For more housing information and to request a housing form, contact:
125 Funkhouser Building
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0054
(859) 257-1866
fax: (859) 257-6453
www.uky.edu/AuxServ/
e-mail: housing@pop.uky.edu
RESIDENCE HALLS
The University of Kentucky has 19 residence halls and one apartment complex, providing single and double occupancy rooms for approximately 5,000 students, about one-fourth of the student population.
The residential setting at UK is intended to contribute to a student's education by providing a living/learning environment. UK's residence halls are the foundation upon which a solid college experience is built. Many current students believe that living in a residence hall is the best way to make friends, meet new people, and become involved in campus life. Studies indicate that overall, students who live on campus tend to have higher grade point averages than students living off campus.
UK's residence halls are staffed with professionally trained personnel and with resident advisors. The hall director and resident advisors assist in planning a variety of programs and in developing hall governments. Residents are encouraged to participate both within the hall and in the campus community.
All on-campus residents are represented by the Residence Hall Association, a group whose goal is to improve residence hall life by planning and directing social, educational and recreational programs, and by providing a unified voice for residents. The Residence Hall Association is a member of the National Association of College and University Residence Halls (NACURAH, INC.), enabling interested residents to attend regional and national leadership conferences.
Room Assignments
Room assignments are determined by the date the completed housing application, first installment, and housing contract are received in the Housing Office. Students who are confirmed receive a residence hall or apartment assignment indicating the name of the residence hall and the room number.
If housing demand exceeds capacity, the University may offer limited, temporary living arrangements in a study room until a permanent room assignment can be made. Each year, a number of housing recipients do not come to school, or come but do not stay, creating vacancies.
Roommates
Students may request roommates of the same gender on the housing application. Two students who wish to share a room must indicate each other as the preferred roommate and request the same residence hall.
RESIDENCE HALLS AND UNDERGRADUATE APARTMENTS
UK's residence halls have many attractive features. Housing rates include utilities, local telephone service, cable television, computer network connection, and furniture. All residence halls are staffed by hall directors and resident advisors. Residence halls provide convenient access to laundry facilities, game and television rooms, vending machines, lounges, study rooms and computer labs. Dining facilities are close to all areas of campus.
UK's campus covers many acres. Students and faculty refer to the three major areas of campus as "south campus," "north campus," and "central campus." UK's residence halls are located in all three areas. The 2,576-bed Blanding-Kirwan Complex, which includes two 23-story towers and eight three-story halls, is located on south campus. All buildings in this complex are air-conditioned and have wall-to-wall carpeting throughout. The Commons, a central facility, contains study rooms, library, computer lab, a food court, and a convenience store.
Central campus is home to two residence halls (Donovan and Haggin), a playing field, a grill and activity center. Central campus is close to the new W.T. Young Library and classrooms for the sciences. The "Underground," a fitness center for residence hall students (membership fee required) is located in Donovan Hall.
North campus features six residence halls (Blazer, Boyd, Holmes, Jewell, Keeneland, and Patterson), a restaurant, convenience store, and close proximity to the Student Center and classrooms.
The following residence halls are smoke free: Blanding Tower, Blanding I, Blanding II, Blanding IV, Boyd, Donovan, Haggin, Keeneland, Kirwan Tower, Kirwan II, and Kirwan IV.
Blazer Hall, located on north campus, houses 191 women. This air-conditioned residence hall has a library and music room. A restaurant and grocery are located in Blazer Hall.
Donovan Hall, also air-conditioned, is located on central campus and houses 336 women. The single beds can be converted to bunks or trundle beds, and furniture can be rearranged.
Blanding IV and Kirwan IV are both part of the Blanding-Kirwan Complex. Each hall houses 166 women in air-conditioned, carpeted double rooms.
Haggin Hall, with capacity for 523 men, is located on central campus. Haggin has a central lounge and recreation room, and is completely air-conditioned and carpeted. This building has a large study room.
Holmes Hall, a four-story building on north campus, houses 303 men. A vending area, laundry room, and library are located on the ground floor. Holmes also houses a 24-hour study area. Rooms are carpeted and contain wash basins.
Kirwan I is part of the Blanding-Kirwan complex and is air-conditioned and fully carpeted.
In co-ed residence halls, men and women are assigned to separate floors in each hall and do not share common bathroom facilities. Students are encouraged to consult with their parents prior to making application for these halls.
Blanding Tower, Blanding I, II, III and Kirwan Tower, Kirwan II, and III are part of the Blanding-Kirwan Complex on south campus. Each tower houses 625 students; the low-rise residence halls house 166 each. They are air-conditioned and fully carpeted.
Kirwan II, part of the Blanding-Kirwan complex, is UK's Wellness Hall. It is equipped with a weight room, and offers special programming for the student who is especially health conscious.
