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UI Confident Flood-Damaged Dorm will be Ready

Workers from Cotton national disaster recovery company sweep away dirt in front of the University of Iowa's Mayflower Residence Hall Wednesday, July 23, 2008 in Iowa City. According to Von Stange Director of University Housing the building will be ready to be occupied by the August 18th move in date. (Brian Ray/The Gazette)

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UI Confident Flood-Damaged Dorm will be Ready

By Becky Ogann

Story Created: Jul 24, 2008 at 10:12 AM CDT

Story Updated: Jul 24, 2008 at 10:12 AM CDT

IOWA CITY (AP) - University of Iowa officials are confident the school's largest dormitory will be ready for students in August - but there may be some inconveniences.

Mayflower Residential Hall houses about 1,000 students. Water from the Iowa River filled the dorm's two lower-level parking garages and rose to about 2 feet on the ground floor during last month's flooding.

University Housing Director Von Stange says while beds will be safe to sleep in, the convenience store, computer labs and 16 first-level apartments won't be open. He also says telephones and hot water might not be working.

Stange and other officials toured the building on Wednesday. He says the plan is to be ready for students to move in on Aug. 18.

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