Mary Park and Mary Ward Residence Halls
Furnished double occupancy room with a gender specific common bathroom in the hallway.
Eligibility: Full-time first-year students 19 years or younger.
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Description
SF State's two traditional residence halls, Mary Ward and Mary Park Halls, offer an ideal introduction to University life. The San Francisco State University Residence Halls are reserved for first-time freshman students. University Housing Services offer a wide variety of programs designed to facilitate the successful transition of first-time freshmen students to the campus community.
All rooms are double occupancy with showers and bathrooms on each wing of every floor.
Rooms are funished with beds, desks, bookshelves, dressers, and closets - one for each student.
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Housing provides a 256 Kbps Internet connection for each resident. Both wired and wireless connections are provided to all residents. Higher speed connections are available at additional cost.
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Housing provides a single telephone line in each unit that is shared by all roommates. The line has free local and campus calling and a single voicemail box. A telephone instrument is also provided. Long distance plans and individual phone numbers are available at additional cost.
Residents are allowed to bring a small refrigerator or microwave to use in their rooms.
Each resident in the Halls is required to purchase a meal plan: 10, 15, or 19 meals a week.
Each floor has one RA, so the ratio of students to RAs is usually around 70 to 1. RAs work very closely with their residents to make sure students on their floor are academically and socially successful. RAs try to provide students who want to develop their leadership skills with an active role in the community.
Specially adapted units for students with disabilities are available on a first-come first served basis to students who register thru Disabilities Programs & Resource Center (DPRC).
Facts
Completed: |
1960 |
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Stories: |
6 |
Capacity: |
410 in each building (Mary Ward Hall & Mary Park Hall) |
ADA Rooms: |
16 in each building (Mary Ward Hall & Mary Park Hall) |
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History
Mary Ward Hall
Named after the Dean of Women at San Francisco State University, Mary A. Ward was instrumental in developing student clubs,
the University newspaper, and convincing other members of the campus administration that residence halls were needed at SF State University.
Mary was also the only woman president SF State has ever had. She died in 1957 after forty four years of faithful service.
Mary Park Hall
Named in honor of Mary Park (1914-2002), SF State University renamed Merced Hall, a facility that houses 410 freshmen and sophomores, in 1981, the year she retired. During her thirty years of exemplary service to San Francisco State University Residence Halls, Mary trained a small army of student custodians who learned the values of work and pay for work well done. She was justifiably proud of those she trained and who have since graduated and succeeded in their chosen professions. Mary's job was to care for the buildings and in doing so she cared for the students who lived in them.