Boyd Hall, on north campus, houses 136 co-ed Honors Program students. It has a carpeted study room, a computer lab, a large recreation area, and a comfortable lobby. Rooms are carpeted and some rooms have wash basins.
Jewell Hall, located on north campus, is the smallest of all the housing units, accommodating 107 American and international students. Some residents reside in Jewell Hall during academic breaks (excluding summer). Jewell Hall is dedicated to building cross-cultural friendship and understanding. It has a large study area on the third floor and a formal lounge on the ground floor.
Keeneland Hall, located on north campus, houses 304 students, and has rooms arranged as suites (double rooms connected by a full bath). The residence hall also has a formal reception area and corridor study rooms.
Patterson Hall, located on north campus, is the oldest hall on campus, and is sponsored by the Honors Program. Patterson Hall residents celebrated its 90th birthday in 1993.
The Greg Page Apartments are situated on the southern edge of campus (across from Commonwealth Stadium) on a curving drive near a wooded residential area. The complex consists of 17 buildings, each with 8 two-bedroom apartments. Each apartment houses four undergraduate students of the same gender. Six buildings in the complex contain two-bedroom apartments for two undergraduate students of the same gender. Every apartment has its own exterior entrance, a living room, dining room, kitchen, bath, and is completely furnished. Local telephone service, cable television, and computer network connection are included in the housing fee. The complex also contains a laundry facility and a University-operated convenience grocery store. For more information or to apply for housing at Greg Page Apartments, contact:
The Office of Residence Life provides a supportive living environment for resident students and aims to promote and encourage personal and community development. Each hall offers programs and activities such as faculty speakers, workshops, dances, musical presentations, films, and recreational games. Students are also encouraged to participate in community service projects, residence hall government, and campus events.
The cost for living in University Housing is listed in the Fees section.
The first installment of $100 must accompany the housing application. This installment, as well as subsequent payments, must be made by mail to the Office of Student Billing Services, 18 Funkhouser Building, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0054.
Students requesting a receipt should include a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
Rates are subject to change at any time before the beginning of the academic year, upon action by the Board of Trustees. Rates are normally established in May for the succeeding academic year.
Housing assignments are not mailed to recipients until after the June 1 and December 1 cancellation deadlines.
Applicants must cancel the housing application in person or by letter to the University Housing Assignment Office. Partial refunds of the $100 first installment are as follows: cancellation postmarked before April 20-$90; April 20-June 1, $75; June 2 - August 1, $50; after August 1 (fall) or December 1 (spring), no refund.
Students dropped for academic reasons will be issued a $90 refund.
For the regular semester (16 weeks), students living in the residence halls who withdraw from the University will be assessed a minimum charge of $100 for room and board through the first week. Students withdrawing after the first week will be assessed a prorated charge for each day in the residence hall or Greg Page Apartment through the twelfth week.
Students withdrawing from the residence halls to enter married student housing units will be assessed a prorated charge for each day in residence.
The University has single-unit housing available to single graduate students at Shawneetown, Cooperstown, Commonwealth Village, and 468 Rose Lane. Undergraduate international students assigned by the UK Office of International Affairs have single-unit housing available at 404 Linden Walk.
Apartments for married students and their families are available at Shawneetown, Cooperstown and at Greg Page Stadium View.
For further information on graduate and family housing, contact:
The University's Food Services is a system of campus restaurants designed to satisfy the food preferences and schedules of a diverse student body. Using the system is easy - just access one of two available accounts with the UKID card. The two accounts are:
The Plus Account may be used at the following locations:
Students may also use the Plus Account to pay certain fees, such as chemistry breakage fees and payment for athletic tickets.
Check out the Auxiliary Services Web site for more information about menu variety and hours of operation. The address is: http://www.uky.edu/AuxServ.
When parking on campus, Parking Services recommends that students purchase and properly display a University of Kentucky parking permit. The temporary convenience of illegal parking is rarely worth the hassle and expense of paying fines and getting your vehicle towed or immobilized.
Students must display a valid parking permit or pass to park on campus during restricted hours. For a brief period at the beginning of the fall semester (August 20 through September 3, 2001), and the spring semester (January 7 through January 18, 2002), students without valid parking permits must park in the K permit areas at Commonwealth Stadium. A permit control sign at the entrance to each parking lot displays the hours when the lot is being controlled for permits. Family and friends visiting campus can park in certain lots without a parking permit between 4:30 p.m. on Friday and 5 a.m. on Monday. Reserved spaces within these lots are controlled for valid permits and during the hours indicated on the signs marking the space. Reserved parking spots include spaces reserved for people with disabilities and hall director spaces.
