Trinity Western University is growing. New university campaigns have led to increased enrolment from all over North America. To meet the rising demand for accommodations on campus, the university is pleased to announce it is building a new residence hall for the first time since 1992 that is set to open this September in time for the coming 2017-2018 school year.
The University has partnered with ATCO to design and build a three-storey building with westcoast-inspired design features. It will accommodate up to 132 students, helping to ease the congestion in some of the current residence halls and allow for more space to welcome new students to TWU.
“A sure sign of our university’s success is the addition of a new residence hall building to accommodate increased enrollment,” says TWU President Bob Kuhn. “Our growth in the past three years provides clear evidence that TWU offers students a unique and attractive blend of excellent education, sincerely caring faculty and staff, and vibrant student community in a beautiful setting – right where the mountains meet the Pacific Ocean in beautiful British Columbia.”
Accommodating a growing student population is a nice problem for a university to have, but an important one to solve. In recent years, the current 900 residence beds have been filled, and some double-occupancy rooms were converted into triple-occupancy rooms to meet demand, yet still some upper year students were turned away from on-campus housing.
“Thanks to this new residence hall, there is more room for students from local communities, across Canada and other countries to experience this extraordinary university,” says Kuhn.
Residence hall living is one of the highlights of Trinity Western University student life experience. Our campus residences are the starting place for our campus culture. They are where connections are made and life-long friendships begin.
With the addition of a new satellite campus in Richmond, B.C. last year to offer programs close to downtown Vancouver, and a new 132 bed residence hall on the main campus this year to meet student demand, the university is delivering on its commitment to meet demand and rising to the challenge of "inspiring hearts and minds.”