AU students head back – except in beleaguered dorm

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - As Augusta University students went back to school this past week, some students are still being affected by flooding at Oak Hall.

As students went back to school on Wednesday, many students who have decided to live on campus are settled in, however, those who were assigned to Oak Hall are getting different accommodations.

We’re now learning where some students who were set to move into Oak Hall are going to go on Saturday.

School officials say some of them will be staying at The Row apartments for the rest of this semester, until Oak Hall is expected to re-open in the spring.

Officials say they worked on figuring out where those residents would go to give them a similar living on campus experience.

However, this issue caused several delayed move-in dates for hundreds of incoming students.

We received fire department documents that are shedding more light on the flooding issues at Oak Hall.

Records show in March two students were playing on the fifth floor when they hit an ice machine, breaking the water pipe and flooding the building.

Documents also show that Oak Hall has dealt with violations for months.

Some of those include issues with fire extinguishers, emergency light repairs and issues with fire alarm systems.

All of those have to be addressed before the university can welcome those students in.

Fire officials said no one could come in until then at the last inspection in July.

Some Augusta University students are speaking out over concerns about alternative housing since Oak Hall is being renovated after some flood damage.

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