ATLANTA - Student life is changing on Oglethorpe’s campus. The university will break ground on two new apartment-style residence halls on August 4 at 4:00 p.m. This construction represents the third and fourth new residence halls for Oglethorpe in two years.

The new $10 million, 148-bed residence halls will have a traditional granite façade to match Oglethorpe’s unique Collegiate Gothic style. Each suite will include four private bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room and kitchen area. With the opening of these two new residence halls, Oglethorpe has just fewer than 650 beds on campus.

“Oglethorpe’s enrollment and residential demand has consistently increased over the last two years and we expect another increase this fall. These new buildings will fulfill our growing need,” said university President Lawrence M. Schall.

Oglethorpe students, alumni, faculty, staff and trustees will celebrate this addition by building ice cream sundaes and banana splits at the site of the new buildings. The event is hosted by Belle Turner Lynch ’61, Chair of the Board of Trustees, and Lawrence M. Schall, President. Treats will be provided by Oglethorpe neighbor Greenwood Ice Cream Company.

The buildings are being designed by Gardner Spencer Smith Tench and Hensley, P.C. and construction will begin on August 1, 2006, by Juneau Construction Company. The buildings will be completed in time for fall 2007 student move-in.