Housing

Online housing selection 'paused', remaining students to be contacted

The Office of Housing Residence "paused" the housing selection process for the 2011 - 2012 academic year on Monday due to problems in the software, according to a message posted on the office's website.

Online registration for housing slowed, but working

Pack your patience if you’re planning to register for a housing assignment today or tomorrow. According to a representative from Housing, the website to register is moving "slow."  

Students not retaining a room and using general selection were given set times by the housing office to sign up today and tomorrow to pick their housing assignment for the fall semester. According to a representative from Housing, with the influx of students trying to register, the website has been crashing.          

Housing selection begins; students share opinion on off and on campus living

Housing selection for the 2011-2012 school year for students currently living on campus began this week. C2M's George Yanez interviewed students to find out what they considered to be the pros and cons of living on campus as well as off. Tell us your opinion in the comments section.

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GWU to offer gender-neutral housing

George Washington University announced this week that it would begin offering gender-neutral housing starting next fall.

The opt-in program will be open to all students and will include nearly all of the university’s residence halls. The change is a result of deliberations that began last year. Read the Washington Post story here.

Bond sales to fund construction of new housing, renovations


When construction completes on the housing VIII project in 2012 in the northwest sector of the Fairfax campus, GMU will have added 600 beds for students. (Daniel McEnrue) 

Welcome to 'the neighborhood': Housing areas regrouped

Starting this semester the Office of Housing and Residence Life has grouped the eight housing areas into three residential neighborhoods—the Northwest, the Central and the Southeast.

The Northwest neighborhood currently includes Commonwealth, Northern Neck, Hampton Roads, the Student Apartments and the Townhouses. Once the Housing VIII-A project is completed, it, the Townhouses and the Student Apartments will become their own neighborhood, making Commonwealth, Hampton Roads and Northern Neck a separate neighborhood.