2008 Woodie Awards
Construction around every corner
Jeff Mason
Issue date: 8/22/08 Section: News
It seems that universities are always a work in progress, and SIUE is far from an exception, with new buildings and expansions already in the works.
The most visible project on campus is the expansion to the Morris University Center, dubbed the Student Success Center. The center will serve as a way to centralize all of the arms of SIUE's student support staff and will help the various groups going in the building to interact better, according to Cheryle Tucker-Loewe, acting director of Academic Counseling and Advising.
"In a section of the Student Success Center there is Academic Advising, Instructional Services and the (Student Opportunities for Academic Results) program," Tucker-Loewe said. "The plan is that all these units will work more closely together, and some of that will simply be a result of proximity, but there's also an effort to be more intentional about working together."
The Success Center will also house a host of other groups under its roof, according to Lora Miles, assistant vice chancellor for Student Affairs.
"Health Service and Counseling Services will go in (the Student Success Center)," Miles said, " (as well as) International Student Services, Career Development and an expansion to the Kimmel Leadership Center, which will house Student Government."
According to Rich Walker, assistant vice chancellor for administration, construction for the Student Success Center should be finished by May 2009.
For an in-depth look at the Student Success Center, see page 6.
The Vadalabene Center is getting some work done as well, with a large expansion and reworked gym currently being constructed, according to Student Fitness Center Director Mick Ostrander.
"The new expansion will allow us to play a wide variety of intramural sports, club sports, (and) other student activity functions … in addition to a wide variety of fitness activities," Ostrander said.
Ostrander said the expansion comes as a response to an overall growth in activities due to the increased number of students living on campus.
The most visible project on campus is the expansion to the Morris University Center, dubbed the Student Success Center. The center will serve as a way to centralize all of the arms of SIUE's student support staff and will help the various groups going in the building to interact better, according to Cheryle Tucker-Loewe, acting director of Academic Counseling and Advising.
"In a section of the Student Success Center there is Academic Advising, Instructional Services and the (Student Opportunities for Academic Results) program," Tucker-Loewe said. "The plan is that all these units will work more closely together, and some of that will simply be a result of proximity, but there's also an effort to be more intentional about working together."
The Success Center will also house a host of other groups under its roof, according to Lora Miles, assistant vice chancellor for Student Affairs.
"Health Service and Counseling Services will go in (the Student Success Center)," Miles said, " (as well as) International Student Services, Career Development and an expansion to the Kimmel Leadership Center, which will house Student Government."
According to Rich Walker, assistant vice chancellor for administration, construction for the Student Success Center should be finished by May 2009.
For an in-depth look at the Student Success Center, see page 6.
The Vadalabene Center is getting some work done as well, with a large expansion and reworked gym currently being constructed, according to Student Fitness Center Director Mick Ostrander.
"The new expansion will allow us to play a wide variety of intramural sports, club sports, (and) other student activity functions … in addition to a wide variety of fitness activities," Ostrander said.
Ostrander said the expansion comes as a response to an overall growth in activities due to the increased number of students living on campus.
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