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Villa North Optometry Community
"Eye Live and Learn"

In 2004, Dr. Barbara Brown, envisioned a living and learning community of optometry students to enrich their experience and education with the Optometry Program at UM St. Louis. In partnership with Residential Life and Housing, this vision blossomed into a reality in 2007. Many Optometry students choose this community because of its convenience, affordability, and camaraderie.

Today, over 20 students and their very own Residential Asssistant live in the exclusive and thriving community where they live and learn from the program and each other. Villa North’s has 27 one bedroom rooms. Each room is furnished and includes all utilities, cable hook-up, wireless high-speed internet access, land-line phone hook-up, and swipe access to the hall. Students who sign their lease and choose their room in their first year for second year before April 1 (and thereafter) receive a monthly discounted rate. Summer rooms are available.

Room Amenities

• Spacious Rooms
• XL Twin Bed
• Fully furnished: mattress, bed, desk, dresser, armoire, sink and medicine cabinet
• Phone and Ethernet Access for $200 per semester
• Microfridge and microwave included

Hall Amenities

• Live-in Residential Assistant
• Full kitchen on each floor
• Free wireless access in lounges
• Recreational lounge with pool, ping pong, and a big screen TV
• 24 hr Laundry Room
• Swipe Card Security Access

For current rates and availability, please call or contact the
Office of Residential Life and Housing.

Testimonials

• The most convenient thing about living in Villa North is the close proximity to your classes.  It's nice to not have to get up early to travel across town before class each day.
  ~Bryan, College of Optometry, Class of 2012

• The most convenient thing about living in Villa North is proximity to campus, and I chose to live in Villa North because living in the Villa would help me get better grades.  Additionally, you have the opportunity to interact with a lot of upperclassmen.
  ~Tyler, College of Optometry, Class of 2013

• The most convenient thing about living in Villa North is the ability to just walk across a parking lot to get to class, and have the option to access the library, or more importantly, PRE-CLINIC at any time and multiple times throughout the day/weekend w/o having to waste time driving. I chose to live in Villa North because I didn't know anything or anyone in St. Louis, nor could I figure out how to navigate through this city, so it gave me the opportunity to meet and become close to people not only in my class, but in classes above and below me (which comes in very handy when studying for tests!)  And, rent was so cheap, I couldn't pass it up!  One thing that Villa North has that you can't get anywhere else is camaraderie.
  ~Dinita, College of Optometry, Class of 2012

• The most convenient thing about Villa North is the upper classmen who you can go to for help.  I borrowed a lot of books my first year.
  ~Jennifer, College of Optometry, Class of 2012