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RiverView offers a unique housing option
by: Beth Stafford
 RiverView Residence Hall serves as kind of a "mini-campus" for first year students.
New residents moved into the University of Wisconsin−Milwaukee’s RiverView Residence Hall, located at the intersection of E. North Ave. and N. Commerce St., starting on Saturday, Jan. 19.
The building is designed exclusively for first-year students at a university where the need for freshman housing is well-known.
The building has 488 beds, mostly organized into shared suites. The building also includes a dining facility, fitness room, laundry facility, coffee shop, lounges, music practice room, convenience store, student kitchen and indoor bicycle storage.
Other unique aspects of RiverView include a resident assistant for every 43 students, 24-hour shuttle service to campus, location on the Milwaukee River and easy access to riverside bike and walking trails.
Scott Peak, director of university housing, describes how this “first-year experience” also includes classroom space, faculty offices and a clear connection to academic life.
 One of five Living Learning Centers in the new residence hall.
“There are five Living Learning Communities (LLCs) at RiverView Residence Hall. Open only to RiverView residents, each LLC is designed to help freshmen feel connected to their fellow students, instructors and UWM,” says Peak.
Members of LLCs have access to special resources, programs and activities, and take classes at RiverView related to their LLC topic. The remainder of their classes are on the university’s main campus about 1.5 miles away.
The areas of focus for LLCs are visual arts, nursing and health sciences, cultures and communities, information and technology, and exploring majors.
 The lounges offer distinctive views of the East Side. Scott Peak, director of university housing, describes some of the features of the student rooms.
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