The University gate at University and Jefferson avenues welcomes campus visitors to the Jefferson Residence Halls, opened in 2002, on the former site of tennis courts.
The $39 million complex consists of suite-style accommodations for 580 beds. Most suites consist of two double bedrooms, a private bathroom, a common living area and a combined microwave/refrigerator unit. Students can sign a year-around lease and stay on campus through the breaks rather than packing and moving each quarter.
The complex has two interconnected buildings, Schneider Hall and Turner Hall, named in honor of engineering Dean Herman Schneider, who founded co-op education at UC in 1906, and Darwin Turner, UC's youngest graduate. (Turner earned his bachelor's degree in 1947 at age 16 and is considered a leading writer, editor and critic of African American literature.)
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