Spring Break
Families find home on campus (part 3 of 3)
On-campus residents of OSU family housing work to create a home and a community out of resources available
Amanda Robbins
Issue date: 3/14/07 Section: News
"I have Tristan enrolled in the Spanish-speaking program at Kindercare," Piper said. "We are staying with a single mother of a 4-year-old when we go to Spain."
Living in the on-campus family housing gives them a small taste of what living in another country will be like.
"There are a lot of international families living here," Piper said. "We have a large variety of people and cultures."
Piper recently had one of her friends move out and was sad to see her leave.
"I used to have dinner with her a lot," she said. "I have dinner with the girls next to me sometimes too."
Piper really likes how OSU will help out the best they can with parents.
"It takes a little while to get in the system," she said. "You have to fight the waiting lists and paperwork, but once you get in, it is pretty easy."
Piper added that another one of the great things about living near campus is being close to family.
"My brother is a senior here, and Tristan goes over there for male bonding time," she said. "He has a lot of fun over there."
Eric Karbowski, a graduate student in wood science and the Family Housing Association president, is also a single father of three and agrees with Piper about the living arrangement.
"We have 50 percent international families and 50 percent American families living here," he said.
Karbowski loves what he is doing. He has a 10-year-old daughter and two sons, ages six and eight.
"I am on my own, and it is so fulfilling," he said. "I know I am more focused on school because I have a connection to the next generation. There is a purpose in what I am doing."
There are 104 families that live in the family housing - about two thirds of those families have children. The apartments range anywhere $435 for a two bedroom and $470 for a three bedroom.
"We have about 80 percent graduate students living here and 20 percent undergraduate," he said.
The families there try to get together and do some fun activities such as potlucks or dances.
Living in the on-campus family housing gives them a small taste of what living in another country will be like.
"There are a lot of international families living here," Piper said. "We have a large variety of people and cultures."
Piper recently had one of her friends move out and was sad to see her leave.
"I used to have dinner with her a lot," she said. "I have dinner with the girls next to me sometimes too."
Piper really likes how OSU will help out the best they can with parents.
"It takes a little while to get in the system," she said. "You have to fight the waiting lists and paperwork, but once you get in, it is pretty easy."
Piper added that another one of the great things about living near campus is being close to family.
"My brother is a senior here, and Tristan goes over there for male bonding time," she said. "He has a lot of fun over there."
Eric Karbowski, a graduate student in wood science and the Family Housing Association president, is also a single father of three and agrees with Piper about the living arrangement.
"We have 50 percent international families and 50 percent American families living here," he said.
Karbowski loves what he is doing. He has a 10-year-old daughter and two sons, ages six and eight.
"I am on my own, and it is so fulfilling," he said. "I know I am more focused on school because I have a connection to the next generation. There is a purpose in what I am doing."
There are 104 families that live in the family housing - about two thirds of those families have children. The apartments range anywhere $435 for a two bedroom and $470 for a three bedroom.
"We have about 80 percent graduate students living here and 20 percent undergraduate," he said.
The families there try to get together and do some fun activities such as potlucks or dances.
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