Let's Talk UNLV

Wesley Knight 0:00
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Dr. Sammie Scales 0:20
Hello, hello. Hello, and welcome to another episode of Kun V 91.5, let's talk. Well, we're at that halfway mark where spring break is over. Students are returning the class and getting back into the groove again. So you have that halfway mark. Students, hang in there. You can do it. I have a very special guest with me today. I have Lisa Marie from housing. We'll have you introduce yourself? Lisa Marie, hi.

Lisamarie Tomassetti 0:42
My name is Lisa Marie thomasetti. I am the program coordinator for residential education over in the housing department, and I am in my third year in the position. Absolutely.

Dr. Sammie Scales 0:52
So as I always start all of the shows, I ask guests, even though you've been here before, some of you guys may recognize that, could you give us your origin story again, for the new listeners that have not heard your origin story, have to end up here at UNLV. Yeah,

Lisamarie Tomassetti 1:04
definitely. So I graduated from Green Valley High School here in Nevada, but I wanted so badly to go out of state, so I did, and then I did not like it at all. So my sophomore year actually transferred here to UNLV as a nutrition science student. So from there, I got highly involved in different student organizations, got highly involved in the Residence Hall Association and all the other things that housing had to offer. And eventually, year after year, I got more involved and fell in love with it, and I wanted to go to grad school for Student Affairs and make it a profession. Wow,

Dr. Sammie Scales 1:41
that's excellent. So over in housing, we have a great team. Over in housing, I'm, you know, transitioning over into housing full time myself. So can you tell tell us, what are the most common reason that students choose to live on campus instead of living off campus? Yeah, definitely

Lisamarie Tomassetti 1:58
one of the most common reasons is the convenience factor. I'd say when I lived on campus, everything was just right then and there. I could literally leave my room and be at the library in two minutes if I needed to to write a paper. It's also great for entertainment and such. You have a lot of programs that come into the halls. You have a lot of programs happening out of the hall. So there's always something going on. So you're you're really never alone. Yeah,

Dr. Sammie Scales 2:25
you're always surrounded by people, though, you know, and not you know, as you were speaking, I was thinking, living on campus versus living off campus, you know, of course, there's great things happening here on campus. You're already surrounded by your peers, people your age, living out in the city here, you know you're living with amongst everyone else, and your you know your security may not be as tight as it would be if you were here on campus. So there's always excellent reasons for living here on campus. What are some of the resources and programs that are available to help students transition into Residence Life smoothly, especially when they're coming from straight from high school and living with mom and dad? So how do you deal with that portion of it.

Lisamarie Tomassetti 3:02
So there's a lot of different programming implemented for students. When they first get here, they are required to go through what we call rebel ready week. So that's introducing them to different campus resources and programming and different departments that are going to be critical for them. While they're at UNLV. We also play a role in that, where we host a Jamboree, we have our Residence Hall Association throw a big block party. Our resident assistants are doing programming and floor meetings all throughout the week. So when the when the residents are here that first week before school, they're really getting a good snapshot of what you UNLV has to offer.

Dr. Sammie Scales 3:39
Wow. And all of these programs that you mentioned, are they all free for students? Yeah, all

Lisamarie Tomassetti 3:43
free for residential students. It comes out of their housing Okay,

Dr. Sammie Scales 3:47
so they paid for this already, so it may as well take advantage of it. Okay, so how does living on campus contribute to students academic success and personal growth?

