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| Newly Refurbished Biology Labs |
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| Culinary Program - Upgraded Kitchen & Dining
Facilities.
Many needed renovations have taken place in the
Hospitality/Culinary area. A new professional Bose music system
has been installed by a donation made by Mrs. George Little in
memory of her late husband George Little who the formal dining
area has been named after. As of 2003, 1500 square feet to the
kitchen area was added dedicated to Bakery and Pastry
production. Also completed were extensive changes to flooring,
lighting, furniture and blinds in the dining room. The dining
area is elegant, warm and inviting now. Classroom chairs were
replaced and the entire area was painted. These changes have
been very important to the successful growth of our program.
Alagasco through special pricing helped replace old home use
stoves with updated stoves that are better suited for the
professional teaching environment. A considerable amount of
funding was spent towards the purchase of smallwares and tools
needed to deliver instruction properly.
These changes and improvements made to the Hospitality/Culinary
Program have made all the difference in the world to our
students and faculty. The environment is clean, bright and gives
the students and staff a sense of pride. The needs of our
students, college and the community at large are better met with
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| Athletics - New Bleachers & Scoreboard |
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| New home for the Center for College, Community &
Corporate Education in George Wallace Hall.
College Career, Corporate Education Center has been remodeled to
include a conference room, kitchen, three new staff offices plus
reception area. All of this area was remodeled which included
erecting walls, putting in heat and air vents, re-wiring,
painting, carpet and furniture. There were existing staff
offices that were re-furbished with new carpet and furniture. We
have created five new classrooms on the second floor including
computer classrooms. |
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| Governmental Relations & Grants Management
Facilities Upgrade |
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| Planned Senior Center in LeRoy Brown Gym.
The Leroy Brown Gymnasium recently has undergone two major
renovations. There is a Fitness Center for Senior Adults located
on the third floor of the gym. A new weight room has been added
to the fourth floor of the gym and new additional equipment has
been purchased for use by our senior adults, students, and
faculty and our community.
A fitness area has been added in place of the old bleachers on
the third floor of the gym. The bleachers were unusable and
their removal allowed the development of an aerobic area along
with an area for treadmills, fitness bicycles and small weights.
This area is in constant use by not only the senior adults but
by the community, faculty, staff, and students. |
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The Child Development Program area located in the Harold Martin
Building has undergone partial repainting that includes the
common area and most offices off the common area. New Furniture
for the common area, conference room and administrative
assistant has been purchased. |
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Bethune Deramus is currently undergoing renovation of classrooms
for use by Liberal Arts classes. Rooms 200 and 208 have been the
focus of the work. These two large rooms were restructured to be
three classrooms, suitable to hold the 45 students that
frequently enroll in Liberal Arts classes (such as Psychology
and History). In addition to these new rooms being larger than
the ones currently in use by the department, equipment is being
installed in each room to provide access to the use of
technology in instruction. Each room will be equipped with a
computer, internet access, whiteboards, projector, projector
screen, mounted television, and DVD/VCR combo. This equipment
list was requested by current Liberal Arts instructors, who
tailored their requests to their specific classroom needs.
Within the three new classrooms, one room (BD 200) will be
designated as the “Psychology” classroom, meaning that most
Psychology classes will be scheduled to meet in this room. In
addition to the equipment listed above, this room will have
models and diagrams of the brain, nervous system, and nerve
endings to assist in the teaching of these topics. These items
were specifically chosen by our Psychology faculty. Another of
the rooms (BD 210) will be designated as the “History”
classroom. Many History classes (and some Religion classes) will
be scheduled to meet in this room. The History faculty was
approved to have this room equipped with new maps covering both
American History and Western Civilization.
These are exciting and much needed improvements to the teaching
environment in Bethune Deramus. Currently, classes with 45
students literally fill the classrooms to over-flowing! However,
the larger rooms that are being made available for Liberal Arts’
use will allow for a more comfortable, attractive, and suitable
learning environment. Our faculty members are also very excited
about the equipment being placed in these classrooms. Having
computers with internet access in the classrooms provides many
new opportunities for instruction, including allowing
instructors to access items posted to their faculty web pages in
class, demonstrating research techniques, and providing access
to numerous visual and aural aids. |
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