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Show Page 5 StatesmanCampus News Monday, Aug. 25, 2008 Business building renovation creates Briefs Free concert in a new student-friendly atmosphere Providence Canyon Campus & Community BySETH R. HAWKINS web editor Though the business building is nearly 40 years old, the $2.5 million renovation that took place over the summer makes it look vibrant and modern, said Clifford Skousen, senior dean for faculty development and administrative affairs at the Huntsman School of Business. When Huntsman students left for the summer, the business building interior was dark and lacked student space, Skousen said. But, when students enter this fall, Business Senator Adam Croshaw said "they're going to be surprised." "We wanted to try and change the atmosphere and the image and the feel of the school to a more vibrant, upbeat place that people would feel energized just by coming into the building," Skousen said. The change is noticeable upon entering the building, with new eucalyptus wood paneling accented by metal mesh lining the walls. Glass doors and an emphasis on letting light through the windows brighten the ground floor. The dean's office has been replaced by an open student lounge filled with chairs, and a conference room that can be reserved by students for group projects. Two LCD monitors will soon be installed that can provide information about the college, CLIFF SKOUSEN, OF THE HUNTSMAN S C H O O L OF BUSINESS, points to the location of the future student help desk on the first floor of the business building. DEBRA HAWKINS photo scholarships and stock quotes, Skousen said. The dean is now located on the sixth floor, with the rest of the administrative staff on the eighth floor, he said. "The old dean's office is now a conference center, that says a lot that the building is more student friendly," Croshaw said. "It was the dean's vision to have this be a place that students could network and talk to other students." The donor wall is currently under construction to be transformed into a glass-encased honor wall, complete with two LCD monitors, Skousen said. The first floor has been opened up to be more student friendly, Skousen said. At the bottom of the west stairs sits a new student help desk, which provides IT assistance for hardware or software problems, he said. Next to the help desk is a computer lab filled with new iMacs. This lab is open to all students with an ID card, Croshaw said. With minimal classrooms and offices, the first floor is designed especially with students in mind. A student lounge in the north end of the building is complete with vending machines, tables and three breakout rooms for study groups. "Downstairs is a lot nicer with the computers and different things like that," Croshaw said. "I think (students) are going to be surprised and excited about the change." The third floor also underwent substantial changes, noticeable upon exiting the elevators. The previously dark third floor with only one way around the building, is now opened up to be more circular and allows more light from the windows, Skousen said. The CEO Center was moved from the north end of the building to cover the length of the west side of the building. Two classrooms were lost to make room for the CEO Center, though more seats were added to other classrooms to compensate, Skousen said. All student support services have been moved to this location, Skousen said, providing both graduate and undergraduate students with all types of advising. The center will likely be renamed in the future, though a specific name has not been decided upon yet, he said. "This was the dean's dream to try to create an atmosphere and an image of our business school," Skousen said. "The previous building didn't have the feel. It was just sort of a commute kind of situation. It was a high priority to change this." Funding for the $2.5 million renovation came from a one million donation from the George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation, which the university matched. Support from the students was also crucial to the success of this project, Skousen said. There are still finishing touches being applied to the first three floors as the semester begins, The Bear River Watershed Council is sponsoring a free concert in Providence Canyon Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008 starting at 4:30 p.m. Featured bands will be Way Way East Bay, Bruce Moulton, Strictly Naive, and Darin Johnson Experience. The concert will highlight impacts from irresponsible forest users. In conjunction with the concert, restoration efforts will occur throughout the canyon starting at 9 a.m. These projects are in cooperation with the Uinta- WasatchCache- National Forest anil the Division of Wildlife Resources. For more information contact Dan Miller at: (435) 258-4432 or, dmiller@brwcouncil.org CLIFF SKOUSEN, OF THE HUNTSMAN S C H O O L OF BUSINESS, and Business Senator Adam Croshaw help a construction worker lift a wood panel in place. DEBRA HAWKINS photo and the project did go over budget due to "some unforeseen problems," Skousen said, such as adding a sprinkler system to the first three floors and removing asbestos from the 1970 construction. While plans are still in the works for the construction of a new business building, Skousen said the college felt it was important to improve the current business building. Over the years, Skousen said conference rooms and breakout rooms were removed from the building to provide more space for faculty offices, making the building little more than "a commute building." "All students could do was come in, take classes and leave," Skousen said. "That's not the culture