Lisamarie Tomassetti 3:57
They're around academics all the time, whether they need to get to the library or, you know, even walking downstairs, there'll be posters or something. We do a really good job with having our RAS do passive boards on different topics that they may need to be educated on. So if they see, maybe it's Alcohol Awareness Month, they'll do an alcohol board showing different things for, you know, standard drinking sizes and such, but those are some of the educational things that they get. We also bring in tutors. We have professors who will come in and talk. There's a lot of different things. Oh,

Dr. Sammie Scales 4:32
that's excellent. So the what's the role of the RAs in all of this when students, especially when students are coming, you know, like, maybe from high school, into into into college. So, and the RA, I'm assuming, was a student prior to, you know, becoming an RA, you don't come from high school and come straight to being an RA,

Lisamarie Tomassetti 4:51
yeah. We require at least one semester at college under your belt before you become an

Dr. Sammie Scales 4:55
RA, yeah. Okay. And what's that? Do you have anything to do with that selection? Process. Are you guys currently looking for RAS? So I have you hired RAS? How does that work?

Lisamarie Tomassetti 5:04
Yeah, actually oversee the selection process. And right now we are in the final process of hiring our 2025, 2026, Resident Assistants. So those emails will actually be going out sometime this week. So some folks are gonna get some really happy emails about becoming Ra's for next year. Excellent.

Dr. Sammie Scales 5:22
Sounds great. So already preparing for next semester. Oh, yeah. We're ready. I'm excited, good as am I. What role do theme communities play in shaping the residential experience? And tell us about some of the theme floors that you have here at UNLV. I

Lisamarie Tomassetti 5:37
personally love the theme floors here. I've seen them grow tremendously since I've been a student. We have a lot of academic based floors like engineering, fine arts and honors, those are located in Tonopah, and then we have some identity based floors in South complex, which are Howell town Stonewall suites, and our first year experience floor. And I think some of the best things about those floors is it brings the resources into the students, so the students don't have to go that far. We have staff who come in. We have different programs that are going on based on those things. So we're actually looking at expanding our first year experience

Dr. Sammie Scales 6:15
Hall. So wow, yeah, so making it more than one floor, yeah, we want

Lisamarie Tomassetti 6:19
all first year students to be part of that first year experience. Oh,

Dr. Sammie Scales 6:22
wow. That experience? Oh, wow. That is excellent. And you know, the one thing that I like about the theme floors, because, of course, I see the theme floors, is when you get off the elevator, you know exactly where you are, because it introduces you to that floor even before you walk onto the floor. When you get off the elevator, it hits you and you know exactly where you

Lisamarie Tomassetti 6:38
are. I absolutely love the branding that we were able to do for those lawyers. Yeah, it's fantastic.

Dr. Sammie Scales 6:43
I really love it. How does on campus living encourage students to student involvement in leadership and opportunities?

Lisamarie Tomassetti 6:50
Yeah, on campus, a lot of the different organizations they market to the residence halls, so they will put a lot of flyers in the hall so students will see those opportunities. I'm also the person who may send out some emails about, you know, different orgs wanting to get people involved. But it's so great, because a lot of times, you know, a student will get done with class at maybe, you know, four o'clock in the afternoon, but they have some sort of organization meeting at nine o'clock at night. They don't want to go home, because that's, you know, another commute. They really don't want to sit at the library, maybe they don't have that much studying to do, so in that case, they can just go back to their room and, you know, do whatever they want. So it's that convenience factor, again, but it's also, you know, living on campus, you're just always surrounded by leadership. I

Dr. Sammie Scales 7:35
think, yeah. And I think that points also back to, you know, one of my very first question was, what are some of the benefits of living on campus versus living off campus? So one of those benefits is, just like you mentioned. You know, if you get out of class at four o'clock and you have a meeting at nine or 830 you don't have to drive out into into town, drive into your apartment, you just walk right across campus to your dorm, and you're there, and you get up and you go to your meeting, whatever.

Lisamarie Tomassetti 8:00
Yeah, I remember waking up at 820 for 830 classes and running across campus.

