 Hi everyone, my name is Christa and welcome to the Gibson Hall live tour. So right now we're standing outside of Gibson Hall and I'm just going to kind of point a couple things that are in this area. So to my left over here is going to be Gregson Hall. The main thing in here is this is where you'll get your packages. So if you live in Gibson, you'll go into Gregson to get your packages and everything. Adam the admin there will help you with that. And then right across from me is 101 food hall. So you're like literally steps away from eating food. So that is Eureka pizza and Starbucks. And then to the right of that is going to be Slim's sushi with Gusto and where the wild greens are. So a lot of food options literally steps away from you. So that's super convenient. And then also around the corner is the Greek theater. Just a big open outdoor space that you can go to and chat with people, study, whatever you like. So it's a kind of a good landmark there as well. Behind the camera today we have Emily. Hi everyone. My name is Emily. I'm a marketing intern with housing. Please tell us where you're tuning in from. Alrighty. And we can go on and head out inside. This is the main lobby area in Gibson. And today we're joined by Joey, who is the CRE for Gibson. Hello, my name is Joey Commended and I'm one of the coordinators for residents education. My university, Gibson's past year, I should be transitioning out of this role in August for a new series coming to the position while I'm focusing on some other halls. What basically what a coordinator for residents education does is that we supervise the residents systems that are in the hall. We also advise the lead hogs for that community and we also serve as a conduct officer and help plan programs and everything for the residents hall. So yeah, that is what we do. Alright. So we'll head up these little stairs here. Here's Gibson's front desk. So like I said, you get packages from the Gregson, but the Gibson desk will be open in the afternoons after four. So we'll have the RA's here to help you with anything after that time if you need it. And then we'll keep going here. So right here's going to be your mailboxes. So if you have like paper mail or anything like that, it'll come here and you don't have to leave the building to get that, but packages will go to Gregson. And then down here is the laundry room. So you got cool washers and dryers, the ice machine and a vending machine as well in this space. So I'm with the laundry right now? Oh, yes. So for laundry, we have a laundry alert app. So you can use that to find out if a laundry washer or dryer is open and you can use it as like a timer or something like that for your laundry. Laundry here is free. You don't have to pay for it while you're, you pay it in your housing fees, but when you're using your laundry, you don't have to put in coins or anything like that. You just need to bring your own detergent, dryer sheets and things like that to do your laundry. So we have a water fountain here, refillable water station, really nice and convenient. If you have your own like reusable cup or something like that, you can just come down here and fill it up. So that's really handy. We have a comment. Someone says, we would like to see room 105 or 205 or 305 at some point, please. It's about overhead shelves in this room since it's on the end. We're going to the first floor and we can look at 105. All right. Thanks. Yeah. So that's kind of the first floor layout, really, for public spaces. Yeah. There's not a whole lot on the first floor in Houston. The main thing is the desk and the laundry room. As we head to the second floor, we're going to see one of the lounge areas and there's a pretty much identical one on the third floor that's just less things inside the third floor. So here we go. A little kitchen space, stove, microwave, fridge, everything you need, and a little TV. Yeah. We do a lot of programming in the space that our A's do, so I have a lot of floor events or all-hall programs and everything, a lot of the times we use the second floor. A lounge on the third floor, that's Kristen mentioned. It's got furniture and tables where it uses the study space. We do a lot of programming and everything, but a lot of students use the kitchen. I assume you pick a lot of macarons and everything like that from the hall. This is really nice. We got another comment. Someone said, can you please go to room 322 as well? Is it an interior room or a corner room? Yeah. We can all look at those at the end of the tour. So we'll mark those and I want you to know how they end up there. So we're going to head down the hall and check out a bathroom. So there are three bathrooms on each floor except for the first floor. So there's one in the middle and then one on each end. And we're going to go to a middle bathroom. We've got a nice big mirror right there. And then these stalls are all toilet stalls. And then in here we have a shower to turn the light on. So a pretty nice spacious shower. We've got a little bench that you can sit your things down if you want. Recommend bringing like a little shower caddy or something like that with all your stuff. And you can just kind of just sit on the bench and do what you've got to do. Someone asked, is there one laundry area per floor? No, there's just one laundry room down on the first floor. And someone also asked, can curtains be hung using tension rods? That's suggested I think it's doing curtain rods. How many people live here? Yeah, we have about 98 students that live in Gibson. Gibson's pretty small. Gibson's probably one of my favorites because it's pretty small. So even though there is one in laundry room, like I said, only 98 people. It's probably not going to be a huge issue when you're doing laundry. We're going into room 226. And we will look at 205. I just counted. And someone else