Family housing gives a helping hand to parents
A co-op day care is one
way the University tries
to ease the burden on
students with children
By Stefanie Knowlton
Oregon Daily Emerald
The rise in non-traditional stu
dents attending the University has
initiated a change in the way ad
ministration perceives student
housing. Family housing has be
come a significant part of student
housing at the University.
Unlike traditional student
housing, family housing is locat
ed in five off-campus sites:
Spencer View, Westmoreland,
Moon Court, Agate Apartments
and several vintage homes locat
ed east of campus. These 816 resi
dences cater specifically to the
needs of student parents.
“Students with children have
the hardest tiiife£wifh sdfiool," said
Frank Gaddini, director of Spencer
View and East Campus Housing.
“We at family housing try to make
it at least a little easier for them.”
Spencer View, the newest and
most innovative family housing
site, features on-site child care and
central playgrounds that are de
signed to be seen by every kitchen
window. These are just a few of the
strategies employed to make Uni
versity Housing parent-friendly.
“Family Housing at the Universi
ty of Oregon is one of the top pro
grams in the country,” Gaddini said.
One of the most essential con
siderations in family housing is
day care, a feature that makes the
Spencer View complex unique.
The complex uses cooperative
daycare.
Of the staff at the co-op, 96 per
cent are either students with work
study or parents. From washing
dishes to substituting in the class
room, parents are involved in the
day-to-day aspects of the co-op.
Parents also head the board of
directors, which makes final deci
sions in the way the co-op is being
run.
“This is an opportunity to be an
active part of your child's day,”
said Suzy Blanchard, director of
the Spencer View Co-op Center.
In addition, this program offers
parents an opportunity to save up
to 25 percent on their child care
bill in exchange for work done at
the co-op. This meets the goal out
lined by Gaddini of making life
easier for parents.
Blanchard also believes that the
work exchange develops a rela
tionship between the parents and
the co-op.
“People are attracted to this
program because it is about com
munity,” Blanchard said.
Similar programs at Oregon
State and Lane Community Col
lege have been based on this mod
el of day care.
The Housing office also offers
residents an opportunity to work.
“We use students to run the front
offices and maintenance,” Gaddi
ni said.
“We are here to provide house
holds with children an opportuni
ty to achieve academic success,”
Gaddini said.
In addition to the co-op day care
and providing work opportunities,
Spencer view also has family hous
ing-sponsored events such as a par
ents’ night out, pizza parties and
trips to the Oregon coast. Gaddini
said that all of these events are de
signed to form a sense of communi
ty at Spencer View and family
housing at the University.
LAURA GOSS/Emerald
ryler and Hope, both 3years old, play together at the S[>ericer View co-op child care center.
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