Dr. Sammie Scales 8:04
I think we all remember those days. So what are some of the community events and activities that are planned for the residents over in the residence hall? Can you speak to that at all? Yeah,

Lisamarie Tomassetti 8:14
there's so many different activities that go on our RAs are responsible for doing floor programming so that's more individualized. They do, like pizza nights, make your own tote bags, movie nights, all these different things. And then we have RHA, who's in charge of more large scale programming for the halls. We've also had RAS combined with our RAs and RHA to do programming. So we've had a paina, which it was our Hawaiian Pacific Island get together. We just hosted thrift and thrive, which was our pop up thrift shop that was free for everyone. And we're actually getting ready to host an undie run in the next couple weeks. Oh, wow, that sounds great. Yeah. Something going on,

Dr. Sammie Scales 8:58
yeah. Sound like it really is. I remember here recently, there was a aroma therapy going on over in Stonewall. And the great thing about that, sitting back, taking a look at that, is students from all different floors came over to take part in that. So, you know, there's opportunities for all of the floors to co mingle together and enjoy and have a great time. So absolutely, and that's another way of you know, another benefit of living in housing is you get to make new friends also along the way, so that's always a plus. So how does residential housing support diversity, inclusivity among students?

Lisamarie Tomassetti 9:31
Yeah, I think that goes back to what we do with our programming. We're very intentional with our programming, and we do a lot of research on what our students want to see and how we can benefit students of different identities and identities and backgrounds. Through our programming, we make sure we're extremely accessible and following any kind of guidance that we may receive in terms of more of the diversity aspect we have the different thematic and identity based floors, which we put a lot of effort in. To those as well,

Dr. Sammie Scales 10:00
and just so that some of the students that may be listening just because this floor is listed as maybe Stonewall or howelltown or FYE or engineering, you don't have to be identified in that group in order to live on that floor. This floor is open for all the students. So just want to make sure we make that clear. Also, let's shift gears here a little bit and talk about some of the dining conveniences. What dining options are available to students living in residential housing, and how do they pay for their food? Does it come along with the package? A package? How does that portion work? Yeah,

Lisamarie Tomassetti 10:31
so part of their housing is the required meal plan. There's a couple of different options they can choose from. Some have more swipes. Some have more dining dollars. It really depends on which meal they choose. Standard, I believe, is 14 swipes, or 14 meals a week. They get to choose it when they choose their room, and it can be covered with their financial aid. Wow.

Dr. Sammie Scales 10:54
So is that for all students, or is that a must for freshmen? Do sophomores? Do a junior senior? Yeah.

Lisamarie Tomassetti 11:01
So if you're living on campus, you must have a meal plan. But if you're just a student who doesn't live on campus, you can still get a meal plan too.

Dr. Sammie Scales 11:08
Oh, okay, that's good to know. I didn't know that part. Yeah. So what meals are mandatory for resident and what flexibility does students have with dining the dining choices? Let's talk a little bit more about that. So is there anything that's required that they have

Lisamarie Tomassetti 11:22
no not the meal plan itself is the requirement, but using it isn't. They have tons of different options, where they can go to the dining commons and swipe in the pod by the dining commons is now open 24/7 so they have that 24 hour access to food if they need it. And then, of course, all the options at the Student Union.

Dr. Sammie Scales 11:41
Oh, okay, that's fantastic. So it's kind of like having a private 711 almost on campus, almost Wow, that's good. Good to know that. So how do RAS that? We're switching gears here again. How do RAs and leadership councils support students well being and success

Lisamarie Tomassetti 11:58
when students first come we really have the RAS and leadership councils try to form those bonds with them right away, to build that rapport. So over the next couple weeks, they really, you know, have those friendships, they feel comfortable, they feel confident, and it definitely leads to their success. I'd say there's a lot going on with the RAS and very intentional of how they work with their residents.

Dr. Sammie Scales 12:25
Okay, fantastic. So what are some of the mental health and counseling resources available to students over in the dorms? Yeah, so

Lisamarie Tomassetti 12:34
your standard ones, like caps and I believe it's cicfc, but we also have, we've had, sorry, we've had caps come in, and we've had different counselors in the halls before, so if students needed to, they could come down for those resources. Now, our professional staff is really geared towards, you know, if there is a mental health crisis or anything going on, even something small, we'll just walk the student over to caps as well. So we're all pretty well equipped to do that. Okay,

Dr. Sammie Scales 13:05
fantastic. Now let's go off the grid here a little bit. If money was not an issue at all, what would you like to see for housing?

