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Whittemore Hall, the newest addition to the campus landscape, opened its doors to residents last month following 18 months of construction.
Designed to house graduate students at the Tuck School of Business, Whittemore features 60 single rooms, each equipped with a bath, as well as 10 group study rooms, four conference rooms, student storage areas and locker rooms, according to Project Manager Diane Engelhard.
The building is located between the Murdough Center and the River Cluster, and is adjacent to Byrne Hall.
"It basically provides us with what we consider an appropriate level of residential space for graduate students who tend to be on average 28 years old," explained Special Assistant to the Dean Penny Paquette.
Paquette said that Whittemore helps address limitations of other graduate housing at the Tuck school, such as Woodbury Hall, built in 1930, which contains double rooms and shared bathrooms, and which lacks air-conditioning.
Woodbury, whose residents were moved to Whittemore upon its completion, will no longer be used for housing, and according to Paquette will be renovated and converted into needed office space.
"It's wonderful to have the space and privacy of your own room," said Kate Thunissen, a graduate student at Tuck who recently transferred from Woodbury to Whittemore.
"Once you've been out there living in your own apartment, you come to expect a certain standard of living," she said.
Steve Malnight, another student, was equally positive on the change.
