Graduate students may live in any upperclass residence hall. Most
graduate students reside in one of three buildings: Ryors Hall, Wray
House, or Ewing House. Ryors, on the West Green, is designated for
graduate students and students over the age of 21. Wray and Ewing, on
New South Green, are both designated as quiet study buildings. All
three buildings are coed with double and single rooms. Ryors has a
limited number of singles, with the majority of space available in
double rooms. Wray and Ewing have a greater percentage of single
rooms, with the remainder of the space being doubles. Double rooms on
the New South Green provide more living space than doubles on the
other greens and have a higher per-quarter room charge. Wray House is
an air-conditioned building; a quarterly AC surcharge is added to the
room charge.
Ryors Hall is especially convenient for students in the Colleges of
Business Administration, Engineering and Technology, Health and Human
Services, Osteopathic Medicine, and many departments in the College
of Arts and Sciences.
Wray and Ewing are located close to the Colleges of Education and
Fine Arts and the Departments of Mathematics, Chemistry, and Physics
and Astronomy. The buildings present a unique living arrangement with
12 to 18 people sharing a common lounge, and two or three hallways
designated for six people in a combination of single and double
rooms.
While graduate students are not required to live in university
housing, many do take advantage of our facilities. All university
residence hall contracts are binding for the entire academic year
(fall, winter, and spring quarters), unless you graduate or leave
Ohio University.
Four basic meal plans are offered to help meet a variety of needs. You do not have to live on campus to participate in one of the meal plans, but may purchase any of the plans as an off-campus student. The 7-meal plan is the least expensive and is for light eaters or those who anticipate eating most of their meals off campus. The 14-meal plan allows you to select any 14 meals during a seven-day period and is a good choice if you tend to spend your weekends away from campus or prefer two meals a day. The 20-meal plan allows you to eat all meals served during a seven-day period. The most economical of the meal plans, it is preferred by those who eat almost exclusively on campus, athletes, and hearty eaters. The Green Card is for those who want 20 meals a week and don't want to forfeit the value of a meal that they may miss or skip. Unlike the 20-meal plan, the Green Card allows you to use missed meal credits, either by taking a friend to the dining hall or by getting items from one of the snack bars. This plan may be shared with another student. For the 7-, 14- and 20-meal plans, weekly missed meals are forfeited; the plans are not transferable. All university food service contracts are binding for the entire academic year for on-campus students. Off-campus students may purchase a quarterly meal plan contract.
Ohio University has two apartment complexes rented primarily to
married students, single parents with children, and single graduate
students. The Wolfe Street Apartments are located on the southeast
corner of the main campus, near Clippinger Laboratories. Fifty-two
units are available in a two-story brick building: 38 one-bedroom
units, eight bedroom/nurseries, four efficiencies, and two
two-bedroom units. The Mill Street Apartments are six blocks
northeast of the main campus, adjacent to the intramural fields.
Sixty-six one-bedroom apartments are housed in a six-story building
with elevator service. Each of the 127 two-bedroom apartments is
housed in 12 smaller buildings with direct access to the outdoors.
Outdoor parking facilities, coin-operated laundries, and a fenced
playground area for children are located in both complexes.
All Wolfe Street apartments are furnished; Mill Street apartments may
be rented either furnished or unfurnished. Furnishings in the
apartments do not include linens, bedding, dishes, lamps, or rugs.
Both furnished and unfurnished apartments are equipped with an
electric range, refrigerator, and miniblinds. All utilities are
included in the monthly rent, including monthly television cable
service. A telephone outlet is provided in each unit with local
service provided by General Telephone Company of Ohio, but the cost
of phone service is not included in the rent. Air conditioners are
permitted with an additional installation and electricity surcharge
fee. All guidelines established by the university regarding air
conditioner usage must be followed.
We try to provide graduate students with housing at a nominal cost
during the breaks between the fall and winter quarters and the winter
and spring quarters, when most residence halls are closed. Although
such housing may be in your permanently assigned hall, you may have
to make a temporary change of residence.
Please note that there is a period of about 40 days-from Thanksgiving
through New Year's Day-when Ohio University is not in session. You
should plan to have sufficient funds to cover living expenses for
this period. Food service will not be available on campus, and meal
costs in local restaurants will be considerably more than the per-day
cost of a regular board plan.
If you have questions about the residence halls or want information
concerning the university apartments, contact Housing, Chubb Hall 60,
Athens OH 45701, telephone 740-593-4090.
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