Lisamarie Tomassetti 13:15
Money was not an issue? I would definitely say a little bit more modernized, fixing up the elevators, a little doing kind of following what the students are really asking for at this point, which is the elevators, and definitely seeing a little bit more programming. I'd say the space we have is kind of minimal, so if we had a little bit more, like indoor space, we could probably do a lot more and

Dr. Sammie Scales 13:41
maybe building new dorms here on campus. Oh, yeah. Okay, cool, cool. So what is, what's some of the best advice that you can offer students? Because we're at that time now, are we getting close to that time, whereas students need to start selecting rooms for next semester, and you know? So what's your advice on that for students?

Lisamarie Tomassetti 14:00
Yeah, so students actually were able to select their room a couple weeks ago with our priority Room Selection, they were given numbers and a line, and they were able to select their room that way. And basically the best advice is to know what you want and come in knowing what you want.

Dr. Sammie Scales 14:21
Yeah, okay. What about those students that want to return, you know, and want to keep the same roommate that they had? Is there any any space or any way in that where students can keep the same roommate that they had,

Lisamarie Tomassetti 14:32
absolutely if both roommates agree to it, then if a returning resident would like to stay in that same room or have that same roommate, that's also part of the renewal process. Okay,

Dr. Sammie Scales 14:42
fantastic. We're gonna shift gears here now and talk about a little safety and security here. What security measures are in place to ensure that, you know, and this like a question that a parent would ask, what security measures are in place to make sure that my child's safety is is priority in the residence hall? Yeah. Yeah, so

Lisamarie Tomassetti 15:00
we have student security that is on basically duty from, I believe, seven o'clock at night to about two in the morning. Those times do shift, but they are on duty and they sit in front of the res halls and kind of monitor who comes in and who goes out by looking at rebel cards and confirming that people are residents. If they do have a guest, then we have them enroll their guests pretty much in our system, so that we have record that their guest is on campus with us, and our RAS also do rounds multiple times a night, so they're constantly walking the buildings and making sure everything is up to par. There's no one in there that shouldn't be in there. All the facilities are working the right way. So we have, we have a couple different

Dr. Sammie Scales 15:45
countries. So if something comes up where one of the security students can't handle it, what was the instruction then, for that, for that incident, yeah.

Lisamarie Tomassetti 15:55
So if security needs help, they call up to what we call the coordinator on call, which is a professional staff member who's also on duty, and they would be able to handle whatever situations there, whether that's solving it themselves or figuring out the right chain of command. Oh,

Dr. Sammie Scales 16:13
okay, sounds great. So what are the resident or the RAS and staff available? 24/7 to assist students in case of emergency there there is someone available. Oh yeah,

Lisamarie Tomassetti 16:23
during business hours, they can go to the front desk, or after hours, they can call the RA on duty.

Dr. Sammie Scales 16:28
Okay? And we're going to talk to you a little bit now about health and well being, what mental health and wellness resources are available for students living on campus? And we kind of sort of touched on this. And I know you spoke about caps. Is it often that you and it's also important that you have relationships with different departments here on campus, is it often that you have to reach out to cap caps for students in need?

