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Katelyn Richardson, a sophomore nursing student at the Lake Campus, lives in East Villa, new townhouse-style apartments on the banks of Grand Lake St. Marys. (Photos by Erin Pence)<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s a three-minute walk to class for Katelyn Richardson, a sophomore nursing student at Wright State University\u2019s Lake Campus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Richardson is one of 100 students who live in the stylish, townhouse-style apartments that nuzzle up to Grand Lake St. Marys.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe lake is awesome; it\u2019s really pretty,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s not like most college campuses.\u201d<\/p>\n

Richardson lives in East Villa, new apartments finished last fall. The first apartments at Lake Campus were built in 2011, the second in 2013.<\/p>\n

Richardson elected to live on campus to avoid having to commute from home, about an hour\u2019s driving time each way. She lives with four other students, each of whom have their own bedroom and share a full, modern kitchen.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like how it is actually an apartment and not a dorm type of feel,\u201d she said, adding that having her own bedroom gives her some privacy. \u201cWe can shut our door and really focus and study and don\u2019t have to worry about outside distractions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The backyards are frequent gathering spots for playing football or throwing Frisbees.<\/p>\n

Richardson usually spends her weekends on campus.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou really get to know a lot of people and make new friends. Since everybody is right next door, it\u2019s kind of like a big family,\u201d she said. \u201c\u2026It just makes me feel like I didn\u2019t go far; I\u2019m still kind of at home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Richardson grew up in Alger, Ohio, a village of about 900 people east of Lima. Her family farms about 2,000 acres, growing corn and soybeans. Her mother is the director of Bethel Christian Pre-School.<\/p>\n

After graduating from Allen East High School in 2016, Richardson enrolled at Wright State\u2019s Lake Campus to study nursing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just one of those things I always knew I wanted to do,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019ve always been people-centered, and that\u2019s really what nursing is.\u201d<\/p>\n

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East Villa features private bedrooms for each townhouse’s resident, a full, modern kitchen and relaxing back porch that overlook the lake.<\/p><\/div>\n

Richardson works at a nursing home in Cridersville and substitute teaches at Bethel Christian Pre-School.<\/p>\n

She wants to get her bachelor\u2019s degree in nursing<\/a> and then her master\u2019s so she can become a nurse practitioner, an advanced practice nurse who has more clinical independence and authority than some other types of nurses.<\/p>\n

Richardson would like to use her nursing skills on medical mission trips. She has already been on two mission trips to a Navajo reservation in Arizona and one to Haiti.<\/p>\n

Richardson\u2019s nursing classes are small, enabling her to meet one-on-one with the professors if necessary.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I need to talk to a professor, I can just walk on over,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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