Campus housing at Florida Institute of Technology is divided among seven dormitories and two apartment complexes. There are seven residences in the apartment complex north of Crane Creek. It is common to refer to the Southgate complex as "off campus," because it is separated from the rest of the campus by Babcock Street. Six of the dormitories are located on or near the "Residence Quad." Florida Institute of Technology is an independent technical college located in Melbourne, Florida (Brevard County), United States. ...

Apartment Complexes

Southgate

Southgate is an off-campus housing complex owned and operated by the university. Southgate is restricted to upperclassmen and offers studio and one bedroom apartments as well as two and three bedroom apartments. The original Southgate buildings (A through H) were owned by the City of Melbourne as public housing. The university purchased these buildings to be used as additional student housing when the number of enrolled students continued to increase. Shorthly thereafter the school then constructed the three story buildings K, L, and M. Prior to the construction of Skurla Hall, the offices of the School of Aeronautics and the Department of Athletics were located in 'A' Building, the only building on the north side of Southgate Blvd. 'A' Building has since converted back to student apartments. The Southgate Apartment complex also has one of Florida Tech's two swimming pools for student use. The pool was constructed prior to the school's ownership of the complex. Originally an inground hot tub was included next to the pool in the northwest corner of the site, but was filled in and used as a landscaped area during the school's ownership. During the summer of 2003 the entire pool was refurbished with new concrete and a pool bottom. During this refurbishment, the old hot tub was covered over with the concrete of the new pool deck. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Columbia Village Suites

Originally to be named Crane Creek Suites, they were renamed on October 28, 2003 to the Columbia Village Suites to honor the fallen crew members of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. The 7 residence buildings, plus one commons building are located in the northeast part of the campus, north of Crane Creek. October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 64 days remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas during re-entry into the Earths atmosphere, shortly before concluding its 28th mission, STS-107. ...

• Husband Hall - Colonel Rick D. Husband, USAF, Commander
• McCool Hall - Commander William C. McCool, USN, Pilot
• Anderson Hall - Lt. Col Michael P. Anderson, USAF, Payload Commander
• Ramon Hall - Colonel Ilan Ramon, IAF, Payload Specilist
• Chawla Hall - Kalpana Chawla, Mission Specilist
• Brown Hall - Captain David M. Brown, USN, Mission Specialist
• Clark Hall - Commander Laurel Clark, USN, Mission Specialist

Rick D. Husband (larger image) Richard Douglas Husband (July 12, 1957 – February 1, 2003) was an astronaut and the space shuttle commander of STS-107 (Columbia) who was killed when the craft disintegrated after reentry into the Earths atmosphere. ... William C. McCool William Cameron Willie McCool (September 23, 1961 – February 1, 2003) was an United States Navy Commander, NASA astronaut and the Space Shuttle pilot of Columbia mission STS-107 who was killed when the craft disintegrated after re-entry into the Earths atmosphere. ... Michael P. Anderson Michael Phillip Anderson (December 25, 1959 – February 1, 2003) was a Lieutenant Colonel (USAF), a NASA astronaut and the Space Shuttle payload commander of STS-107 (Columbia) who was killed when the craft disintegrated after reentry into the Earths atmosphere. ... Ilan Ramon (Hebrew: אילן רמון) (June 20, 1954 – February 1, 2003) was a combat pilot in the Israeli Air Force and later the first Israeli astronaut. ... Kalpana Chawla (Hindi: कल्‍पना चावला) (July 1, 1961 – 1 February 2003), was an Indian-born American astronaut and space shuttle mission specialist. ... David M. Brown David M. Brown (April 16, 1956 – February 1, 2003) was a United States Naval Captain, NASA astronaut and space shuttle mission specialist. ... Laurel Clark Laurel Blair Salton Clark (March 10, 1961 – February 1, 2003) was a medical doctor, United States Navy Captain, NASA astronaut and Space Shuttle mission specialist of STS-107 (Columbia) who was killed when the craft disintegrated after re-entry into the Earths atmosphere. ...

Residence Halls

Roberts Hall

Restricted to freshmen, Roberts Hall is a coeducational residence hall. It is seven stories tall, and also serves as the headquarters for WFIT, a radio station on campus, though not run by the school (WCRR, located in another building, is the student run radio station). Coeducation is the integrated education of men and women. ...

Wood Hall

Wood Hall is a formerly all male residence hall situated in the "Residence Quad". Wood Hall is one of several designated first year areas on campus It is named after Virginia Wood, a founder of Melbourne Village, Florida who gave the University of Melbourne $50,000 in 1954. In 2005 dollars, that is nearly $350,000. Melbourne Village is a town located in Brevard County, Florida. ...

