BLACKSBURG, Va. -- Virginia Tech's largest all-male residence hall will start housing women this fall.
University officials say Pritchard Hall is the largest male residence hall on the East Coast, and houses 1,016 men this academic year. It will house more than 400 women to reflect the male-female ratio on campus.
Virginia Tech says the move comes with an increase of female students and more demand for coed housing. Female enrollment on the Blacksburg campus has grown from about 40.6 percent to 42.6 percent over the past decade.
Men and women will live in separate wings of the building, with the first floor remaining all-male and the seventh floor all-female.
Pritchard has undergone recent renovations to prepare for the change, including renovation of bathrooms and refinishing of student rooms.
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