Students attending summer school will be housed in University Court apartments instead of residence halls because of ongoing summer construction, while conference and camp members will be housed in available residence halls.

This will be the fourth year that summer school students have lived in University Court instead of residence halls. Students were moved there three years ago when Stevenson, Douglas and Lincoln Halls were under construction and the solution proved to be more convenient for students, said Doris Hamilton, manager of university apartments.

Construction in several buildings has also made University Court the most logical option, she said.

Elevator construction in Carman and the high price of cooling and maintaining the building, plans to replacing hot water pipes in Lincoln and Douglas and several air conditioning projects have ruled some buildings out as summer housing options, said Jody Stone, assistant director of housing.

Students staying for intersession and summer school or students attending only summer session can live in University Court. However, students attending only intersession must live in the Gregg Triad.

“We can’t clean (apartments) fast enough and we wouldn’t have enough,” Hamilton said.

Placing students in University Court frees plenty of room for the increase in people expected to attend Eastern’s camps and conferences this summer.Throughout the year, 14,000 people will be attending the camps and conferences, up from 13,000 people last year.

The university has seen an increase in people wanting to attend the 65 different summer camps and conferences Eastern hosts ranging from sports camps and band camps to educational programs.

Those attending summer camps and conferences will live in Taylor, Lawson, Thomas, and Stevenson halls and the first three floors of Andrews Hall, said Hamilton, while instructors, teachers and camp leaders will stay in a designated area at University Court.

Andrew Hall’s elevators will be under construction over the summer, restricting students to the lower floors, he said.

Dining services available for summer students and people attending programs will include Stevenson, Andrews and Thomas and Taylor and Lawson dining, he said.

“They will be on again off again depending on if there are camps in that area or not,” Stone said.

The construction in Carman will also move orientation programs to the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union, a more central location for new students and parents. Those in attendance will be housed in residence halls, Bob Dudolski, assistant director of Greek Life, said.