Students holding permits from the 2000-2001 academic year may renew their permits May 1 through June 30. Other eligible students may apply for permits for the 2001-2002 academic year by July 31. Permit applications received by July 31 will be issued according to classification (i.e., graduate, senior, junior, sophomore). Freshmen who live on campus, freshmen and sophomores who commute and any student who cannot obtain an R or C permit may obtain a K permit that is valid only at Commonwealth Stadium.
Students with disabilities should call or stop by the Disability Resource Center, 2 Alumni Gym; or call 257-2754. The staff will assist you with questions about accessible parking, the bus services, and/or special needs.
Parking meters are available in certain campus locations to allow temporary parking for visitors, employees, and students. For your convenience, parking meters are located near the UK Bookstore, the Funkhouser Building, the Seaton Center, and Memorial Coliseum. UK parking meters have time limits of either 45 minutes or three hours displayed on the meter post and on the tag inside the meter. In addition, certain meters are reserved for specific uses. These meters are identified by signs attached to the meter posts or a sign posted at the entrance to the parking lot.
Parking is available for students visiting the W.T. Young Library. The visitor pay lot located on Hilltop Avenue is accessible 24 hours a day. After 4:30 p.m. weekdays and on weekends, students may park for free in the large E lot located behind the Library on Columbia Avenue. Additionally, students with valid parking permits may park in Parking Structure #2 (Hilltop Avenue) after 4:30 p.m., weekdays and on weekends.
You can be a responsible and courteous parker by doing the following:
All commuter students and students living on campus may ride the LexTran campus buses to and from central campus, residence halls, and Commonwealth Stadium between 6 a.m. and 6:15 p.m., Monday through Friday during the fall and spring semesters. The bus service begins on Monday before the start of classes in August and January and only operates on those days when UK is in official session. The LexTran campus buses make about 120 trips each day to and from Commonwealth Stadium and Central Campus. The LexTran buses run about five minutes apart during peak hours for classes, and about ten minutes apart during off-peak hours.
The University supplements the bus service by providing additional daytime and evening shuttle buses to portions of campus not served by LexTran. The daytime CATS services include the Cooperstown Cross-Campus, the LCC Cross-Campus and the Virginia Avenue Route. The evening CATS bus driver has a cellular telephone for the benefit of students who need transportation around campus between 4:30 p.m. and 1:45 a.m., Monday through Thursday. Students can telephone the driver directly at (859) 221-RIDE (7433) to obtain schedule information or to make special pick-up requests. The bus driver will make every effort to accommodate reasonable requests. You will find route and schedule information displayed at the major bus stops or by visiting the Transportation Office in Parking Structure 5, or by calling (859) 257-7433.
Students do not pay a fare when riding the LexTran campus buses and the CATS shuttle buses. Support for these bus services come from parking permit fees.
LexTran continues to improve its service to the University of Kentucky campus. Students who live off-campus may find that riding a LexTran city bus to and from campus is more convenient and less expensive than parking on campus. Student bus passes cost about $50 per semester. For more information about routing and scheduling information, contact LexTran at (859) 255-7756.
For more information about campus parking, telephone Parking Services at (859) 257-5757. Telephone Transportation Services at (859) 257-7433 if you need information about campus bus routes and schedules. Also, you can access information on campus parking and transportation on the Web at: http://www.uky.edu/Parking.
Women's Residence Halls
Men's Residence Halls
Co-Educational Residence Units
Undergraduate Apartments
125 Funkhouser Building
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0054
(859) 257-1866Office of Residence Life
First Installment
Rate Changes
Mailing of Assignments
Cancellations and Refunds
After the semester begins:
Graduate and Family Housing
700 Woodland Avenue
Lexington, KY 40508-3440
fax: (859) 323-1900
e-mail: apthousing@pop.uky.edu
(859) 257-3721
http://www.uky.edu/AuxServs
The Diner Account
All residence hall students have a Diner Account for food purchases. This is included in the housing contract. A beginning balance of $690 is deposited in the account and is readily available for use at the start of the semester. This account can only be used at Food Service units, including convenience stores and catering (excluding Intermezzo, Block & Barrel Ag North, Block & Barrel Erikson and The Lemon Tree) and is non-refundable. Students returning to the residence hall may carry forward a balance of $50 from fall to spring. (The Board of Trustees sets the minimum beginning balance of $690.) This account works on a declining balance format. Each time a purchase is made the transaction amount is deducted from the balance in the student account. The new account balance is then shown on the cash register. The minimum $690 deposit is necessary for each semester, regardless of funds carried over.The Plus Account
The Plus Account is an optional account. It requires no minimum deposit and may be opened or added to in any whole dollar amount at any time during the semester at Student Billings, Blazer Dining Services, Commons Market, The Food Court at the Student Center, The Diner/Plus Accounts Office and DARTs (printing lab machines). All Plus Account monies may be carried forward or are refundable less a $5.00 fee. This declining balance account is extremely versatile.
