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Renovations relieve expanding departments Dan Brunell Emerald A painter puts the finishing touches on the Career Center in Hendricks Hail Wednesday. Improvements vary from the installation of new carpets to high-speed Internet lines. f ■ Summer construction projects have upgraded classrooms, computer labs, library space and office space for departments By Kristy ftessman Oregon Daily Emerald When students are awav, the maintenance crews play. As students began to trickle off campus in June, painters, carpet layers and construction workers ar rived to begin the laborious task of renovating the campus. The absence of students meant classrooms and buildings were more accessible for everything from a coat of paint to a major renovation. “Summer is when it gets really busy for us,” said Mike Hanneson, central shop supervisor with Facili ty Services. One of the more extensive proj ects that Hanneson’s crew worked on this summer was the remodel ing of the Career Center on the sec ond floor of Hendricks Hall. “We have removed walls and made narrow hallways open from one side of the building to the oth er,” said Larry Smith, Career Center director. “There is also new carpet ing, new paint and new furniture.” Construction began in June and should be completed in October. In addition to making space in the Career Center, the faculty hoped to promote a sense of warmth and pro fessionalism. The $300,000 project was funded with student fees. While the remodeling is not com pleted, the Career Center is open. Larger construction projects un dertaken this summer include a $4 million renovation of the old Law School building, Grayson Hall. The 80,000-square-feet renova tion resulted in more library space and new classrooms, offices, com puter labs, seminar rooms and im proved existing classrooms. Students aren’t the only benefac tors of this summer’s renovation ef forts. Departments are also expand ing because of the construction. With the history department, Oregon Survey Research Laborato ry, and the Social Science Instruc tional Laboratory all moving out of Prince Lucien Campbell Hall and into the newly remodeled Grayson Hall, more space was left for depart ments remaining in the building. “We received new office space we badly needed,” said John Gage, head of the English department. “For the first time in many years, we are able to bring all of our English GTFs into [PLC], Before, they were sharing office space off campus.” Greta Pressman, campus rela tions manager for Facilities Services said the PLC renovation was a proj ect that began on the ninth floor and ended in the basement. “About 120 offices received some kind of upgrade,” Pressman said. “The College of Arts and Sciences met with everyone and reassigned space.” But there’s still work to do. Next spring, the elevators in the PLC will be completely renovated. The final phase of the Student Recreation Center program, a $2 million renovation project, was also completed this month. The result is a set of new covered tennis courts behind MacArthur Court, in time for fall term, said Drew Gilliland, fa cility director of physical activities and recreation services. Blueprints for next summer’s construction are already drawn; the largest project is a 100,000-square foot addition to Gilbert Hall. The project budget is approxi mately $30 to 40 million dollars, much of which came from private gifts. “The key groups are administra tion and University Planning,” said Dale Morse, professor at the Lundquist College df Business. “And making a convincing argu ment for the new space or remodel. ” Construction for the addition to Gilbert Hall is slated to begin no sooner than June 2001. 2001 Summer Session Short courses,seminars,and workshops begin throughoutthe summer. Summer Session begins June 25. Duck Call starts May 7. The I/O Summer Session Catalog will be available in early April. You can speed your way toward graduation by taking required courses during summer. 2001 Summer Schedule First four-week session: June 25-July 20 Second four-week session: July 23-August 17 Eight week session: June 25- August 17 Eleven week session: June 25-September 7 UNIVERSITY of OREGON SUMMER SESSION 333 Oregon Hall 1279 University of Oregon Eugene OR 97403-1279 Telephone (541) 346-3475; toll free (800) 524-2404 http://uosummer.uoregon.edu All Ways Travel • Fall Specials • London -$399.00* Frankfurt ^$425.00* Lima, Peru -$575.00* Beijing -$589.00* *tax not included, restrictions may apply. Subject to change without notice. Eurail Passes issued onsite!!! fe-mail: awt@luv2travel.conT ALL DAY TUESDAY PI ZZf) PETfj 2673 Willamette • 484-0996