Lisamarie Tomassetti 16:50
When I was in RLC a few years ago, I oversaw the building, and I was a little bit more connected with the residents on that regard. So I have had to walk some students over to caps that I thought needed it, and they've been very thankful for it. In my new role, I haven't had to do that much off duty, but when I'm on call, there are some times where caps is closed and we need to follow different protocol,

Dr. Sammie Scales 17:17
and that cap service is free for students as well absolutely pay for with the tuition, their tuition, all right, so they may as well take advantage of that. So let's talk about academic and social life here. What types of study space and academic resources are available within the residence hall for the students? Yeah, so

Lisamarie Tomassetti 17:33
we have tutors who are in the res halls. Students can do online appointments with them or go talk to them in person. We also have career counseling that's been coming into the halls of to help students with their resumes and getting them ready for internships and, you know, graduating and all that. And as far as socializing, there's just so many social programs going on between the RAS and RHA and other organizations that come in,

Dr. Sammie Scales 18:01
okay, are there study rooms, and, let's say, like in Stonewall or howelltown FYE, are there study rooms for the students there? Yeah,

Lisamarie Tomassetti 18:08
um, Every floor has its own study room. And our thematic communities actually have kind of personalized study rooms that go along with the theme. So the fine arts floor actually has a little dance floor in there. And, you know, a chalkboard with the music, scales and whatnot. Engineering has a wonderful little computer lab. And you know how old town is decorated with just all these posters, and it's, it's really great.

Dr. Sammie Scales 18:36
Wow, fantastic. How long have you been in housing, though? Um,

Lisamarie Tomassetti 18:42
I don't know, maybe 10 years. Oh, wow. Uh, professionally, about three years, though. Oh,

Dr. Sammie Scales 18:46
but, but total, about 10. About 10. Wow. That's a long time. And did you intend? Because I think earlier you said you was a nutrition student, so did you ended? Did you want to end up in housing, or it's just happened by flu? Yeah, actually,

Lisamarie Tomassetti 19:00
I wanted to be a registered dietitian working with college students, specifically with eating disorders, but I just fell in love with housing, and I kind of went the opposite direction. So I still got to work with students, but just in a totally different capacity. Okay,

Dr. Sammie Scales 19:14
fantastic. Let's ask some of those small questions that students may have that are listening, even those that are still in high school right now that may tune into this. How does laundry work when it comes to students doing their laundry, picking up mail or package deliveries while living here in the dorm? How does that work? So if a student's parent, because I ran into one student that's from Chicago, actually, so if a student from, let's say that's here, from Chicago, parents send a package, how would that student end up receiving that package? Yeah,

Lisamarie Tomassetti 19:42
so our mail system works, where our mail clerks basically process a package and then they are delivered to what we call our mail walkers. They are really nice. They're branded, so they're red and you can't miss them, and they say. Complex on it, but all the student has to do is scan a little QR code that the mail clerks will email them once they get a package, they scan that QR code, and then the mail locker just pops open and they get their

Dr. Sammie Scales 20:12
package. Oh, wow. So is that something similar to like Amazon?

Lisamarie Tomassetti 20:15
Yes, it's actually just like the Amazon lockers. Oh, okay,

Dr. Sammie Scales 20:19
sounds good. So, and when it comes to laundry, how does that work? Do they have to go off campus to do laundry? Definitely, they have to have a bunch of a handful of quarters. How does that portion

Lisamarie Tomassetti 20:28
work? No. So laundry is free here, and every complex has its own laundry facility. Some some floors have it on every floor. Some complexes, like South have it in a different building. Some have it just on the bottom floor. So it depends on where you live, but laundry is free. Okay,

Dr. Sammie Scales 20:47
sounds great. So we've covered the question, if money wasn't an issue, what would you like to see for housing? So now I want to ask you this, what's your absolute best advice for students, new students, that's coming from high school into the university, what should they expect when living on campus? Could you walk us through that? What to expect?

Lisamarie Tomassetti 21:11
Yeah, um, coming in, I would definitely, um, expect to be welcomed with, you know, our jamboree and the RA is planning all their programs and everything that's, you know, that's my hope from the back end. So I would hope that they would get involved with that and see all the programming that people do. Really getting involved is my best advice to any student coming in, because if I didn't get involved, I don't think I'd be sitting in this chair right now. I think I'd be doing something totally different. But being involved helped me get to where I am. So definitely, wow. Early involvement is definitely. Early involvement is so important, yeah,

Dr. Sammie Scales 21:46
so when students are coming from from high school into UNLV, what should they bring with them, physically? So they their parents have come and make sure that they have the room. What should those students actually bring their first semester to make that adjustment.

