October 23, 2004

The Village Residential Complex

An $11.4 million project funded through student room fees, the 252-bed Village is designed to provide on-site modern housing for 17 fraternities and sororities that currently either occupy certain wings or floors of residence halls or have off-campus houses.

Western unveils 2 housing facilities, renovated gymnasium (Oct. 25, 2004) 31 percent rise in freshmen in 2 years driving enrollment boom at Western (back-to-school overview of construction projects) (July 30, 2004) Western breaks ground for new on-site housing complex (Dec. 9, 2003) Western to break ground Dec. 9 for on-site housing complex (Nov. 26, 2003)		Crowd gathers for ribbon-cutting ceremony Village interior (August 2004) Students move into the Village (August 2004) The Village takes shape (August 2004) Site Preparation (Jan. 2004) Artist's rendering of the Village Western officials and students gather for ground-breaking activities (Dec. 9, 2003) Western officials and students at the ground-breaking ceremony (Dec. 9, 2003)