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UF HOUSING: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES STAFF TRAINING FALL 2016
Sharon Blansett | UF Department of Housing and Residence Education
• 1854 Florida Agricultural College in Lake City established as a land grant college. • 1903 Florida Agricultural College called UF. • 1905 Buckman Act. Merged all state-supported schools to 4 institutions.
UF BEGINS: 1853 ON THE UF SEAL
• 1853 East Florida Seminary established in Ocala.
517 acres of land $40K Free Water Plus. . . $30K more from the Methodist congregation to purchase the East Florida Seminary property in Gainesville.
UF COMES TO GAINESVILLE
• Major Thomas, Gainesville Mayor
UF IS BUCKMAN AND THOMAS HALLS
Buckman and Thomas
• 1929
Sledd
• 1939
Fletcher and Murphree
RESIDENCE FACILITIES 1906 - 1939
• 1906
UF HISTORICAL ENROLLMENT
WORLD EVENTS SHAPE UF: WWI
Buckman/Thomas Scrapbook 1919
WORLD EVENTS SHAPE UF: WWII
Headline: December 7, 1941.
AFTER WWII: GI BILL
FLAVET 3 Playground late 1940s
• • • • •
Margaret Anderson, Alpha Omicron Pi Sylvia Shaw, Chi Omega Jo Laura Craft, Alpha Delta Pi Mary Frances Helms, Delta Delta Delta Mrs. Elizabeth Conant Deen, Kappa Delta
AFTER WWII: WOMEN AT UF
Presidents of the first five national sororities at UF:
UF INTEGRATES
Cynthia Mays, Homecoming Queen finalist & Don Gaffney, UF football team Homecoming 1973
Center for Latin American Studies
• 1939
“Inter-American” Section in Fletcher
• 1971
Cuban Student Federation formed
• 1980s
Union de Estudiantes Puertoriquenos Activos & other Hispanic student organizations founded
• 1994
Hispanic-Latino Student Union and La Casita established.
HISPANIC-LATINO STUDENTS
• 1930
Chinese Club
• 1971
Vietnamese Student Organization
• 1980s
India Student Association/Filipino Student Association founded
• 1993
Asian Student Union
• 2003-10 Many rallies and much lobbying for resources and support • 2011
First full-time APIA Director hired
ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER STUDENTS
• 1948
Johns Committee established
• 1980s
UF Lesbians & Gays (UFLAG) and Gay and Lesbian Student Union (later PRIDE) formed UF Committee on Sexism and Homophobia appointed Gator Gay-Straight Alliance “Sexual orientation” added to UF non-discrimination policy/LGBT Campus Climate Report 1st LGBT Affairs Director Gender identity and gender expression added to UF nondiscrimination policy
• 1989 • 2000 • 2000 – 02 • 2004 • 2010
LGBT STUDENTS
• 1956 - 61
1906 1929 1939 1950
• 1954 • 1958 • 1959 • 1961 • 1965 • 1967 • 1972 • *1973
Buckman and Thomas Sledd Fletcher and Murphree Mallory, Reid, Riker (South), Tolbert, Weaver, Yulee, North Broward Hall Rawlings Hall Corry Village East, Graham, Jennings, Simpson, Trusler Diamond Village Beaty Towers Maguire Village Tanglewood Village (1968 – 1971)/UVS
RESIDENCE FACILITIES 1906 - 1973
• • • •
1940s
Murphree Area: Special Times/Special Needs
•
1963
Graham Hall - women
•
1967
Old Hume – coed by wings
•
1968
Reid Hall – men; East and Weaver Halls - women Yulee, North
•
1972
Broward/Rawlings and Murphree Areas
•
1972 - 02 All Halls but Mallory coed by floor, section, wing, apartment or suite.