Lisamarie Tomassetti 22:01
Yeah, they're gonna need their typical bedding, clothing. We have a whole list of items a do bring and do not bring on our website that they can refer to. So they usually have a lot of questions about like coffee pots and air fryer. So we list all that on the website.

Dr. Sammie Scales 22:17
Okay, wow, are they allowed to bring their pets? No,

Lisamarie Tomassetti 22:21
if you have a goldfish, you can bring your goldfish, but if you do have an emotional support animal, you would have to get that registered through the DRC before bringing it to your room. Wow. Okay,

Dr. Sammie Scales 22:31
sounds great. So what's happening? What's the latest with that's happening in housing today?

Lisamarie Tomassetti 22:36
Today, I am getting ready to actually give out a scooter to a winner of one of our RHA events. They donated a bunch of clothes, and we did a raffle, and whoever we pulled won a scooter.

Dr. Sammie Scales 22:52
Wow. And what's that scooter value? That value down 200 so you guys always have really good prizes like that for students that's attending events. Yeah,

Lisamarie Tomassetti 23:01
we're actually looking at doing another bingo event, where we're looking at giving away a TV, a Nintendo Switch and some Dining Dollars. Wow,

Dr. Sammie Scales 23:07
that is excellent. So it's definitely worth getting involved. Always being involved here on campus, you know, and getting involved also leads to better grades and, you know, in school, and, you know, make them have that sense of belonging as well, which is something that we want to make sure that we foster in students. I know there's a mocha event coming up, also men of color Alliance events that's coming up. So we want to make sure that the men of color, you know, whether they live in any dorms, out of the dorms, off campus, want to make sure that they attend those events as well. I know about a meeting coming up tomorrow with the how Tom students, which the meeting would have taken place by the time this air on Sunday. But if students have an issue, let's talk about that. Who should they actually come to first?

Lisamarie Tomassetti 23:49
I would always say, start with your RA. They're going to be the best point of knowledge, really, because they have all these resources that they know, that they can direct you into the right place. Yeah,

Dr. Sammie Scales 23:58
okay. Are they ever allowed to just come to let's say, like you've been a coordinator. Are they ever allowed to just come to you and start talking to you about an issue that they have?

Lisamarie Tomassetti 24:08
Oh, absolutely. I have an open door policy. Ever since I was a Res Life Coordinator, even now is working in res education. I have that open door policy. So if anyone ever wants to talk, even if I don't advise you, like, come on in. We'll chat.

Dr. Sammie Scales 24:23
Okay? And speaking about housing, I know we talked about one of the perks of living in housing, and you know, everything is just right there at the fingertips, and it's convenient by living on campus. Is there anything else that stands out that you know a student may not know incoming that they can take advantage of living in housing,

Lisamarie Tomassetti 24:43
um, I mean, it's kind of like you said, they do get that increased sense of belonging that I'd say so those like invisible things that we don't normally think about, yes, um, but the programming, the amenities, the the prizes, we. About the trips we take them on, I think all those are just really key selling points to their residents, and everything

Dr. Sammie Scales 25:05
is taken care of. So when you speak about these events and trips and that kind of thing, these are things that's already paid for for students, so they may as well take advantage. We

Lisamarie Tomassetti 25:13
took 50 students to Disneyland last semester, and all they had to do was put a small deposit bond that they got back after the trip.

Dr. Sammie Scales 25:20
Wow. Excellent. So when it comes to the academic portion, the housing is developing relationships with different departments and especially the faculty staff that's here on campus in order to have those professors come over to speak with their students.

