Ideal Campus

Here's the video in ASL web address if you don't want to read the English version.
http://myvideoviewer.gallaudet.edu/projects/thy.pham/SamIdealCampus.asx

I did my ideal campus map with Georginia Fitzpatrick and Jonathan Smoot. Our campus buildings are the same color because we wanted them to look organized and neat. My main focus of the campus is the dorm.

There are five different dorm buildings. They are right next to each other, which we felt like that was very important, so people can interact with each other. Social life is a very important role in a college life. I have no idea what I would be doing here at Gallaudet if I had no social life. I couldn't imagine being isolated. Also, if people wanted to visit their friends in another dorm to do homework or chat, they wouldn't have to walk all the way to the other side of campus to do that. When the weather is hot or cold- people don't have to worry about staying outside too long.

Dorm #1 is for Freshmen. Dorm #2 is for Sophomores. Dorm #3 is for Juniors. Dorm #4 is for Seniors, Graduate students, transfer students, etc. The reasons that we have four dorms include each class can be with their own classmate. They can mix if they want to. We believe in letting the upper classmen socialize with the freshmen. It is important for the freshmen to see what the upper classes are doing, so we can make sure we are on the right path like them.

Also, we have a Dorm #5- that is a "family dorm." Some people in today's society have kids and still want to go through college even if they have children. Our university is very open to having those kinds of brilliant people to come to our university. Dorm #5 has extra bedrooms in each dorm for their children. There is also a daycare in the basement. The daycare has free service for the parents with children. They can drop off their children down in the basement while they go to their classes.

The dorms have ramps for wheelchairs. For People who use wheelchairs, we recommend living on the first floor. Every dorm building has stairs and elevators. We think elevators are important for wheelchair accessible. Stairs are to be used if there is a fire. There are doors to open to use the stairs. Children would have a hard time opening the doors in the family dorm because the opening to the door is high, so that children can't get hurt on the stairs.

People are also welcome to live off campus but we recommend that they stay on-campus. It is very time consuming to live off campus.

We want people to feel at home when they go to college. It should be considered their "2nd home."