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Under Construction 4/24/08


Campus Housing

 

Lowndes Hall V
Brown Residence Hall
Select from the links below to learn more about housing here on
the Valdosta State University campus.
         
Brown Hall: Brown Hall is a two-story, co-educational residence hall which houses approximately 100 men and 100 women participating in the Freshmen Year Experience (FYE) program or the Emerging Leaders Program (ELP).   Centennial Hall Apartments: Centennial Hall is a 525 resident, coed, apartment style community that houses upper class (sophomore and above) students.   Converse Hall Apartments: Converse Hall is the only apartment style residence hall on main campus. Converse Hall is reserved primarily for juniors, seniors, and graduate students.
         
Georgia Hall: Georgia Hall is located near the Whitehead Camellia Trail and is easily identified by its distinctive columns leading to the main entrance. This residence hall houses up to 200 women in traditional style living.   Hopper Hall: This new student housing project will replace the former Hopper Hall which housed 200 students in a traditional, double-loaded corridor facility on the main campus of VSU. The Hopper Hall replacement will better utilize the large lot as a 4-story, state-of-the-art facility complete with dining, campus mail, and auxiliary student support offices.    Langdale Hall: Langdale is the tallest (5 floors) residence hall on campus and currently houses 425 female residents and 55 male residents. All of the male residents are housed on the first floor. There are 14 highly trained RAs to make your VSU experience one of the best.  Two elevators located in the main lobby for residents’ convenience. The building's centralized front desk is staffed 24/7. 
         
Lowndes Hall: Located on the south end of campus near the Fine Arts building, Lowndes Hall is a two-story co-ed residence hall that houses 200 males and females   Patterson Hall: Patterson is a co-ed facility that houses approximately 300 first-year and upper-class students with 7 RAs available to help with any questions that residents may have. The women live on the North wing of the building, and the men live on the South wing.   Reade Hall: Reade Hall is a traditional residence hall housing 110 first-year male students. Reade Hall opened in 1936. Formerly known as ‘Senior Hall,’ it was named Reade Hall in 1957 in honor of Frank R. Reade, the third President of the University.
         

 

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Odum Library
       

Physical Access

  • Parking. Handicapped Parking is available on the east side of the library, as well as south of the library near Pine Hall (formerly Plant Operations). For more information on handicapped parking spaces on campus, visit the VSU Parking & Transportation's Parking for the Disabled Webpage.
  • Building Access. There are two points of access to Odum Library (hours of operation).

    North side of building: Persons wishing to enter the library on the second (main) floor may take the elevator up from the ground level and use the automatic door on the far left.

    South side of building (Library Addition entrance): A ramp leads up to the main entrance on the first floor.

  • Elevator. Wheelchair-accessible elevators are located in the the original building, as well as the library addition.
  • Restrooms. All public library restrooms are wheel-chair accessible.
  • Maps. Maps of the library are available at the Reference Desk, as well as online.

 

  
Image of Odum Library.

Adaptive Technology Equipment

  • A wheelchair-accessible workstation for the library's electronic services is located across from the Information Technology HelpDesk (second floor of old building).
  • Televisions located in Media Services are equipped with Closed Captioning capability.
  • Adaptive Technology Software

Dragon Naturally Speaking Headphone Set and Study Room may be checked out at the 1st floor Circulation Desk II.

Sorenson VP-100 Videophone with access to nationally certified video relay interpreters is located in the Adaptive Technology Study Room #1060 near the 1st floor Circulation Desk II. In addition to the Study Room, you will need to check out two remotes, the Videophone Remote 1 and the Toshiba TV Remote II.

  • Library visitors with a disability may use Odum Library's Adaptive Technology Study Rooms. VSU Students, Faculty, and Staff with a disability have priority over community users in checking these rooms out for use. Library visitors will be required to complete a Community Borrower's Card application. Approved library visitors with a disability will be given a card which must be presented at the circulation desk when requesting to check out an Adaptive Technology Study Room. Community Borrower's Card applications are available at the 2nd floor circulation desk. Please visit the following link to learn more about Odum Library's Community Borrower's program: http://www.valdosta.edu/library/about/depts/community.shtml
         

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