Accommodation facilities in the main campus of Boca Raton include Algonquin Hall (1965 open), Heritage Park Tower (opened in 2004), Indian River Tower (opened in 200 1 open) and Grad Park Tower (opened in 2007), among which Grad Park Tower is. The university also provides rural student apartments for senior undergraduates and graduate students, and commercial and professional scholarship buildings for women with strong academic background.
As part of the first phase of the innovative rural project, Florida Atlantic has completed a 65,438+0,200-bed apartment, which will be provided to senior students, graduate students and medical students in the autumn of 2065,438+0. The university also plans to add 1800 student beds in Boca Raton campus in the next few years.
On the basis of existing residential life programs, Florida Atlantic University provides many learning clubs for freshmen and students with similar interests. Participants can meet people with similar interests, live on the same floor, take classes with other members of the club, and receive additional guidance related to these interests. There are two types of learning community projects in universities, namely, freshman learning community and lifelong learning community. The former is divided into 16 different disciplines, including business, nursing and education. The latter is mainly aimed at students living in Tower Ruins Park, and is divided into six different disciplines, including engineering and computer science, and female leadership.
The housing and residential life department of the university and the fraternity and fraternity of the university will host an activity called "Welcome Week" for 1 1 day, which will be held in all campuses of the university. Freshmen and other students returning to Florida Atlantic University in the fall semester are welcome to help students adapt to the new environment and university life and establish a good campus community. During this period, many different activities are planned every day, such as sports competitions between dormitories, Hawaiian banquets and so on. Welcome Week is also the second largest campus activity held in Atlantic Florida. From 20 10 to 20 1 1, there are about 300 registered student organizations in Atlantic Florida. These organizations include academic organizations, honorary societies, spiritual/religious organizations, diversity promotion organizations, service organizations, personal interest organizations, sports clubs and student union organizations. These organizations and clubs range from sailing to ultimate frisbee, from school teams, club sports activities and jazz groups to pottery guilds, from political organizations to chess and video game clubs. The organization's funds come from students' tuition fees, and each credit 10 is charged as activity funds and service fees. This will generate about $9 million in income, which will be distributed by the student union to various organizations and clubs. The Student Union will also fund other student life plans, including job fairs, university press, owl TV and radio stations and alumni reunion.
The Alumni Association of Atlantic Florida, also known as the Owl Ball, is an annual celebration, which is mainly held in Boca Raton campus in the fall semester, but many other campuses also hold their own activities. There used to be kick-off meetings, masquerade parties, bonfire parties, comedy shows, alumni activities and dinners, golf cart parades and so on. Students also have a special activity area called "mouse mouth", which comes from the Spanish free translation of the pronunciation of the word Boca Raton.
In the spring of 20 10, a leisure fitness center was put into use in Atlantic Florida at a cost of18.6 million USD. There are outdoor leisure facilities, swimming pool, aerobic equipment and free weight-lifting room, two multifunctional rooms, three indoor tennis courts and a fitness club-style dressing room. Other leisure sports facilities include an artificial lawn track and field (opened on June 5438+ 10, 2007), rope challenge project, and Henderson Stadium covering an area of 26,304.2 square meters, which is mainly used for school sports and club sports. There are 28 national fraternities and sororities in Atlantic Florida, with about 1077 members on campus, accounting for about 5% of the total number of undergraduates. These organizations provide academic incentives, hold educational forums on various life issues, provide charitable donations and services to the society, contribute to the campus by participating in campus life, and promote friendship between people with similar price views. The climax of the Florida Brothers and Sisters Association is an activity held every spring semester, which will show some theme competitions of college fraternity and sorority. These organizations also plan to enter the university's innovation village.