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Ave Maria University dedicated its fourth undergraduate dormitory at a ceremony Saturday morning.
The dorm is 44,453 square feet with 80 student rooms, allowing for an occupancy of 160 students.
The dorm was needed to match an enrollment increase at the school.
More than 300 new students will join Ave Maria this year for a total undergraduate enrollment of about 600.
Ave Maria’s dorms are single-sex and undergraduates are required to live on campus.
The new dorm, named St. Joseph, is a men’s dorm.
The second year of classes at the school’s permanent campus in eastern Collier County begin Monday.
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Liam,
You need a new assignment - go out there and COUNT the students. You will not find 600.
#1 Posted by piedmont on August 23, 2008 at 9:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)
piehole..the town maybe hurting from the economy...but the population of students is booming.
Put up or shut up when it comes to stats piedmont.
Otherwise, SHUT your piehole!
#2 Posted by beetlejuice on August 24, 2008 at 12:17 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I'm told by friends in conversations that very few of these students are actually paying tuition. Promising students with no ability to pay gambling on accredidation.
Priming the pump, as it is called.
Hey, if you live in the wilderness, you will do anything to prime that pump.
#3 Posted by volochine on August 24, 2008 at 1:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Drove out there last week-end and checked it out.Beautiful church in the middle of no where.Many students have already left because of the isolation and are going to USF and UF and FSU.Give it about 50 years.
#4 Posted by nightranger on August 24, 2008 at 11:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)
That's a huge, beautiful and expensive campus in crop lands for 600 students.
I've been there twice in the daytime, and all I've seen are a few cars, no people, and tumbleweeds blowing across the cobblestone streets. It's tres creepy.
#5 Posted by Bramble on August 24, 2008 at 1:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)
More brainwashed knee scrapers added to the shallow end of the pool.
#6 Posted by kneejerk on August 24, 2008 at 4:39 p.m. (Suggest removal)
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