On the fourth floor of Boyd Hall, the UNLV has established its first life and study phase of black and African American diaspora. The Wak...
On the fourth floor of Boyd Hall, the UNLV has established its first life and study phase of black and African American diaspora. The Wakanda Forever doorplates adorn the hallway, and despite their titles, the Cards Against Humanity and Uno games bring the community together.
The one-story standard, the expectations that residents want to create and live together, is to talk to each other as they walk down the hall. Encourage students to get to know each other better. Assistant to Andre Cooper said, "It's refreshing because we tend to spend a lot of time on the phone and forget about simple greetings."
Howell Town is the campus's new thematic community. Student residences also include women's apartments, healthy living and LGBTQ + students, and floors for members of Honors College and Harrah College of Hospitality. In the first half of the year, Howell attracted 30 residents, mostly graduate students and transfer students.
V Dedeaux chose Howell because "someone here can talk to someone and they can understand me." Howell Town feels completely different than the other floors and hallways. "
Resident Faith Lawson added: "The apartment is very communicative, we see that we go through the same fights, and although I still do not know anybody in my apartment, I feel like I know him ."
Cooper said the Howell Town experience brought the students together and that "people really wanted to interact and participate." Bringing like-minded people together on one floor, where they can unfold and pull out of their comfort zone, helps to maximize UNLV's offerings. has to offer. "
The roots
Inspired by the launch of Stonewall Suites in 2017 , a LGBTQ + resident floor , student Anna Opara and former student Sharon Uche (communication studies BA '17) supported the new identity-based floor. "We thought Howell Town would complement the UNLV's ethnic diversity to help students retain their titles while affirming their identity," said Opara.
Opara and Uche studied similar soils at other universities, such as Stanford University, Virginia Polytechnic University, and the University of California at Berkeley. Opara also sought support from the Black Student Organization, the National Society of Black Engineers Chapter, and the Association Residence before submitting a formal proposal to UNLV Housing & Residential Life to approve the wording.
The name of the apartment appeared when they learned that John Howell was the first African American from Clark County to legally own land. Since opening in the fall semester of 2018, students have learned that Howell Land is now part of Springs Preserve in Las Vegas. This discovery led to a collaboration with the Springs Reserve team. The residents are planning an excursion in the spring semester under the direction of archeologist Nerve Harper.
Beyond diversity, daring and diversity.
Residency coordinator Andrew Lignelli said speaking was part of the campus's efforts to improve the resources and support of minority and first generation students. The UNLV is considered the most diverse university in the country and is an "institution for minorities" designated by the Federal Government.
"In the past two years, students have said that the UNLV is well suited to being an" institution with minorities "and not an" institution serving minorities, "which goes beyond the numbers, enough resources for color students at the UNLV "Lignelli said.
Supervise South Complex, home of Howell Town. "We thought this kind of ground community would help African-Americans and African Americans to start a community in which they could feel involved by validating a large and traditionally under-represented community."
Assistant Andre Cooper added: "Howell Town gives us something special, and as a result, our residents feel connected as a group of like-minded people."
This is attested by Imani Satterwhite. Satterwhite, the youngest of three children, says she grew up alone. "I have the opportunity to live in an environment I'm no match for, any color I've seen was a minority, but here I see what the family can be like."
Residents attended campus events and invited spokespersons from the UNLV Student Diversity and Social Justice Office, the Greek Life, and the Panhellenen National Council (Council of Afro-Historical and Brotherhood Brotherhoods). -Américains). international).
Residential Life's Deputy Director, Orlando White, noted Howell Town was founded when UNLV hosted Men's Retreat and Black Girls at the Round Table in March 2018 in September 2017. At these events he said, "It has become clear that there is the desire and the need for dedicated spaces to explore identity in a meaningful way ... Howell Town offers its strength by celebrating and exploring diversity rather than being as diversity or the presence of differences. "The connection between them are essential elements for the success of the students. "
