Residence Life and Services

Green Games 2012 is Underway!

Jennifer Cox — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:30:52 +0000

Green Games 2012 began February 5^th and will continue until March 31^st. Green Games is a competition between residence halls to see who can do the most sustainability related things, including getting rooms certified as being green rooms, recycling, and having sustainability programs. You can view the full details at http://www.reslife.missouristate.edu/fac/greengames.htm

The winning building will win a 60in 3D TV with 10 pairs of glasses and a 3D blue ray player for the building. There is also a second place prize of an air hockey table. On top of that, one person who participates in each of those two winning buildings will win an iPad for themselves.

With all these great prizes, get started helping your building win today!

Compete With Your Recyclables

Jennifer Cox — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:32:26 +0000

This year’s Recyclemania competition runs from Febuary 5^th to March 31^st. Missouri State will be competing against universities across the country on waste reduction and recycling.

Residence Halls will also be competing on campus to see which building can recycle the most pounds per person. The winning residence hall will receive a Pizza party for the building.

There is also a bulletin board competition, the residence hall that makes the best bulletin board supporting Recyclemania will win an ice cream party for the building.

Help us boost our ranking nationwide and win great prizes for your building while doing your part to reduce our carbon footprint!

Updated Summer 2012 Renovation List

Jennifer Cox — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:41:38 +0000

Due to the desire to complete more extensive renovations in Kentwood Hall than originally planned, renovations and updates to both the student rooms and lobby will be postponed until the summer of 2013. This will allow adequate time to complete the renovations as well as coordinate timing with construction of the new apartments on Walnut Street. Below is an updated list of summer 2012 renovations.

In an effort to continue to make improvements to our students’ homes, Residence Life and Services is currently planning for summer 2012 renovations. Updates planned include:

Hutchens House student rooms — drapes, carpet, paint, new desk chairs and new kitchen table/chairs, new kitchen and bathroom sink countertops, improved air venting in bathrooms, renovation of ADA bathrooms for ADA student rooms
Hutchens House common areas — updates to finishes and new furniture on first floor, eighth floor, and basement, new front desk
Hammons House student rooms — drapes, carpet, paint, reupholster chairs, new kitchen and bathroom sink countertops, improved air venting in bathrooms, renovation of ADA bathrooms for ADA student rooms
Hammons House common areas — updates to finishes and new or reupholstered furniture on first floor and basement, new front desk
Scholars House — new carpet, base, and paint for hallways
Garst Dining Center — new finishes and expansion to the dining area
Blair-Shannon Dining Center — demo of existing Atrium and re-purposing for exciting and new student dining use
Woods House, Scholars House, Freudenberger House — new student room drapes

More information will be provided with color selections for feedback as soon as it is available.

We Want Your Opinion!

Lenord McGownd — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:43:03 +0000

New Meal Plans are coming next Fall! Give us your opinion, we want to know what you think! http://studentvoice.com/missouri/mealplansurvey If you ever thought the meal plans and BearFare should work differently, now is the time to speak up!! Click on the link above and give us your two cents worth…..

BearFare News from Dining Services!

Lenord McGownd — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:50:22 +0000

‎Missouri State University: Breaking news….BearFare Time Limits have been Lifted… Now you can use Bearfare before class, after class, during class (although we don’t recommend it), before breakfast, between lunch and dinner, for a late night snack at the Plaster … Continue reading →

Winter Break Recycling

Jennifer Cox — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:26:36 +0000

As you prepare to leave for winter break consider doing some early spring cleaning and donating to The Kitchen. Collection bins are located in the lobby of each residence hall. Possible items include clothing, non-perishable food, books, school supplies, household … Continue reading →

Changes are coming…again

Jennifer Cox — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:39:45 +0000

Update: Due to the desire to complete more extensive renovations in Kentwood Hall than originally planned, renovations and updates to both the student rooms and lobby will be postponed until the summer of 2013. This will allow adequate time to complete the renovations as well as coordinate timing with construction of the new apartments on Walnut Street. Below is an updated list of summer 2012 renovations.

