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Bedding down at Laurentian Univeristy's new residence.


Laurentian University Laurentian University, main campus at Sudbury, Ont., Canada; bilingual, coeducational; founded 1960. Among its faculties are those in astronomy, commerce, computer science, education, engineering, law, mathematics, music, native studies, nursing, physics, and social  cut the ribbon on a new residence building on the Sudbury campus.

The $14.5 million 'West Residence,' designed by Castellan cas·tel·lan  
n.
The keeper or governor of a castle.



[Middle English castelain, from Norman French, from Medieval Latin castell
 and James Architects and built by RM Belanger Construction, is home to 223 students.

The six-storey residence contains 55 furnished fur·nish  
tr.v. fur·nished, fur·nish·ing, fur·nish·es
1. To equip with what is needed, especially to provide furniture for.

2.
 apartments. The building also includes six conference rooms that can accommodate as many as 300 people.

It is the first new residence building since 1972. Laurentian has 1,400 students living on campus.

and University president Judit-Woodsworth calls the September project completion, a "welcome addition, particularly as Laurentian continues to attract more and more students from outside the Greater Sudbury Greater Sudbury (2006 census population 157,857) is a city in Northern Ontario, Canada. Greater Sudbury was created in 2001 by amalgamating the cities and towns of the former Regional Municipality of Sudbury, along with several previously unincorporated geographic townships.  region."
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Publication:Northern Ontario Business
Date:Nov 1, 2006
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