Students move over mold in dorm rooms

FAYETTEVILLE — Four students have changed dormitory rooms because of mold.

Two students in Pomfret Hall and two students in Reid Hall were relocated as the university worked to clean away the mold, spokesman Christopher Spencer said Friday.

Others affected include Sarah-Grace Hampton, 18, who said she spotted mold Monday on the ceiling of her room in the Northwest Quad.

“They offered to give me a room in another suite for the time being but I am not comfortable staying with three strangers and shuffling back and forth for my belongings,” Hampton said in an email.

Hampton, who said she has asthma and an autoimmune disease, described being ill recently, including with “serious, exacerbated asthma symptoms.” She said that in August she reported flooding on the floor above her.

She said a puddle in her room was cleaned, but more could have been done.

“I appreciate housing and the University’s current efforts in fixing this problem, however a simple checkup on the area could have prevented me from being sick this entire time,” Hampton said.

Spencer said UA as of Friday had received 11 reports of mold since students arrived for the fall semester, most reports arriving on Friday.

“Our testing shows these issues are localized to specific rooms that have been cleaned and sanitized,” Spencer said in an email.