<p>Hello.
I just emailed the disability service of UD and they told be that they do not have shuttles or buses or whatever.
Is the campus really that small to have no buses at all? It's the first one I find!</p>
<p>And, could someone tell me about housing? I really have to know if the beds are all accessible only by a stair (I don't know how to say this in english - elevated beds?) and if there are walk-in showers.</p>
<p>Plus, is the school away from the city? Or is it in the center of the city?
How is the party/social life?
Are there concerts or things to do near the campus?</p>
<p>What about the weather, is really that snowy? </p>
<p>DU’s campus is about 125 acres. You can walk from one end (Centennial Towers/Ritchie Center) to the Johnson-MacFarlane (Jmac) residential hall in about 15 minutes. Then there are a few more buildings on the other side of Iliff. There technically are no roads on campus. There’s streets surrounding the campus, and a couple of roads that bisect campus.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure Centennial Towers and Centennial Halls have elevators. I know Jmac doesn’t.</p>
<p>DU is a short light rail ride to downtown. A station is across the street from campus. Take a look at a campus map at du.edu.</p>
<p>This past winter whenever DU got a snowstorm the snow seemed gone within a week. I think back on the east coast we got more snow than Denver/DU (I’m not talking about the Rockies).</p>
<p>Check out youtube on dorm tours. Towers for sure has them. youtube can help you alot when it comes to campus assesibility. Videos can paint a thousand words…</p>
<p>woahika, the campus is very accessible if you are in a wheel chair or otherwise mobility impaired. The buildings all have elevators and ramps. You can choose if you want your bed on the floor, or elevated (“lofted”) or if you want true bunk beds.</p>
<p>The campus is small enough that shuttles are not at all necessary–it would take at most 15 minutes to stroll from one end of campus to the other. The paths are wide and smooth and the campus is fairly level. The campus feels like an oasis in the city; once you are inside the campus, you almost forget you are in a thriving major city, and the campus itself is very pretty. As far as transportation goes, the light rail system has a stop right on campus.</p>
<p>@boysx3 thank you very much for your answer!
can you tell me anything about how do they manage to clean the paths/streets when there is ice or snow? does it really get this cold? and how much does it last? (winter/cold weather)</p>
<p>@woahika, DU clears the sidewalks pretty quickly on campus. You can access web cams at ww.du.edu and I typically take a look daily and last winter I followed when it snowed. Snow on campus lasted 2-3 days and then it often was melted and gone. We live on the East Coast and it seemed like we got more snow than DU/Denver (I’m not talking the mountains). There can be some pretty cold days strung together, but my son didn’t bring any winter coat with him. He ended up buying a North Face jacket before going to DU’s Winter Carnival at Keystone mountain, and then almost always just wore the zippered lining that he would take out of the jacket. The weather nicer than people envision. Denver gets 300 days of sunshine.</p>
<p>woahika, are you going to get to visit the campus? You will find there is a lot to do. The hockey team is great and everyone goes to the games and the arena also hosts concerts and political debates,etc. There are a million clubs on campus. The new library is unreal. There are a lot of places to go on the mail drags right off campus–and as the light rail stops on campus, you can anywhere in Denver.</p>