In an effort to continue to make improvements to our students’ homes, Residence Life and Services is currently planning for summer 2012 renovations. Updates planned include:

Hutchens House student rooms — drapes, carpet, paint, new desk chairs and new kitchen table/chairs, new kitchen and bathroom sink countertops, improved air venting in bathrooms, renovation of ADA bathrooms for ADA student rooms
Hutchens House common areas — updates to finishes and new furniture on first floor, eighth floor, and basement, new front desk
Hammons House student rooms — drapes, carpet, paint, reupholster chairs, new kitchen and bathroom sink countertops, improved air venting in bathrooms, renovation of ADA bathrooms for ADA student rooms
Hammons House common areas — updates to finishes and new or reupholstered furniture on first floor and basement, new front desk
Scholars House — new carpet, base, and paint for hallways
Garst Dining Center — new finishes and expansion to the dining area
Blair-Shannon Dining Center — demo of existing Atrium and re-purposing for exciting and new student dining use
Woods House, Scholars House, Freudenberger House — new student room drapes

More information will be provided with color selections for feedback as soon as it is available.

Freddy Staff and Residents Making a Difference!

Lenord McGownd — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:30:17 +0000

Missouri State University has a Public Affairs Mission. One of the compoents of the Public Affairs Mission is community involvement or community engagement. Community involvement can take on many shapes and forms in Residence Life and Services. Our staff members work hard to develop a friendly and cohesive community on their floors and in their buildings. The Residence Hall Association (RHA) works hard to develop a friendly, cohesive and invovled community across our campus.

Community also extends into the surrounding Springfield community. In the picture below, you will see some residents and staff of Freddy who beautified and maroonified their adopted street in Springfield by picking up trash. It just another example of Bears giving back….

Our Middle Name is Sustainability!

Lenord McGownd — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:35:29 +0000

We are constantly looking for ways that we can add to our sustainability efforts here in Residence Life and Services! Here are a few things we do to help perserve our environment here in Missouri and globally:

We participate yearly in Recyclemania , a national recycling campaign to increase awareness of
recycling needs.
Lead the campus in recycling efforts.
Changed old shower heads with low-flow shower heads.
Composted over 360,000 pounds of waste material from our Dining Services operation.
Going “trayless” in the dining centers saves over 500,000 gallons of water
Sponsoring the Green Games each year.
Publications printed to FSC standards

Follow this link for a tour with Jen Cox our Assistant Director of Facilities and Operations to get a glimspe of our sustainability efforts.

Another Award!!

Lenord McGownd — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:17:18 +0000

The Springfield Contractors Association named the Missouri State University residence hall renovations and the group of local designers and contractors who worked on the project 2011 Project Team of the Year.

“I think our project shows what the team spirit can do in a very limited time,” said Doug Sampson, university architect and director of planning, design and construction. “We did not have an option to extend the completion date. Our students were coming, and we had to be ready for them.

In only 66 working days, dedicated contractors, designers, construction workers, painters and more renovated seven residence halls and removed two buildings to update and refresh the facilities.

Renovations in the residence halls included:
•Painting of more than 1,000,000 square feet of wall with over 3,000 gallons of paint
•Installing more than 12 miles of vinyl base
•Installing more than four acres of carpet
•Replacing more than 1,050 doors
•Removing and replacing more than 490 windows
•Installing almost five miles of fire suppression piping
•Installing 1,950 sprinkler heads
•Installing more than 1,100 smoke detectors

“This project necessitated a project team that would work together. Each worked hard at making this a successful project,” said Sampson. “All this work was accomplished with more than 13,000 guests, or residents, living in these facilities during the construction period.”

The project team included Malone Finkle Eckhardt & Collins, Butler, Rosenbury & Partners, John McWilliams Architecture, LLC, Structural Engineering Associates, DeWitt & Associates and Missouri State University.