{"id":299683,"date":"2014-05-02T12:17:57","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T17:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=299683"},"modified":"2014-05-05T02:19:07","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T07:19:07","slug":"ut-tyler-announces-name-for-new-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=299683","title":{"rendered":"UT Tyler Announces Name for New Housing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2014\/05\/Eagles-Landing-U-T-Tyler.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2014\/05\/Eagles-Landing-U-T-Tyler-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Eagle&#039;s Landing-U T Tyler\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-299695\" \/><\/a>TYLER &#8212; The University of Texas at Tyler has named its newest housing facility, Dr. Howard Patterson, vice president for student affairs, announced.  Officials say Eagle\u2019s Landing, formerly the Village at the U, will offer a unique campus living option for university upperclassmen. UT Tyler held a naming contest opened to all students, faculty and staff. The university received more than 200 entries. <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were thrilled to receive so many entries in this naming contest. It shows the students\u2019 excitement about this new property,\u201d Patterson said. \u201cEagle\u2019s Landing provides another outstanding option for resident students, and we hope it will attract more students to live on campus and become further engaged in UT Tyler events, clubs, organizations and activities. All studies show that students who live on campus are more likely to engage in campus activities and are more likely to persist and graduate than those who live off campus.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>UT Tyler Eagle\u2019s Landing features a gated entrance, fitness center, game room, sand volleyball court, clubhouse and outdoor pool area. The additional housing brings the total of on-campus beds to more than 1,400.  \u201cThese apartments are ideally located to provide our students with convenient access to campus. More importantly, they provide the university with ability to grow and greatly expand our on campus housing in a first-class manner,\u201d Patterson added.<\/p>\n<p>The facility is currently accepting UT Tyler students for move-in. Tours are available 9 a.m. \u2013 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. \u2013 5 p.m. Saturday and 1 \u2013 5 p.m. Sunday.  \u201cWe have already met with several students who are interested in making Eagle\u2019s Landing their home, and we look forward to working with them,\u201d said Toby Wilkerson, UT Tyler Eagle\u2019s Landing conduct and marketing coordinator.  The university plans to honor all current leases as it finalizes housing policies designed specifically for Eagle\u2019s Landing.<\/p>\n<p>The appraisal was submitted last December, and the UT System Board of Regents approved pursuing the purchase in February. UT Tyler President Rodney Mabry gave the final approval for UT Tyler to take complete ownership on April 25, with a final purchase price of $20.3 million.  For more information, contact Patterson, 903.566.7350 or <a href=\"mailto:hpatterson@uttyler.edu\">hpatterson@uttyler.edu<\/a> or call Eagle\u2019s Landing, 903.566.9200.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; The University of Texas at Tyler has named its newest housing facility, Dr. Howard Patterson, vice president for student affairs, announced. Officials say Eagle\u2019s Landing, formerly the Village at the U, will offer a unique campus living option for university upperclassmen. UT Tyler held a naming contest opened to all students, faculty and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=299683\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UT Tyler Announces Name for New Housing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-299683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-10 22:41:28","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=299683"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":299699,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299683\/revisions\/299699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=299683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=299683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=299683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}