Lawrence University is donating the use of Trever Hall to the City of Appleton for the next four months to help in the fight against the spread of COVID-19.
Trever is being made available to the city from now until the end of August. It will not be used as a medical facility and will not house COVID-19 patients, but rather will be a space the city can utilize for its personnel as needed.
“All of us are in this fight together,” said Christyn Abaray, assistant to the Lawrence president.
“Providing Trever Hall to our city is a natural step we at Lawrence could take to support our community in this effort.”
No Lawrence students or staff will be in the building. The university has cleaned and prepped the hall and made key-access available to city personnel. The city will provide its own bedding and will be responsible for the ongoing cleaning of the facility. City personnel staying in the hall will have access to the kitchen and laundry facilities, and free wi-fi is being provided.
Trever is well removed from where students on campus during spring term are being housed.
“We purposefully chose a residence hall where there would be limited interaction with our own campus community,” Abaray said.