The first class of University of Denver students to call the Dimond Family Residential Village home are now moved in. On Monday, the doors opened on the new first-year residential hall, the first of three buildings to open this academic year under DU’s Denver Advantage Campus Framework Plan.
The residential village has more than 250 rooms, which, at capacity, can house more than 500 students. Dimond has six different “houses,” all named after different species of trees - aspen, blue spruce, cottonwood, dogwood, elm and Douglas fir. The houses were created to form cohorts of students - a concept known to contribute to their long-term success while in college. The building is also divided into 21 different pods, each containing more than 20 rooms and a lounge. An additional dozen common and study spaces are scattered throughout the hall, and the Village Kitchen is located on the ground floor.
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