Campus Advantage Blog http://campusadv.com/blog Campus Advantage Student Housing Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:48:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Novel H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) Resources for Student Housing http://campusadv.com/blog/2009/08/25/novel-h1n1-flu-swine-flu-resources-for-student-housing/ http://campusadv.com/blog/2009/08/25/novel-h1n1-flu-swine-flu-resources-for-student-housing/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:23:03 +0000 Dan Oltersdorf http://campusadv.com/blog/?p=54

This is a post I wrote at http://www.studenthousingblog.com:

As an operator of around 30,000 beds of student housing, we @campusadvantage are very aware of the potential impact of Novel H1N1 Flu or Swine Flu on college and university campuses around the country. Student residential environments are particularly susceptable, due both to the proximity of living arrangements and the fact that H1N1 seems to be hitting young people particularly hard, unlike regular seasonal flu, which tends to impact the very young and the elderly. According to this blog post, the CDC has actually recommended that those under the age of 24 get vaccinated.

We have been preparing since Swine Flu first hit the headlines in April, and have been anticipating the surge we are already seeing as students return to school. Our focus is now on both prevention and response, as we have 6 cases thus far.

In this post, I will attempt to bring together as many resources as possible to assist other student housing operators in continuing to prepare and provide effective response and education to residents and parents.

Read entire post and add your comments at http://www.studenthousingblog.com

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]]> http://campusadv.com/blog/2009/03/27/sustainability-blog/feed/ 0 Useful Student Housing Blogs http://campusadv.com/blog/2009/01/20/useful-student-housing-blogs/ http://campusadv.com/blog/2009/01/20/useful-student-housing-blogs/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:41:00 +0000 Admin tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218821.post-2463775449511512313 Here are links to two useful blogs related the Student Housing industry:

http://www.studenthousing.pro
http://www.studenthousingplanet.com

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March 13, 2008 BusinessWeek
by Prashant Gopal

A year ago, Jeff Shea began buying up rental properties around the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, from which he had only recently graduated with a business major. Shea, 23, who lives in Chicago, owns three rental homes near campus, including a four-bedroom house he bought for $138,000 and rents to four students for $1,800 a month.  Read entire article

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http://www.multi-housingnews.com/multihousing/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003592798

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http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2007/02/05/news/breaking_news/doc45c7028d1465d213928368.txt

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http://poly.union.rpi.edu/article_view.php3?view=5252&part=1

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