had asked to see room 322. We're going to see on the second floor, we can go in room 222, which should basically be the same thing. Okay. So most of the rooms are going to like this and have this furniture set up. The whole thing about Gibson is they have sinks in the room. I think only if like founders also has that. So that's a nice little bonus. You have your sink in your room. This is going to be dimensions. Does every room have a sink? Yes. Okay. Very cool. This is that closet. And just overhead storage if you can reach up there. Yeah. A lot of students use that for like boxes or maybe some like winter clothes. And then they'll take it out when they actually need it. And as Chris was showing all the bathrooms, there is three bathrooms per floor. One in the middle part of the floor, then one in a bathroom at each end of the floors as well. This room is gigantic. Yeah. It's legit. Feel free to ask any questions you have about dimensions or any features of the room. Oh, someone asked, do the desk drawers have a lock? Yes. You'd have to kind of bring your own lock. But I do like that. Emery asks, how wide is the window? 80 inches. And Emily asks, will you be stopping at a single room? Yeah, we appreciate all the single room. It's identical. It just has one of the best, obviously, bed, dresser, desk and chair. Lashay helped on and said, doing great, Chris. Thanks, Lashay. And someone asked, can you please measure the two areas above the closet in the closet and the space above the closet? Closets of this overhead storage? The overhead and the... I think up there, the best we can do is give you probably the length in that direction because we can't. We can get up in there and get all that. Can you... Are you able to... I hope that... Can you get in there? It's super accurate. 27 inches? Roughly 27 inches. And she said just the closet itself? The closet shelf. Oh. That's 13 inches in the top part. And then, do we want to do the length? Yeah, let's get the width. And let's get all three dimensions. Just that on that top, it's too hard for us to get up there. But it is big. Like, it was back in the distance. And the length is 54 inches. An inch is deep. All right. Well, we're caught up on the question, so we can go look at that. We're going to come out of the room 222. I think it's okay. And then a single room. And then... Yes. So far, I don't know. They're all in the same direction. While we're walking, you know, definitely, when you guys get here, we're going to have some awesome programs and everything for you all during eight weeks. So make sure you guys look at that schedule and stuff once you guys get here. We'll have a lot of awesome programs and everything. We actually have an initiative called Pick One that you should definitely take a look at. It's a lot of different organizations are going to be put on programs. And you have the opportunity to pick one organization that you're really excited about and go attend it and see if that's the right fit for you and get a chance to meet with a lot of other people and just try to join that organization and stuff. So definitely take a look. Pick1.urk.edu. Pick1.urk.edu. Definitely take a look at that. I think this is a single... It's an RA room. Was it an RA room? No, I wasn't sure of that one. Let's go on down then. To 222. Speaking of the RA's though, during the year, the RA's are going to be putting on lots of programs and things as well. I remember one of the RA's I worked with put on a self-defense program in a lounge in the third floor. And so since there's less stuff in there, it was a nice, big, spacious area to do that. And I learned some nice skills to take someone out if they're trying to attack me. We're going into room 222. This is a request for someone right now. Does the person you wanted 222 have any questions on? I know someone wanted to see 205. Can I make that up? I made it up 222. I thought... Yeah, I know. Okay. I think we worked at C205 using the quarter. Okay. That's what we're doing. We are now going to... Where are we going? A whole bonus for 222 there. Here's a single room. A single room. Here we go. Just no furniture on the other side. And we did get a few questions. Awesome. Someone asked, can you please show under the sink storage how tall, wide, and deep is it? And this is the same in the double rooms, right? Yes. Okay. That's what we're doing. We are now going to... Where are we going? A whole bonus for 222 there. Here's a single room. A single room. Here we go. That was very similar to the system. About 28 inches, but the sink's kind of in the way, so it might be a little bit different. The sink is another 28. It's 22 inches deep. And Hannah asks, do the drawers under the sink open? Nope. Someone asked, is an Ethernet cable only needed if you want to bring a TV? You don't have to have an Ethernet cable. You can just connect to the Wi-Fi from the university. I recommend doing it via an Ethernet cable, especially if you have a smart TV or something, just because you can get that faster connection when it's wired like that. But you don't have to have an Ethernet cable. You can get wireless. And also, we connect through HDMI. Yeah. If you're trying to connect to TV, HDMI is going to be the best. Yeah, for your computer, yeah. Computer, smart TV, call in consoles or anything like that. If you want a sure-fire connection to those issues, you can just get an Ethernet cable. That's what I always use just to be safe. Emily asks, can you measure the wall space by the door in the single? So... Which side? Why not both? This side is 44 inches. Thermosets can slow this one better. And Hannah asks, how many outlets are in each room? Structure between 8 and 12. What's the number you actually have in here? It's a single, isn't it? Four right here. Two more. Two right there. Six, eight. That's a four, it looks like. And then there's two