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Heading Down South: The Construction of a new residence hall at South Campus

On this spe­cif­ic edi­tion of the Cold Cut Elab­o­ra­tions pod­cast, the host, Cole Ste­fan, high­lights the con­struc­tion of a new res­i­dence hall in the South Cam­pus area at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Con­necti­cut. The new build­ing, which caught the host by sur­prise when it was first announced in August of 2022, is expect­ed to be com­plet­ed by the Fall 2024 semes­ter and will include a 500-seat din­ing hall in addi­tion to more beds.

Anoth­er ren­der­ing of the new South Cam­pus Res­i­dence Hall that will be com­plet­ed by the Fall 2024 semester.

To help gain some insight into the project, Mr. Ste­fan inter­viewed Project Direc­tor Robert Cor­bett. In addi­tion to direct­ing this project, Cor­bett is the Exec­u­tive Direc­tor of UPDC at UConn & Direc­tor of Real Estate and Region­al Projects. UPDC, bet­ter known as UConn Plan­ning, Design, and Con­struc­tion, over­sees all the university’s con­struc­tion projects that have occurred and are occur­ring from the Stu­dent Recre­ation Cen­ter to the revi­tal­iza­tion of the ath­let­ic facilities.

Robert Cor­bett, the project direc­tor for the new South Cam­pus Res­i­dence Hall (pic­ture via Hart­ford Courant)

Dur­ing this pod­cast episode, the two peo­ple involved in the inter­view will ref­er­ence the logis­tics of the build­ing itself, accom­mo­da­tions to stu­dents who may want to sleep in, the new din­ing hall, what roads may be closed as a result of the project, when con­struc­tion will begin on the project, and upcom­ing projects com­ing soon to the university.

A “Fac­ul­ty Row” House, locat­ed on the site of the new res­i­dence and din­ing hall, that will be moved across the street once con­struc­tion begins. Fenc­ing around the house has been in place as ear­ly as Octo­ber 21, 2022.

All sounds used through­out this inter­view, except for the music track, were record­ed by Cole Ste­fan. Images/renderings of the new South Cam­pus Res­i­dence Hall were col­lect­ed from the Stu­dent Affairs Web­site as well as UConn Today.

A “logo” for the pod­cast itself that also rep­re­sents a Square Insta­gram Pro­mo­tion for this par­tic­u­lar podcast.

 

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Cole Stefan

Cole Stefan is a third year student pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Connecticut in Sport Management starting in the Fall 2022 semester. Currently, he writes for the school newspaper, The Daily Campus, and cover games for UCTV Sports, UConn's student television club. He wishes to get involved in the sports industry after graduating from college.