Lisamarie Tomassetti 25:34
Yeah, we're definitely trying to get more faculty involved with our on campus population. That

Dr. Sammie Scales 25:39
sounds great. Sounds great. So let's talk one more time about what you would like to see for housing after we get ready to bring this to a close. And I really mentioned a brand new building. You mentioned more modern and updates to the existing buildings, including the elevators? Anything else? Yeah,

Lisamarie Tomassetti 25:59
I think, like I said, space, like my students, who I advise, they they love doing large scale events, but they don't always like to be outside, and because they're residential events, we like to keep them in the halls. So definitely space. But I would like to see more collaboration from different departments coming in, that collaboration and also that recognition. You know, there's always a lot going on that people don't necessarily see. So just

Dr. Sammie Scales 26:27
isn't there some type of a ball or a banquet that's coming up for that housing house? When is that? Yeah,

Lisamarie Tomassetti 26:33
so I believe it's April 29 it's for our resident assistants, our student security, our RHA and our housing operations students. So all of the students who work for hrl are invited to an end of year banquet where we kind of just, you know, celebrate them. This year we're doing a game show theme, so we may be playing Family Feud or, like, doing a little monopoly. We don't really know yet, but it's really to celebrate them and also give out some of the Year awards.

Dr. Sammie Scales 26:58
Man, that's excellent. So you guys over there actually doing more than just saying, Hey, this is your room. That's where you're going to be sleeping while you're Yeah. So you're doing a lot more than that. So housing isn't like it was in the 80s or 90s. So housing has changed so very much, definitely, yeah, and I noticed on campus here, and when we spoke about security as well, we have yellow shirt securities walking around as well, and in order to gain access to some of the housing facilities, you have to have your ID card to get bused in that way. Yeah, yeah. So there's things here on campus that's been put in place, and hopefully the students feel safe, and if they have any issues, they know who to go to. And you know, it's always important to make sure that when the portal opens to claim your rooms, that they get on that real quick, definitely, so they can have a place to stay. You don't be do you ever come into a situation where you got so many students that you don't have enough housing for them?

Lisamarie Tomassetti 27:53
It has happened in the past, but we've had partnerships with like, different hotels around where we've been able to still house those students. Okay,

Dr. Sammie Scales 28:01
excellent. Actually, in the school, do the school take care of that Portsmouth? Okay? Fantastic. Anything else in closing that you would like to say, No,

Lisamarie Tomassetti 28:08
I just really appreciate the opportunity of coming on again and being able to talk about housing. Absolutely.

Dr. Sammie Scales 28:13
I think that's one of the things that you know students should always indulge in, is knowing what's happening and what's current in housing, because this is where you live. This is your home away from home for the next four to five years, and in some student cases, six, depending on what your major is. So absolutely, definitely want to know what's happening in housing. And I've seen some really nice facilities here on campus. There's nice housing around campus also, but even if you have really nice housing and the theme floors that we spoke of, such as how town such as FYE, such as Stonewall, they have new wraps throughout the facility, new carpet throughout the facility. And I noticed that they had new sofas and chairs and tables and all of this stuff that came in. So it looked like a new place on the inside. Yeah,

Lisamarie Tomassetti 29:01
we just got all brand new furniture. So it's, it's really looking clean in there. Yeah,

Dr. Sammie Scales 29:04
it really looks good. So I'm happy for that. I'm happy for the students, and you know, hopefully they can feel more at ease and at home and enjoy the surrounding as they study in the study or even in the study rooms. There are new furniture in the study rooms there also. So just want to make sure they're able to take care of that. So with that being said, Lisa Marie, thank you so very much for coming to coming back to the podcast again to speak with us, and we definitely, you know, we keep an open door policy. Anytime you want to come back, just let me know. Happy to have you come back. Thank you so much, Lisa, thank you. I appreciate it. Okay, and that's wrap for

Dr. Renee Watson 29:42
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