and the atmosphere that we want to create in the Huntsman School of Business." With the improvements, Skousen said he thinks students will feel better about their education and it will further show the progress the Huntsman School of Business is making in becoming a premier business program in the country. "When you have state of the art facilities and buildings, it raises the image of your programs, of your school," Skousen said. "There's a lot of evidence of that from other schools that got new buildings that are state of the art, the alumni giving goes up, the rankings go up, the quality of the programs go up - there's a perception. If people perceive you as really good, it actually makes you better." •seth.h @aggiemail. usu. edu Contact USU Police at 797-1939 for non-emergencies. Anonymous reporting line: 797-5000 EMERGENCY NUMBER: 911 PoliceBlOtter Monday, Aug. 18, 2008 smoke detectors are very sensitive. the detector. The alarm was reset. .• USU Police responded to a delayed report of an animal problem in the area of 1400 N. 800 E in Logan. There were several sheep from a USU farm in the area that were loose in the roadway. Logan City Police and North Park Police responded and the sheep were successfully herded back in to a barn. Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008 Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008 • USU Police are investigating a burglary that occurred in the Fine Arts Center. A custodial employee made contact with two Caucasian males who had entered the building unlawfully. While the custodian was questioning the suspects, the suspects paniked, pushed the custodian and then ran out of the building. • USU Police received a call from the Resident Assistant of Morgan Hall on three individuals trespassing in the building. Complainant informed the police that they wanted a report filed just in case the individuals come back. A report was documented. •A USU employee reported to police that they saw an individual carrying a firearm on campus. The report was delayed eight hours. Police are investigating. Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008 • USU Police responded to an intrusion alarm at the Space Dynamics building. The alarm was activated at the west door of the shop building that wasn't secured properly. The alarm was reset. •USU Police responded to the R2 Parking Lot at Richards Hall on a report of a parking problem. Upon arrival police discovered five vehicles parked illegally. The vehicles were parked in the roadway and not in parking stalls causing legally parked vehicles problems with getting out of parking stalls • USU Police responded from the Lundstrom building to the Snow Hall on a fire alarm. Police found a pull station in the building had been pulled and are investigating the incident. The individual(s) will be charged criminally. The alarm was reset. • USU Police, Fire Marshals and Facilities responded to a Fire Alarm in Rich Hall. The fire alarm was set off by a hair dryer. The residents were all reminded that in the older dorms the • USU Police, Fire Marshalls and Facilities responded to a fire alarm in the Engineering Lab building. Police found that the smoke detector was set off by a painting crew accidentally near LAC • USU Police responded to a report of two individuals who appeared to be trying to steal a golf cart. Police were unable to locate anybody in the area. Police are investigating. • USU Police responded and investigated an intrusion alarm at the Edith Bowen Elementary school. Police were able to speak with a teacher who stated she accidentally set off the alarm. • USU Police responded to a fire alarm at the Vet. Science building. There was nofire.The detector had been set off because too much heat had entered an area and triggering the alarm. H Compiled by Debra Hawkins STONE USU hosts 17th CALCON conference Thel7th annual CALCON Technical Conference held on the Utah State University campus in the Eccles Conference Center is Aug. 25-28. The conference will include a pre-conference tutorial and several technical sessions with presentations from all sectors of the calibration community. Accurate calibration of space-based sensors is essential to gathering data to help scientists understand the drivers of global climate, as well as providing the military with the tools necessary for national defense. This year's keynote speaker will be Chester DeCesaris, Jr., of the Missile Defense Agency in Huntsville, Ala. DeCesaris is responsible for all flight and ground testing, characterization, critical measurement and lethality tests of MDA's ballistic missile defense system. Sponsored in part by the Space Dynamics Laboratory, the conference brings together an international contingent of scientists and engineers to discuss the challenging issues of calibrating increasingly more complex remote sensing instrumentation. SDL has deep expertise and is nationally recognized for their calibration capabilities. The laboratory has recently invested over 6 million dollars for upgrades to their equipment, which has brought increasing national and international interest to its North Logan facilities. Blue light to honor first day ofclass The USU blue light atop Old Main will light the night sky Monday, Aug. 25, to honor the first day of fall semester. Fall semester begins Aug. 25 and ends Dec. 5. Labor Day holiday is Monday, Sept. 1, and Fall Break is Friday, Oct. 17. Thanksgiving break runs Wednesday, Nov. 26, through Sunday, Nov. 30. Finals week is Dec. 8-12. Fall Commencement is Saturday, Dec. 13. The Aggie Blue Pride Light atop Old Main lights the Cache Valley night sky as a symbol of Aggie tradition, heritage and pride. 9 Compiled from media and staff reports |