August 17, 2000

Contact: Lynn Bretz, University Relations, (785) 864-3256.

Editors note: KU maps are available on request.For Amini Hall, media may park in a blue-zoned lot across the street from the Kansas Union on Jayhawk Blvd., a block west of Louisiana. The 1300 block of Louisiana is one-way and must be entered from 14th St.

Chancellor to help students move into scholarship hall

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LAWRENCE - University of Kansas Chancellor Robert Hemenway will help residents of KU's newest scholarship hall move in between 9 and 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 19, at Margaret Amini Hall, 1312 Louisiana St.

Campus residences open Saturday, Aug. 19, and classes begin Thursday, Aug. 24. The return of students to campus marks the start of Hawk Week.

For the past three years, Chancellor Hemenway and other university administrators have helped students move into campus residences before the fall semester begins. This year, KU administrators are getting some help from KU's football team and from United Parcel Service employees.

Football team members will be helping at McCollum, Ellsworth, Hashinger, Lewis and Templin residence halls, all on Engel Road, from 1 to 3 p.m.

A crew of 25 UPS employees be helping with the move-in at Oliver Hall, 1815 Naismith Drive, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. UPS is volunteering to help with move-in day as a part of the firm's community partnership with KU. UPS is also providing a "relaxation tent" with misting fans and refreshments on the Oliver Hall lawn.

AMINI FACTS

  • KU is one of only a few public universities with scholarship halls.
  • Koli "K.K." and Margaret Amini, both KU alumni from San Antonio, provided $1.5 million for the construction of the new hall - an architectural twin of and adjacent to K.K. Amini Hall, 1318 Louisiana. Margaret Amini Hall is a women's residence and K.K. Amini, which opened in 1992, is a men's residence.
  • The Aminis have contributed a total of $2.5 million for the construction of the two scholarship halls at KU. Margaret Wenski Amini, a Kansas City, Kan., native, received a bachelor's degree in journalism in 1946. K.K. Amini received a bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering in 1949. As an undergraduate, K.K. Amini was a resident of KU's Battenfeld Scholarship Hall, 1425 Alumni Place.
  • Total square feet (each Amini hall) = 16,600
  • Project costs (Margaret Amini Hall) = $2.9 million
  • Construction costs per square foot = $135 ($95, for men's in 1992)
  • Number of floors in each = 4
  • Living room = common space on first floor
  • Kitchen and dining rooms = common space on basement floor
  • Special features = four-person suites
  • Number of rooms in a suite = three rooms for living, sleeping and studying plus a bathroom and closets.

    SCHOLARSHIP HALL FACTS

  • Number of scholarship halls at KU = 10
  • Number of scholarship halls for men = 5
  • Number of scholarship halls for women = 5
  • Number of residents in each scholarship hall = 50
  • Board and room costs for a year = $2,794.00 (with exception of the two oldest scholarship halls for women, Watkins and Miller, where residents purchase and prepare their own food, and pay a room rate of $742 for the year).
  • Scholarship hall residency eligibility is determined by a combination of considerations, including demonstrated academic excellence, references, finanical need, responsibility and interest in extracurricular activities and willingness to share cooking and household community responsibilities.

    KU'S OTHER SCHOLARSHIP HALLS
    For women:

  • Watkins (opened in 1926), 1506 Lilac Lane
  • Miller (1937), 1518 Lilac Lane
  • Sellards (1951), 1443 Alumni Place
  • Douthart (1954), 1345 Louisiana St.
    For men:
  • Battenfeld (1940), 1425 Alumni Place
  • Pearson (1951), 1426 Alumni Place
  • Stephenson (1951), 1404 Alumni Place
  • Grace Pearson (1954), 1335 Louisiana St.

    RESIDENCE HALLS

  • McCollum, 1800 Engel Road (950 residents)
  • Ellsworth, 1734 Engel Road (650 residents)
  • Oliver, 1815 Naismith Drive (650 residents)
  • Gertrude Sellards Pearson, 500 W. 11th St. (430 residents)
  • Corbin, 420 W. 11th St. (320 residents)
  • Hashinger, 1632 Engel Road (320 residents)
  • Lewis, 1530 Engel Road, (280 residents)
  • Templin, 1515 Engel Road (280 residents)

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