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Student Success Center prepares to go above ground
Student Success Center to be completed summer 2009
Sydney Elliot
Issue date: 8/22/08 Section: News
Peck Hall, Founder's Hall, back to Peck, over to Alumni Hall and to the basement of Rendleman Hall. This is the path an average student may need to take if they are searching for academic and support services on campus.
Come fall of 2009, students will be able to escape the run around once the Student Success Center is completed.
The building will house campus services such as the Career Development Center, Academic Advising, Student Opportunities for Academic Results, Health Services and Counseling Services. The Student Government office will also be expanded from Kimmel Leadership Center into the building. The two-story building will also include a computer lab and a student lounge.
Lora Miles, assistant vice chancellor for student affairs, said the decision to construct the SSC was made to take services that are currently spread throughout the university and combine them into one building. This will help prevent students from going from one building to another, which often causes confusion.
Miles said it was important to look at which departments made the most sense together in one building.
"Sometimes (students) don't even know about those services or support because they don't see them," Miles said.
Construction began on the SSC in March, and, according to Vice Chancellor for Administration Rich Walker, above ground construction will be noticeable during the fall semester.
"By the time school starts in the fall, we should have all the column holes drilled and poured and some of the steel coming up out of the ground," Walker said. "You'll start to see some above ground progress by then."
Currently, the east entrances of the Morris University Center is closed off, though entrances are still available to the lower level of the cafeteria. Those entrances were only blocked off for a short time while utilities were relocated in March. A portion of the sidewalk is still only gravel, but once it settles, concrete will be poured over the area to recreate a smooth surface, Walker said.
Come fall of 2009, students will be able to escape the run around once the Student Success Center is completed.
The building will house campus services such as the Career Development Center, Academic Advising, Student Opportunities for Academic Results, Health Services and Counseling Services. The Student Government office will also be expanded from Kimmel Leadership Center into the building. The two-story building will also include a computer lab and a student lounge.
Lora Miles, assistant vice chancellor for student affairs, said the decision to construct the SSC was made to take services that are currently spread throughout the university and combine them into one building. This will help prevent students from going from one building to another, which often causes confusion.
Miles said it was important to look at which departments made the most sense together in one building.
"Sometimes (students) don't even know about those services or support because they don't see them," Miles said.
Construction began on the SSC in March, and, according to Vice Chancellor for Administration Rich Walker, above ground construction will be noticeable during the fall semester.
"By the time school starts in the fall, we should have all the column holes drilled and poured and some of the steel coming up out of the ground," Walker said. "You'll start to see some above ground progress by then."
Currently, the east entrances of the Morris University Center is closed off, though entrances are still available to the lower level of the cafeteria. Those entrances were only blocked off for a short time while utilities were relocated in March. A portion of the sidewalk is still only gravel, but once it settles, concrete will be poured over the area to recreate a smooth surface, Walker said.
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