing furniture this summer. An increase of $420 per bed for Atkins, Dillard and Moore halls, while $214 per bed was requested for Brown and Pegram halls.”About 80 percent of the funding that we requested in housing was granted,” she said.
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