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Abstract
The campus built environment is an omnipresent force at an institution of higher education. That force is influential during a student’s transition into the post-secondary system. Literature on this subject suggests that the understanding of the relationship between the campus built environment and the student experience is limited and demands additional exploration. This research seeks to explore that influence through a qualitative case study at a major research university in the southern United States through the lens of the first-year experience of on-campus student residents. Findings for the study are the result of document data collection, eight site observations and seven participant interviews.