2008 Woodie Awards
Offices, classrooms move to accomodate future improvements
Nikki King
Issue date: 1/13/05 Section: News
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Campus improvements may cause many offices and classrooms to relocate, according to the director of engineering services.
Janet Spraker said the admissions office has already relocated to the Guerry Center in preparation for renovations in Hooper Hall. She said this is the first of many offices and classrooms that will move in the future to make way for the improvements planned for campus buildings.
A student who works in the admissions office said the move may confuse some.
"I think most students don't even know that we've moved, but being a student that works in it, and being with other students that work in it, it's kind of exciting to come back to change," Samantha J. McLaughlin, a Franklin sophomore, said.
McLaughlin works in admissions for the Mocs Squad giving campus tours to prospective students.
The new location could be more appealing to potential students because they would see the classrooms and students in Guerry Center, McLaughlin said.
"Hooper was so separated from academia. Now they're walking into [classroom space]," she said.
The financial aid office will move to Guerry Center, Spraker said. This move will occur over spring break.
At least one student in the University Honors Program, which is located in Guerry Center, doesn't like the idea.
Jonathon B. Durham, a Franklin, Tenn., freshman, said. "I don't really look forward to it. I'm not, and most people in UHON aren't, used to having to share the space and so it will just be an adjustment."
Spraker said neither of these new locations will be permanent, although it has not been determined whether both will go back to Hooper Hall after renovations are completed, Spraker said.
Options are being discussed about moving primary student services such as admissions, housing, the bursar's office and student health to a central location such as the University Center to make them more accessible for students, Spraker said.
Spraker said future renovations at UTC are not limited to administrative areas. Although the details are still under discussion, Spraker said UTC officials hope to begin in January 2006 renovations on the Metropolitan Building at the corner of Oak and Lindsay streets and Grote Hall.
"Race Hall looked terrible, had old lighting and mechanical systems, and now it's got a new life and that's what we hope to do also with Metro and Grote," Spraker said.
Spraker also discussed the challenges of renovating buildings used for class space, especially in Grote which holds many lab sciences.
"We're in the middle of trying to figure out how we will keep all the classes going and yet find a way to keep renovation works going on," she said.
Janet Spraker said the admissions office has already relocated to the Guerry Center in preparation for renovations in Hooper Hall. She said this is the first of many offices and classrooms that will move in the future to make way for the improvements planned for campus buildings.
A student who works in the admissions office said the move may confuse some.
"I think most students don't even know that we've moved, but being a student that works in it, and being with other students that work in it, it's kind of exciting to come back to change," Samantha J. McLaughlin, a Franklin sophomore, said.
McLaughlin works in admissions for the Mocs Squad giving campus tours to prospective students.
The new location could be more appealing to potential students because they would see the classrooms and students in Guerry Center, McLaughlin said.
"Hooper was so separated from academia. Now they're walking into [classroom space]," she said.
The financial aid office will move to Guerry Center, Spraker said. This move will occur over spring break.
At least one student in the University Honors Program, which is located in Guerry Center, doesn't like the idea.
Jonathon B. Durham, a Franklin, Tenn., freshman, said. "I don't really look forward to it. I'm not, and most people in UHON aren't, used to having to share the space and so it will just be an adjustment."
Spraker said neither of these new locations will be permanent, although it has not been determined whether both will go back to Hooper Hall after renovations are completed, Spraker said.
Options are being discussed about moving primary student services such as admissions, housing, the bursar's office and student health to a central location such as the University Center to make them more accessible for students, Spraker said.
Spraker said future renovations at UTC are not limited to administrative areas. Although the details are still under discussion, Spraker said UTC officials hope to begin in January 2006 renovations on the Metropolitan Building at the corner of Oak and Lindsay streets and Grote Hall.
"Race Hall looked terrible, had old lighting and mechanical systems, and now it's got a new life and that's what we hope to do also with Metro and Grote," Spraker said.
Spraker also discussed the challenges of renovating buildings used for class space, especially in Grote which holds many lab sciences.
"We're in the middle of trying to figure out how we will keep all the classes going and yet find a way to keep renovation works going on," she said.