Campbell Hall

Campbell Hall is another residence hall situated in the Residence Quad. It is designed for first-year as well as upperclassmen students.

Shaw Hall

Shaw Hall once was an all female residence hall in the Residence Quad. It is now co-ed on all three floors. It is also a designated first year area. The Campus Security Department is situated in the center of the building on the first floor, accessible from the rear of the building.

Evans Hall

Evans Hall is restricted to upperclassmen. The top two floors are rooms for students. The second floor is Evans Dining Hall, and the bottom floor has Campus Services, the Rathskellar, and the Black Kats Café (Formerly a pub or bar, now a coffee shop; when Evans Hall opened, the bottom floor had bowling lanes, which were replaced by a game room by 1980). Named for Florence (Flossy) Evans, the wife of citrus farmer John Evans, for which the Library is named after. Jerome Keuper approached John Evans for donations for a new library. He left his estate to the University. The proceeds of the sale of his land funded the construction of the Evans Library. The land was sold to the DeBartolo Group, which built the Melbourne Square Mall on the land. The road to the west of the mall is named after the Evans family. An amusingly named pub (the Old New Inn) at Bourton-on-the-Water, in the Cotswold Hills of South West England A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada... Coffee Shop is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers from their 1995 album, One Hot Minute. ... Bowling ball and two pins Ten-pin bowling lane Automatic Scorer by Brunswick Specialized computers replaced hand scoring beginning 1970s. ... People participating in summer luge as a form of recreation, in the Vosges. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Species & major hybrids Species Citrus aurantifolia - Key lime Citrus maxima - Pomelo Citrus medica - Citron Citrus reticulata - Mandarin & Tangerine Major hybrids Citrus ×sinensis - Sweet Orange Citrus ×aurantium - Bitter Orange Citrus ×paradisi - Grapefruit Citrus ×limon - Lemon Citrus ×limonia - Rangpur lime Citrus ×latifolia - Persian lime See also main text for other hybrids Citrus... For the traditional meaning of the word mall, see mall. ...

Brownlie Hall

Brownlie Hall is located on Country Club Road across from the rest of the Residence Quad. Each room has its own bathroom. The hall also has a pool and laundry facilities for its residents. It is named after V. C. Brownlie who donated 40 acres to the University of Melbourne. The residence hall sits on a portion of his donated land and is the oldest of the dormitories.

Grissom Hall

Grissom Hall is located in the Residence Quad and mainly houses international students enrolled in the ELS program. The first floor and third floor west wing of Grissom are classrooms. Grissom Hall's basement houses the Crimson (Florida Tech Newpaper), WCRR (College Run Radio), FITV, as well as a classroom.

Student Life

The Office of Student Life is located on the 2nd floor of the Homer Denius Student Union Building. The office is in charge of clubs, fraternities, sororities, as well as residence life. The current Dean of Students and Vice Provost for Student Affairs is Douglas A. Nolder.

Office of Residence Life

The Office of Residence Life is comprised of 40 resident assistants, 1 assistant resident director, 5 resident directors, and the Assistant Dean of Residence Life.

Staff Layout

Roberts Hall

• Resident Director: Assistant Dean of Residence Life
• Assistant Resident Director
• 1 Resident Assistant per wing per floor
• 11 RAs total

Quad West

Comprised of Wood Hall, Shaw Hall, and Brownlie Hall

• Resident Director
• 1 Resident Assistant per floor per building
• 8 RAs total

Quad East

Comprised of Campbell Hall, Evans Hall, and Grissom Hall

• Resident Director
• 1 Resident Assistant per floor per building, except in Grissom Hall where 1 RA resides for the entire building
• 6 RAs total

Columbua Village Suites

Comprised of 7 buildings (Internally classified as Building A-G)

• Resident Director
• 1 Resident Assistant per building for upperclassmen buidling
• 2 Resident Assistants per building for freshmen buildings
• 9 RAs total

Southgate Apartments

Comprised of Buildings A-M

• 1 Resident Director
• 6 Resident Assistants

Residence Life Programming

The Office of Residence Life provides active and passive programming to residents, including bulletin boards, guest speakers, bowling, ice skating, softball, paintball, movie trips, multi-cultural festivities, as well as co-sponsoring with other student organizations on campus in major events, such as the Homecoming Dance, Casino Night, Luau, Relay for Life, and others.

See Also

The Residence Hall Association at Florida Institute of Technology // The Residence Hall Association at Florida Institute of Technology, also known as Florida Tech RHA, is a Florida Association of Residence Halls affiliated student-run organization. ...