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APARTMENT GUIDE MONDAY, APRIL 19, 2010 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN KANSAN.COM
Stouffer Place offers sense of community
BY SARAH PLAKE editor@kansan.com
Jennifer Wamelink, Associate Director of Housing, says that Stouffer Place, located at 1603 W.15th Street, is an apartment complex that fosters a sense of community, friendship, and belonging in the neighborhood.
This sense of community is what keeps people coming back year after year.
There are mostly international students with families who live there, and it is like "a snapshot of the world." according to Wamelink.
Just southwest of Allen Fieldhouse, Stouffer Place is right on campus, something that is a benefit for the graduate students, married couples with families, and post-doctoral researchers who occupy the 283 apartments on site.
Stouffer Place offers one, two, and three bedroom apartments, but the two and three bedroom units are reserved only for those families with children.
Those are also renovated and have central air, while the one bedroom apartments are not.
Since many of the families living there have kids, there are multiple playgrounds on
A resident can provide his or her own window air conditioning unit.
SRIHARSHA POTHAPRAGADA Graduate Student
They are unfurnished and utilities are not included in the contract. However, the rates of Stouffer Place are highly competitive with those of other apartment complexes around the area.
"The rent is reasonable for graduate students," says Sriharsha Pothapragada, who has been living at Stouffer Place for almost a year. "It is good graduate student housing close to campus, and the networking connections are huge for me."
The benefits that students get back from Stouffer Place are what make Stouffer Place such a desirable place to live for non-traditional students.
the complex and Hilltop Child Development Center is right next door off of 16th Street.
"It is good graduate student housing close to campus, and the networking connections are huge for me."
Many of the children that live there attend Hillcrest Elementary, "which has a strong international focus," says Wamelink.
Other amenities include 24-hour laundry rooms with coin- or smartcard-oper-
It is like "a snapshot of the world."
JENNIFER WAMELINK Associate Director of Housing
ated machines, parking a refrigerator and gas or electric stove, tile bathrooms with a shower, and an on-site maintenance staff according to the Department of Student Housing's website.
Residents can also sign up for a garden plot, and there is a community center where residents can gather.
There are international dinners that feature the cuisine from one certain country, and last year Stouffer Place held a music festival in which the children could perform
Wamelink says that Stouffer Place focuses on
These programs allow the residents to participate in the many cultures that are within the complex.
the international nature of the neighborhood through special programs.
Wamelink says that the experience Student Housing wants for the residents of Stouffer Place is to have a student focused experience, find a contract with the student academic calendar, and live in an open and accepting, diverse com-
The contract of Stouffer Place extends from July 1 to June 30 with a non-refundable application fee of $35.
traditional music of their country.
"There's a lot going on," Pothapragada savs.
munity of students with the support of university staff operating nearby.
Edited by Kelly Gibson