Location: North Campus
Meal Serving Unit: Yes
Extended Hours: Yes
Breakfast Served:
Yes, Special Feature - Omelets made to order, and Belgian
Waffles
Resident Population and Composition:
1,300 first-year and sophomore residents; Music, Art,
Architecture, Engineering, Nursing, Literature Science & the Arts students.
Resident Staff Size, Composition, Special Features:
32 Resident Advisors, 4 Resident Directors, 1 Minority
Peer Advisor, 1 Minority Peer Advisor Assistant, 1 Head Librarian, 1 Resident
Computer Systems Consultant, 1 Academic Peer Advisor.
Student Government/House Council/Minority Councils:
Bursley Council, including 4 Wing councils; Bursley Family.
Special Corridor/House Arrangements:
6 Co-ed floors, 8 Substance-free floors, 24 Smoke-free
floors.
Special Facilities:
Game room, snack bar, 9 floor lounges, 2 music practice
rooms.
Micro-Computer Cluster:
16 Power Macintosh computers, 6 Pentium II IBM computers,
1 laser printer.
Study Space Description:
Library-MIRLYN access, Study Lounge.
Meeting Space:
Conference room, Martin Luther King, Jr. Lounge, McGreahm/Siwik
Lounge, East Lounge, West Lounge, Community Room, Northbar Snack Bar, hall
lounges (in house only).
Special Traditions:
Bursley Show; Street Party in Spring
On-Going Programs:
Bursley Community Volunteers - community service program.
Professional Staff in Building:
On-site dining Services and Building Facilities Managers.
Staff supervised by Coordinator of Residence Education: Office Coordinator,
Office Assistant, resident staff, student temporary employees, and Housing
Security Officer.
History:
Completed in 1967, Bursley Hall cost $7.5 million to
build. The U-M Regents authorized the building of Bursley in 1956,
but the project was put on hold due to financial constraints. Bursley
is the first University residence hall to implement the "scramble" method
of selecting food in the dining area, and to offer soft-serve ice cream
and soft drinks on a daily basis. From its inception, Bursley has
been a co-educational facility, with coed living arrangements by corridor
commencing in 1971.