Move-in day at the University of Northern Colorado is going to look a whole lot different next fall. UNC is about to become its own rare breed with a pet friendly residence hall. According to CollegeXpress, an online college resource center for students and parents, UNC will become one of fewer than a dozen colleges in the United States that allows cats and dogs on campus.
Western State Colorado in Gunnison became the first Colorado college this year to allow one cat or one small- to medium-sized dog in one of its buildings. We are designing it like a residential community.
Brundage said the campus also plans to partner with Weld County Humane Society and local veterinarians. Sims, a theater major originally from Denver, said the situation fit her perfectly.
Under the program, 21 rooms have been set aside at Lawrenson on the second, third and fourth floors. There are 17 apartments that hold four students each and three to five single efficiency suites. Two of those will be reserved for staff. There will be no more than two animals allowed in each room. So the larger rooms will allow one-four students and one-two animals and the smaller will have one student, one pet at maximum, she said.
Sims will share the apartment with a friend, who also plans to buy out her room and maybe get a cat, she said. Thirty students have already signed up.