•
2002
Jennings coed by floor
•
2004
Mallory coed by floor
Today
A BRIEF HISTORY OF COED HOUSING
•
IRHA
• 1968
8 men’s and women’s RHAs merge
• 1978
IRHA created
1906 1929 1939 1950
• • • • • • • • • • • • • •
1954 1958 1959 1961 1965 1967 1972 *1973 1991 1995 2000 2002 2011 2015
Buckman and Thomas Sledd Fletcher and Murphree Mallory, Reid, Riker (South), Tolbert, Weaver, Yulee, North Broward Rawlings Corry Village East, Graham, Jennings, Simpson, Trusler Diamond Village Beaty Towers Maguire Village Tanglewood Village (1968 – 1971)/UVS Keys Springs Lakeside Honors Residential College at Hume Hall The Continuum (affiliated property) Cypress, Infinity (public-private partnership)
RESIDENCE FACILITIES 1906 - 2015
• • • •
$57 million
Facilities Maintained
160
Total Square Footage Maintained
3,024,122
Single Student Housing Standard Capacity Expanded Capacity Average Fall Occupancy
8,069 8,169 101%
Graduate/Family Housing Number of apartments Average Occupancy
Employees
980 99%
338 full-time, 344 part-time
TODAY: FACT SHEET 2016 - 2017
Fiscal Year Budget
•
Sex o 58% Women o 42% Men
•
Race o 56% White o 19% Hispanic o 10% Asian/Pacific Islander/Hawaiian o 9% Black o 6% Other/Unknown
Graduate and Family Housing o
80% International Students from over 100 countries. Top represented countries: China, South Korea, and India.
o
96% Graduate Students
TODAY: DEMOGRAPHICS FALL 2015
Undergraduate Halls
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
• Who are residence facilities name for? • Why are all the halls on east main campus (except Beaty and Cypress) named for women? • What about “functional” names. . .like Cypress and Infinity?
http://www.housing.ufl.edu/media/about/aboutus.historybookpdf.pdf
DSA History http://www.ufsa.ufl.edu/about/student_affairs_history/
Women at the University of Florida Burg, M.; McCarthy, K.; Meek, P.; Shehan, C.; Spring, Al; Stoyan Rosenzweig, N.; Taylor B. (2003) .
African Americans at the University of Florida Stewart-Dowdell, B., & McCarthy, K. (2003).
READ MORE ABOUT IT!
Housing History
QUESTIONS?
Sharon Blansett Assistant to the Associate VP for Student Affairs – Auxiliaries/ Associate Director of Housing University of Florida [email protected]
Sharon Blansett | UF Department of Housing and Residence Education
• 1854 Florida Agricultural College in Lake City established as a land grant college. • 1903 Florida Agricultural College called UF. • 1905 Buckman Act. Merged all state-supported schools to 4 institutions.
UF BEGINS: 1853 ON THE UF SEAL
• 1853 East Florida Seminary established in Ocala.
517 acres of land $40K Free Water Plus. . . $30K more from the Methodist congregation to purchase the East Florida Seminary property in Gainesville.
UF COMES TO GAINESVILLE
• Major Thomas, Gainesville Mayor
UF IS BUCKMAN AND THOMAS HALLS
Buckman and Thomas
• 1929
Sledd
• 1939
Fletcher and Murphree
RESIDENCE FACILITIES 1906 - 1939
• 1906
UF HISTORICAL ENROLLMENT
WORLD EVENTS SHAPE UF: WWI
Buckman/Thomas Scrapbook 1919
WORLD EVENTS SHAPE UF: WWII
Headline: December 7, 1941.
AFTER WWII: GI BILL
FLAVET 3 Playground late 1940s
• • • • •
Margaret Anderson, Alpha Omicron Pi Sylvia Shaw, Chi Omega Jo Laura Craft, Alpha Delta Pi Mary Frances Helms, Delta Delta Delta Mrs. Elizabeth Conant Deen, Kappa Delta
AFTER WWII: WOMEN AT UF
Presidents of the first five national sororities at UF:
UF INTEGRATES
Cynthia Mays, Homecoming Queen finalist & Don Gaffney, UF football team Homecoming 1973
Center for Latin American Studies
• 1939
“Inter-American” Section in Fletcher
• 1971
Cuban Student Federation formed
• 1980s
Union de Estudiantes Puertoriquenos Activos & other Hispanic student organizations founded
• 1994
Hispanic-Latino Student Union and La Casita established.
