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Post by zai on Jul 21, 2022 20:14:15 GMT -5
Geez. No lie. Out of the clear blue I just got an im from a co-worker asking "is A&T having housing issues? Them chil'ren ain't got nowhere to live" Perception is reality unfortunately. Even if in the grand scheme of things it's not a huge deal. Somebody help me figure it out. I could not WAIT to move off campus when I was there. Granted, rents appear to have doubled since I was there but the costs are still doable, especially when you look at two and three bedroom apartments. What's the deal? Folk don't have cars? Don't wanna pay for the gas? Can't take public transportation? While I think the administration has failed in getting out of front of the issue, I don't even see the issue. No housing? Get a place off campus with your homie. Why isn't that an option? to your first paragraph this why I hate the “social media” isn’t real argument because any person that isn’t tone deaf will understand that social media banter can easily find its way into your personal life. I said this before, this situation looks bad to everyone besides the people in the forums.
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Post by A&T AGGIE 96 on Jul 22, 2022 9:57:49 GMT -5
Geez. No lie. Out of the clear blue I just got an im from a co-worker asking "is A&T having housing issues? Them chil'ren ain't got nowhere to live" Perception is reality unfortunately. Even if in the grand scheme of things it's not a huge deal. Somebody help me figure it out. I could not WAIT to move off campus when I was there. Granted, rents appear to have doubled since I was there but the costs are still doable, especially when you look at two and three bedroom apartments. What's the deal? Folk don't have cars? Don't wanna pay for the gas? Can't take public transportation? While I think the administration has failed in getting out of front of the issue, I don't even see the issue. No housing? Get a place off campus with your homie. Why isn't that an option? to your first paragraph this why I hate the “social media” isn’t real argument because any person that isn’t tone deaf will understand that social media banter can easily find its way into your personal life. I said this before, this situation looks bad to everyone besides the people in the forums. Zai, we just going to have to agree to disagree on this issue. When confronted with the truth...you know, the facts...this is a "manufactured crisis". It's true the administration could have done a better job of getting in front of this issue. Perhaps they could have emphasized housing is not guaranteed to upper classmen, and done it much earlier. That wouldn't have created a single additional room on campus, but maybe folks would have accepted the news better. The upper-class students, relayed a message that they were not happy about housing options. Increasing enrollment meant fewer beds for them on campus, close by off campus options were limited, and very expensive. The message was received by the administration and brought to attention of those in University housing management. They presented the facts to the BOT on the number of beds available on campus verses number of students enrolled...and how that compared to other schools locally, within the UNC system, and nationally. A&T isn't behind on student housing...in fact we are ahead, and with the acquisition of more apartments by next fall, and a new $58 million dorm ( Bluford Housing) on the way...and the recommendation that we build more housing and continue land acquisition for continued growth they plan to stay ahead. Zai, is this case...social media has proven once again it can't be trusted as a factual news source. Guess it's just life repeating itself. When my dad was young, people would say you can't believe everything you read...when I was young, it was you can't believe everything you see on TV, and now it's you can't believe everything you see on social media. My sophomore year at A&T I moved off campus...(if you can really count moving across the street off campus), but my girlfriend was hoping to stay on campus for another year. That didn't work out. Enrollment was increasing and more room was made in the dorms for incoming freshmen. She had to scramble, but she found a place off campus as well. Same as it is today...and as the University continues to grow...it will be that way for the foreseeable future. It wasn't a crisis 30 years ago, and it's not a crisis now. I'm not tone deaf, and I know that "banter" can find its way in your personal life...all kinds of gossip and rumors can make it into your personal life. If something is real and true, you try to address it...if you find out it's not true, you state the facts...what you know is true, and ignore the bullchit...and like most gossip and banter, it dies out on it's own because it wasn't based on any truth to begin with. If you say the situation looks bad on social media, I'll have to take your word on it...because I know the TRUTH about the situation. This is not a NCA&T problem...it's not a HBCU problem, many colleges across the country are facing the same issue. hell...housing has been an issue for students and non students alike. UNC Charlotte has run out of dorm space and left 400 students with no place to go. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/education/article263464823.htmlOn their message boards and social media student leaders took concerns to their UNCC administration and look what was said..."Some of you have mentioned that this has happened last year. When we brought this up HRL mentioned that yes, housing does tend to become very slim on availability around the month of July. This happens at most Universities every year, for example, NC A&T, App State, and NC State housing is already completely full this year. Students are complaining about it at NC State... OPINION: NC State needs to provide improved housing options for returning studentsApp State is full, and pushing out into the larger community and local folks and students have no place to go. We would have been homeless’: residents reflect on Boone’s housing
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Post by Bornthrilla on Jul 22, 2022 10:59:54 GMT -5
It's true the administration could have done a better job of getting in front of this issue. Perhaps they could have emphasized housing is not guaranteed to upper classmen, and done it much earlier. That wouldn't have created a single additional room on campus, but maybe folks would have accepted the news better. I think that is what most people are saying here. The negative publicity is because of poor communication; not because of the number of available rooms.
