Azad
An expression of freedom, choice, voice, and liberation.
Azad means free in Persian, Hindi, Bengali, and Kurdish. In Farsi and Urdu the word for free is Azadi and takes root in many forms. In Turkish and Armenian, Azat.
Azad Hall is a nine-story building with both apartment and residential hall style living spaces, housing around 200 residents. This building will be adjacent to Eighth's Zen Garden. Amenities include wireless internet, community kitchens, study spaces, and laundry facilities.
The Apartment layout plans for Azad can be found here:
Podemos
We can. We are able.
Podemos Hall is a sixteen-story building which accommodates approximately 350 residents. Each apartment is designed to house anywhere between 9 -12 residents. The first two floors of the buildings hold our Academic offices and classrooms. Amenities include wireless internet, study lounges and laundry facilities on every odd numbered floor.
Layouts coming soon!
Pulse
A Heartbeat.
The intersection of multiple stories.
The rhythm, of music that connects to the body.
A place to dance and find community. A memorial
Pulse brings ideas of heart, love, dance, and music. It's an inclusive rhythms that connects groups that don't speak the same language through rhythm built into the body. Among it's stories is an honoring of LGBTIA+ and intersectional communities.
Pulse Hall is a ten-story building with both apartment and residential hall style living spaces that houses around 400 residents. Pulse Hall will be home to a fitness center and a rooftop Deck available for residents use. Amenities include wireless internet, community kitchens, study spaces and laundry facilities.
The Apartment layout plans for Pulse can be found here:
Sankofa
A Twi word from the Akan Tribe of Ghana that encourages learning from the past to inform the future, reaching back to move forward, and lifting as we climb.
Sankofa Hall is a twenty-one story building which accommodates approximately 700 students. The building holds both apartment and residential hall style living spaces. A large central laundry room that services the residents of the first nine floors may be found on the first floor of the building. Starting on the tenth floor, there will be a laundry room found on every other floor. Amenities include wireless internet, study lounges, community kitchens, central laundry facilities, and Bike Racks in Residential Hall Units.
The Apartment layout plans for Sankofa can be found here:
Survivance
A term originating from Native American Studies. A combination of Survival and Resistance.
Surviance is a powerful name and act of recognition for Native communities. Survivance connects with Eighth College's mission and culture as an invitation to a conversation.
Survivance is a eleven-story building with both apartment and residential hall style living spaces that houses around 400 residents. The first floor of this building will have a lobby and offices. The residential spaces in this building will be found between the third and tenth floor. The eleventh floor will house a conference center for Eighth College. Amenities include wireless internet, community kitchens, study spaces and laundry facilities.
The Apartment layout plans for Survivace can be found here:
Amenities
- Fitness Center
- Zen Garden/Meditation Pavilion
- Game Room
- Commuter Lounge
- Community Demonstration Kitchen
- Mail Room
- Amazon Hub
- Hospitality Information Desk