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New Hall opens doors to students and community

Two events marked the start of 2024 for Ë®¹ûÅÉ’s Crete campus and community — a welcoming event for New Hall on Thursday, Jan. 11 and student move-in day on Tuesday, Jan. 16. Faculty, staff, Crete residents and contractors who helped create Ë®¹ûÅÉ’s newest residence hall all came together for snacks and tours of the building. (See coverage from the event in and our very own .)

Ë®¹ûÅÉ’s Office of Strategic Marketing also got a sneak peek, with students Zach Fye (senior), sophomores Grace Schroller, Kaidan Smith and Trenton Johanson, and juniors Maci McCarter and Jaiden Papik. Catch a glimpse of the building from our photoshoot and join us for more New Hall celebrations at the ribbon cutting at noon on Feb. 5!

Students use a lounge in New Hall, which is well-lit by a bank of windows. Two students play ping-pong to the right, while two other students sit and talk at a high-top table near the windows. A third student works on a laptop at a small, white, round table around which an orange couch curves. Six students sit around a white, rectangular table in a vibrant green-painted study room. Behind them are individual desks and chairs, and a window. Maci McCarter reads from a pamphlet of directions while Jaiden Papik and Grace Schroller play Bananagrams on a green couch in a third-floor suite. Behind them is a large window showing views of Ë®¹ûÅÉ's Art/Ed building.Kaidan Smith looks up from a desk at Trenton Johansen on the bed of one of the third-floor suites. Also in the room is a small bookshelf and the window looks out onto Ë®¹ûÅÉ's campus. A sample room decorated with a Ë®¹ûÅÉ Tigers blanket and other Tiger promotion items. A desk is pushed up against a window, and a bed along the wall to the left of the desk. The New Hall is the first building on campus to feature electronic key entry. A man demonstrates how he uses his Apple Watch to unlock a door by placing it against a pad above the door handle.