Wichita ? Wichita State University students will begin moving this weekend into a new, high-tech residence hall that college officials said demonstrates the school’s commitment to on-campus residential living.

The $60 million dorm named Shocker Hall opened Thursday, The Wichita Eagle reported. It offers about 780 beds in five different room styles, with a 24-hour front desk, five Wi-Fi connections per person and high-tech lounges, according to the university’s housing and resident life director Steve Larson.

Residents also will have access to a 400-seat dining hall and coffee shop, a kitchen and laundry room on each floor, and a main lounge.

“After taking a brief tour, I’m summing up how any student who doesn’t get to live in this hall would feel … jealousy,” said Matthew Conklin, president of the university’s student government association. “I was fortunate to live in Fairmount, but this is quite the upgrade and a very impressive facility.”

Two older residence halls will no longer be used as university residential facilities, Larson said. The apartments will be razed later this year, and one will be used for office space.

Kansas University offers a wide variety of living arrangements for the 5,100 students who live on campus.

“Options are real important to us and we can meet a lot of preferences and a lot of budgets,” said Diana Robertson, director of KU’s department of student housing.

She said students and parents increasingly are looking for amenities such as WiFi and more privacy.

Robertson said KU wants to allow for some privacy but also wants students to feel connected to their surrounding community. She said the two residence halls under construction on Daisy Hill will include a commons area for all of Daisy Hill residents to get academic advice, library services and computer help.

The two, five-story halls will house 350 students each and be open in August 2015.