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Post by zai on Jul 22, 2022 11:29:15 GMT -5
to your first paragraph this why I hate the “social media” isn’t real argument because any person that isn’t tone deaf will understand that social media banter can easily find its way into your personal life. I said this before, this situation looks bad to everyone besides the people in the forums. Zai, we just going to have to agree to disagree on this issue. When confronted with the truth...you know, the facts...this is a "manufactured crisis". It's true the administration could have done a better job of getting in front of this issue. Perhaps they could have emphasized housing is not guaranteed to upper classmen, and done it much earlier. That wouldn't have created a single additional room on campus, but maybe folks would have accepted the news better. The upper-class students, relayed a message that they were not happy about housing options. Increasing enrollment meant fewer beds for them on campus, close by off campus options were limited, and very expensive. The message was received by the administration and brought to attention of those in University housing management. They presented the facts to the BOT on the number of beds available on campus verses number of students enrolled...and how that compared to other schools locally, within the UNC system, and nationally. A&T isn't behind on student housing...in fact we are ahead, and with the acquisition of more apartments by next fall, and a new $58 million dorm ( Bluford Housing) on the way...and the recommendation that we build more housing and continue land acquisition for continued growth they plan to stay ahead. Zai, is this case...social media has proven once again it can't be trusted as a factual news source. Guess it's just life repeating itself. When my dad was young, people would say you can't believe everything you read...when I was young, it was you can't believe everything you see on TV, and now it's you can't believe everything you see on social media. My sophomore year at A&T I moved off campus...(if you can really count moving across the street off campus), but my girlfriend was hoping to stay on campus for another year. That didn't work out. Enrollment was increasing and more room was made in the dorms for incoming freshmen. She had to scramble, but she found a place off campus as well. Same as it is today...and as the University continues to grow...it will be that way for the foreseeable future. It wasn't a crisis 30 years ago, and it's not a crisis now. I'm not tone deaf, and I know that "banter" can find its way in your personal life...all kinds of gossip and rumors can make it into your personal life. If something is real and true, you try to address it...if you find out it's not true, you state the facts...what you know is true, and ignore the bullchit...and like most gossip and banter, it dies out on it's own because it wasn't based on any truth to begin with. If you say the situation looks bad on social media, I'll have to take your word on it...because I know the TRUTH about the situation. This is not a NCA&T problem...it's not a HBCU problem, many colleges across the country are facing the same issue. hell...housing has been an issue for students and non students alike. UNC Charlotte has run out of dorm space and left 400 students with no place to go. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/education/article263464823.htmlOn their message boards and social media student leaders took concerns to their UNCC administration and look what was said..."Some of you have mentioned that this has happened last year. When we brought this up HRL mentioned that yes, housing does tend to become very slim on availability around the month of July. This happens at most Universities every year, for example, NC A&T, App State, and NC State housing is already completely full this year. Students are complaining about it at NC State... OPINION: NC State needs to provide improved housing options for returning studentsApp State is full, and pushing out into the larger community and local folks and students have no place to go. We would have been homeless’: residents reflect on Boone’s housing we saying the same thing. I’m adding that social media, rather the info is true or not can cause unwanted and unnecessary attention. The average person isn’t going to look at things how we look at them, can cause issues. I’m aware of all the information you provided. Communication has to be better.