HISPANIC-LATINO STUDENTS
• 1930
Chinese Club
• 1971
Vietnamese Student Organization
• 1980s
India Student Association/Filipino Student Association founded
• 1993
Asian Student Union
• 2003-10 Many rallies and much lobbying for resources and support • 2011
First full-time APIA Director hired
ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER STUDENTS
• 1948
Johns Committee established
• 1980s
UF Lesbians & Gays (UFLAG) and Gay and Lesbian Student Union (later PRIDE) formed UF Committee on Sexism and Homophobia appointed Gator Gay-Straight Alliance “Sexual orientation” added to UF non-discrimination policy/LGBT Campus Climate Report 1st LGBT Affairs Director Gender identity and gender expression added to UF nondiscrimination policy
• 1989 • 2000 • 2000 – 02 • 2004 • 2010
LGBT STUDENTS
• 1956 - 61
1906 1929 1939 1950
• 1954 • 1958 • 1959 • 1961 • 1965 • 1967 • 1972 • *1973
Buckman and Thomas Sledd Fletcher and Murphree Mallory, Reid, Riker (South), Tolbert, Weaver, Yulee, North Broward Hall Rawlings Hall Corry Village East, Graham, Jennings, Simpson, Trusler Diamond Village Beaty Towers Maguire Village Tanglewood Village (1968 – 1971)/UVS
RESIDENCE FACILITIES 1906 - 1973
• • • •
1940s
Murphree Area: Special Times/Special Needs
•
1963
Graham Hall - women
•
1967
Old Hume – coed by wings
•
1968
Reid Hall – men; East and Weaver Halls - women Yulee, North
•
1972
Broward/Rawlings and Murphree Areas
•
1972 - 02 All Halls but Mallory coed by floor, section, wing, apartment or suite.
•
2002
Jennings coed by floor
•
2004
Mallory coed by floor
Today
A BRIEF HISTORY OF COED HOUSING
•
IRHA
• 1968
8 men’s and women’s RHAs merge
• 1978
IRHA created
1906 1929 1939 1950
• • • • • • • • • • • • • •
1954 1958 1959 1961 1965 1967 1972 *1973 1991 1995 2000 2002 2011 2015
Buckman and Thomas Sledd Fletcher and Murphree Mallory, Reid, Riker (South), Tolbert, Weaver, Yulee, North Broward Rawlings Corry Village East, Graham, Jennings, Simpson, Trusler Diamond Village Beaty Towers Maguire Village Tanglewood Village (1968 – 1971)/UVS Keys Springs Lakeside Honors Residential College at Hume Hall The Continuum (affiliated property) Cypress, Infinity (public-private partnership)
RESIDENCE FACILITIES 1906 - 2015
• • • •
$57 million
Facilities Maintained
160
Total Square Footage Maintained
3,024,122
Single Student Housing Standard Capacity Expanded Capacity Average Fall Occupancy
8,069 8,169 101%
Graduate/Family Housing Number of apartments Average Occupancy
Employees
980 99%
338 full-time, 344 part-time
TODAY: FACT SHEET 2016 - 2017
Fiscal Year Budget
•
Sex o 58% Women o 42% Men
•
Race o 56% White o 19% Hispanic o 10% Asian/Pacific Islander/Hawaiian o 9% Black o 6% Other/Unknown
Graduate and Family Housing o
80% International Students from over 100 countries. Top represented countries: China, South Korea, and India.
o
96% Graduate Students
TODAY: DEMOGRAPHICS FALL 2015
Undergraduate Halls
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
• Who are residence facilities name for? • Why are all the halls on east main campus (except Beaty and Cypress) named for women? • What about “functional” names. . .like Cypress and Infinity?
http://www.housing.ufl.edu/media/about/aboutus.historybookpdf.pdf
DSA History http://www.ufsa.ufl.edu/about/student_affairs_history/
Women at the University of Florida Burg, M.; McCarthy, K.; Meek, P.; Shehan, C.; Spring, Al; Stoyan Rosenzweig, N.; Taylor B. (2003) .
African Americans at the University of Florida Stewart-Dowdell, B., & McCarthy, K. (2003).
READ MORE ABOUT IT!
Housing History
QUESTIONS?
Sharon Blansett Assistant to the Associate VP for Student Affairs – Auxiliaries/ Associate Director of Housing University of Florida [email protected]