behind the bed. Right, two behind the bed. So you've got a lot of problems. Oh, right. Someone asked, what is the dimensions above the built-in drawers? The tallest point is 17 inches. So that's kind of a little shape here. It's 34 inches and 21 inches deep. Emory is asking, are the outlets three-pronged? It's like this? Yeah, all across. And she also asks, also if we put the microwave on top of the dresser, where do we plug it in at? Even up here. Unless you run a cord. You could run it. Yeah, you could run it to the sink, but I mean that's kind of, yeah. Yeah, all your cords bless the water. Yeah, no, I would recommend that. All right, well we're currently caught up on questions. Have we looked at all the rooms? I think we're in the quarter room. The quarter room. Thanks for all the great questions. All right, now we're going into 205. The quarter rooms are a little bigger. It's got additional window, window care, I guess. Well, I guess until any more questions come in. What do you have to say to the incoming first year students? On the spot. I'm just kidding. I think just enjoy your time here. Especially people who, you know, their last year is kind of virtual and not the same. Take advantage of this opportunity finally getting to be on campus. But I said this to some people before. Make sure you take some time for yourself outside of getting your studies done, academics and things like that. Even if it's just once a week, it's really easy to just get caught up in like doing school all the time. Make sure you have perfect grades and everything. Just do something fun. Whether that's going hammocking, there's so many hammocking spots around here or just chilling at the Greek theater, eating a snack or something like that. Just take some time for yourself. Super, super important self-care. And we got one more question. Someone asked, does it have a ceiling fan? Yes. Every room has a ceiling fan. If I can get it? Yup, there it is. All right. Well, do you have any closing statements to say? Yeah. I just want to say we're excited to have you all here in a couple weeks. My biggest recommendation is trying to get to all as much as you can. I guess we know some other students here. We guys are here for a degree. We're also here to get to know other people, have a fun time and have a good experience. So we'll be doing a lot of programs here, but we also have a couple other halls that partner up with Gibson and do a lot of programming and stuff, like especially founders will do stuff over there. RAs will hold plans and stuff like that. Definitely go over to Gregson as well. That's where you guys get your packages. But also it's got ping pong table, pool table. That's all that stuff's over there. They're lounge space for y'all to use as well since you have to access that building. So yeah, I know. We look forward to having y'all here in a couple weeks. It's going to be a great year. We got a few more questions. Someone asked, can the beds be lofted with those shelves behind them in this room? In this room. Yeah. You can move the furniture around to you. So if you can figure out a way to move it away from the both shelves of lofted, that works as well. I know with these beds, you can loft them yourselves up to here, but if you want them lofted additionally, higher than that, you have to be made into a quest because they have to add an extra piece. But if you want to just loft it to that top portion there, you can do it yourself and maybe just rearrange the beds a little bit, get with your roommate, figure something out. The fastest way to submit a work request to get your bed lofted is to go to Google and type in U-A-R-K and then fix it, F-I-X-I-T. And that'll lead you to a form. Yeah. And if you forget, your RA's going to know that too. Talk to your RA's. That's my other advice. Talk to your RA, okay? I wasn't RA, that's why I'm saying that. That's not what I'm saying. RA's are really cool. So talk to them. They know a lot of stuff. They'll be really helpful. Someone asked, can you measure the sink counter space on either side of the sink? And 25 inches. I think what they were asking for was this to that and then to that. So we got eight inches. It's going to be a little bit nine inches. All right. And she also asks, what is your direct email? I assume it's for asking questions, maybe? They can email you a housing at york.edu or they can email me as well if they have any additional questions after this video tour and stuff like that. So my email is JDGEMUEN.edu. So either me or housing. You can email us if you have any additional questions in a second. And someone also asked, if they can't raise the bed, will they let you know? They should be able to raise the bed. It's just a matter of when it gets done, especially the beginning of the year. There's going to be a lot of people asking for things. But you should be able to get the bed lofted. It just might take longer. We have more students coming in than usual, but the general rule has been if you get us that request by like today or tomorrow, like by the end of the month, we can usually honor it for their life. And someone was asking, what's the silver thing on the wall above the sink? Do all the rooms have one of those TV out? They do not. I think some of them have like a little overhead thing. It's not very many out of those rooms. It's just maybe a couple of them, but no, maybe not. What is it? Yeah, it's just like a little space saver thing. Like they can put stuff up on, but I think there's only like maybe a couple of rooms that even have that. It's just like a unique. Yeah, it's just, it's not in a lot of rooms. There's only like maybe a couple to have it. Usually it's just, there's nothing out there. Cool plan. Yeah. All right. Well, I guess that's wrap. We can wrap it up now. All right. No more questions. Are we good? Awesome. Thanks and have a good one.