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Post by 919aggie on Jul 23, 2022 12:03:29 GMT -5
For anyone curious
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Post by aggiechampd on Jul 23, 2022 19:24:17 GMT -5
Yeah…those rent prices ain’t for the students…I can tell you that right now…one bedroom starts at 1420 a month…3 bedroom is 2110 a month… baileyvillagegb.com
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Post by aggie2039 on Jul 23, 2022 19:54:38 GMT -5
Yeah…those rent prices ain’t for the students…I can tell you that right now…one bedroom starts at 1420 a month…3 bedroom is 2110 a month… baileyvillagegb.comWow, I think they will lower the prices…I don’t see people spending that much for east Greensboro housing 🤷🏾♂️
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Post by aggiechampd on Jul 24, 2022 6:57:34 GMT -5
Yeah…those rent prices ain’t for the students…I can tell you that right now…one bedroom starts at 1420 a month…3 bedroom is 2110 a month… baileyvillagegb.comWow, I think they will lower the prices…I don’t see people spending that much for east Greensboro housing 🤷🏾♂️ People will…everything has gone up…the era of cheap housing in the south is over… if I had a tech job in Greensboro as an Aggie alum…I would live there
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Post by Bornthrilla on Jul 24, 2022 7:25:31 GMT -5
Pretty good location. You are literally between two colleges to the north and south, downtown to the west and a bunch of churches to the east. Cumberland Courts is across the street, but them old folks aint bothering nobody. Since they built up Southside Gorrell Street and the Downtown Greenway, everything has a chill vibe over there at nights. downtowngreenway.org/explore/route-maps/
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Post by 919aggie on Jul 25, 2022 21:12:55 GMT -5
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Post by 919aggie on Jul 27, 2022 11:03:32 GMT -5
NC A&T State University students face housing hassleGREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A high demand for housing at North Carolina A&T State University has left some students waiting for a room assignment three weeks away from the start of the semester. N.C. A&T spokesman Todd Simmons told FOX8 that every incoming and transfer student will have a bed in university housing by Labor Day, which is more than two weeks after the semester starts. “We do hear sometimes from students that housing was not available for them, but the numbers indicate that it is,” Simmons said. “As long as students meet their appointments for selecting their housing, get their applications in on time, pay their deposits, all the things that are required to access university housing, they will be taken care of.” Simmons told FOX8 that 3,274 incoming and transfer students applied for housing this fall. He said 300 students do not have assignments until their orientation is complete, but rooms are available. “We project we’ll have enough natural attrition that it will resolve our issue entirely,” he said. There are about 100 students selected for temporary housing at the Drury Inn and Suites on West Gate City Boulevard nearly five miles away from campus. Students will stay in the hotel until the housing assignments are figured out. Simmons said enrollment is projected to be 14,000 students by 2023. myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/greensboro/nc-at-state-university-students-face-housing-hassle/thumbnail_NC-AT-Drury-Announcement.webp (83.12 KB)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2022 11:55:00 GMT -5
NC A&T State University students face housing hassleGREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A high demand for housing at North Carolina A&T State University has left some students waiting for a room assignment three weeks away from the start of the semester. N.C. A&T spokesman Todd Simmons told FOX8 that every incoming and transfer student will have a bed in university housing by Labor Day, which is more than two weeks after the semester starts. “We do hear sometimes from students that housing was not available for them, but the numbers indicate that it is,” Simmons said. “As long as students meet their appointments for selecting their housing, get their applications in on time, pay their deposits, all the things that are required to access university housing, they will be taken care of.” Simmons told FOX8 that 3,274 incoming and transfer students applied for housing this fall. He said 300 students do not have assignments until their orientation is complete, but rooms are available. “We project we’ll have enough natural attrition that it will resolve our issue entirely,” he said. There are about 100 students selected for temporary housing at the Drury Inn and Suites on West Gate City Boulevard nearly five miles away from campus. Students will stay in the hotel until the housing assignments are figured out. Simmons said enrollment is projected to be 14,000 students by 2023. myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/greensboro/nc-at-state-university-students-face-housing-hassle/View Attachment A "hassle," not a "crisis."
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Post by 919aggie on Jul 27, 2022 12:04:51 GMT -5
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Post by Bornthrilla on Jul 27, 2022 12:18:57 GMT -5
NC A&T State University students face housing hassleGREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A high demand for housing at North Carolina A&T State University has left some students waiting for a room assignment three weeks away from the start of the semester. N.C. A&T spokesman Todd Simmons told FOX8 that every incoming and transfer student will have a bed in university housing by Labor Day, which is more than two weeks after the semester starts. “We do hear sometimes from students that housing was not available for them, but the numbers indicate that it is,” Simmons said. “As long as students meet their appointments for selecting their housing, get their applications in on time, pay their deposits, all the things that are required to access university housing, they will be taken care of.” Simmons told FOX8 that 3,274 incoming and transfer students applied for housing this fall. He said 300 students do not have assignments until their orientation is complete, but rooms are available. “We project we’ll have enough natural attrition that it will resolve our issue entirely,” he said. There are about 100 students selected for temporary housing at the Drury Inn and Suites on West Gate City Boulevard nearly five miles away from campus. Students will stay in the hotel until the housing assignments are figured out. Simmons said enrollment is projected to be 14,000 students by 2023. myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/greensboro/nc-at-state-university-students-face-housing-hassle/View Attachment This is what happens when you subscribe to the head-in-the-sand approach to public relations. There is no reason an article like this even needed to be printed if we had just communicated better with our students earlier.
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Post by 919aggie on Jul 27, 2022 12:26:42 GMT -5
We got some competition! lol
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