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November 15, 2007, 09:39 AM ET
Shop Talk: New Mississippi Campus, Renovated Georgia Library, and More
New campus in Mississippi: William Carey University unveiled plans for a new campus on Tuesday, according to the Sun Herald, a newspaper in Gulfport, Miss. The university, which also has two other campuses, lost the buildings on its beachfront campus in Gulfport to Hurricane Katrina, and classes have been held in trailers on the campus since. The new inland campus, in a planned community called Tradition, is being designed by Landry and Lewis Architects. A 30,000-square-foot classroom building and a 30,000-square-foot administration building are due to open in 2009 and are expected to accommodate 750 students.
George State’s renovated library reopens today (Leo A Daly image)
Renovated library in Georgia: After a renovation and expansion that took six years and cost $23-million, Georgia State University celebrates the reopening of its two-building library today with a lunchtime event. The project, overseen by the architecture firm Leo A Daly, included an 11,217-square-foot addition. The library now offers 53 group-study rooms, 1,900 additional seats, and a Learning Commons intended to help undergraduates with their research.
Outdoor venue in Oregon: Umpqua Community College dedicated its new outdoor amphitheater on Tuesday, according to KPIC-TV, a station in the college’s hometown of Roseburg, Ore. The amphitheater, which cost just over $250,000, was paid for largely by donations from local families and organizations, including the local Rotary.
Planetarium in Ohio: Marietta College plans to open a 4,400-square-foot planetarium in 2009. The facility, which will accommodate between 85 and 100 people at a time, will have both an optical-mechanical star-field projector and a full-dome digital-video projector. Constructed with a $2.7-million gift from an alumnus, the planetarium will be named for two Marietta physics professors, Les Anderson and Whit Hancock.
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