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Campus NewsConstruction Projects on ScheduleWith the Press Toward the Mark campaign at the halfway point,three building projects are now underway.THREE major construction projectsare currently underway onthe Lee University campus.Three new campus buildings,including two academic structures andan apartment complex are at variouslevels of completion. Two are projectedto be ready before the end of the year.Not since two decades ago, in theearly years of Paul Conn’s presidency,has there been this much simultaneousconstruction activity. In the summer of1988, four major campus projects dominatedthe summer months with thedemolition of Church Street throughthe middle of campus highlighting theactivity. Other projects at that timeincluded the complete renovation ofthe former library into the Vest Building,renovation of the first floor ofNora Chambers Hall into dormitoryspace and the construction of theDeVos Tennis Center. An amphitheatrewould also be an integral part of theradical mid-campus transformation.While the changes of yesteryearwere significant, the current projectsare all new construction and—like1988—will alter the campus landscapein a dramatic way.* * * * *On the extreme northeast corner ofthe Lee campus, a third, two-level sec-A third section of BrinsfieldRow under constructiontion of Brinsfield Row is under roof.The new 8-unit addition will house 32students and will complement the twocurrent apartment buildings whichhave served female students for the lastthree years. Brinsfield Row differs fromother campus residencesin that theyare two-levelapartment styledwellings with theconvenience ofbeing on-campusand the autonomyof apartment living.They are locatedon MagnoliaAvenue, with thenewest units facingthe popular Schimmels Park. Scheduledfor an August completion, BrinsfieldRow is named for former Lee presidentJ. Stewart Brinsfield who served from1948-51.* * * * *The largest of the projects slated forthe Press Toward the Mark campaign isa new multi-million dollar natural scienceand mathematics building. Slatedto be located on the corner of Ocoee St.and Billy Graham Ave. (formerly 15thSt.), major earth-moving and landclearing began in March. First to goIn this westward view of the cleared landalong Billy Graham Ave. (formerly 15th St.)the Beach Science Building is now visible.was a small frame house on the cornerof Billy Graham and Church Streetwhich over the last several years hadserved a number of purposes from facultyoffices, a satellite custodial andmaintenance location and most recentlyan art house. The second structureto be razed was the former location ofhealth services, which, after carefulanalysis was deemed structurallyunsound to be moved to a differentlocation. A third house, a one-levelstructure near the corner of Ocoee andBilly Graham, was spared the bulldozer’scrush and moved eight blockssouth to the corner of Walker and 7thStreets where it will be used as auxiliarystudent housing. Previously thehouse had accommodated several sciencefaculty offices which had outgrownthe current science building andwas called the Beach Building Annex.The massive new 65,000-square-footscience and math building will eventuallystretch from the corner of BillyGraham and Ocoee down both streetsand occupy the land now cleared ofthe three houses, a parking lot, and thecurrent Beach Science Building.* * * * *The primary focus of campus constructioncontinues to zero in on the12 TORCH • Summer 2008
emarkable progress of the new Schoolof Religion located on the south side ofcampus at the corner of Parker and 8thStreets. Under roof for three months,brick facing is now complete on threesides of the two-story structure. Insidethe diversity of the new classroombuilding is clearly visible.Upon entering, the front foyer willfeature a magnificent center split staircasefrom a spacious lobby. The stairslead to a second level reading roomwhich will contain a library of the latestacademic volumes on religion and theologyunder a beautiful natural woodceiling. Five large classrooms—two onthe first level and three on the second—will be capable of holding up to 60 studentseach. Smaller seminar and conferencerooms will be sprinkled throughoutthe building as well. Four facultyclusters will contain office space for 28professors, as well as secretarial and privateconference meeting space. Therewill also be suites for the dean and twodepartment chairs with a total of sixoffices, reception, and secretarial space.A highlight of the School of Religion’sfloor plan will be a 203-seatLecture Hall located on the lower level.Featuring a two story ceiling and thelatest in electronic teaching technology,the new lecture hall will add greatly tothe large class teaching options so badlyneeded on the Lee campus.Outside the 12-sides of the lobbyand reading room will be a dramaticarchitectural feature, as will the coppertoppeddome of the main entrance.While maintaining the design continuityof the new buildings of the last twodecades, the new School of Religionwill stand out as one of the more aesthetically-pleasingstructures on theLee campus.“The progress on the School of Religionhas been remarkable over the lastseveral months,” stated Cole Strong,who serves as the project liaison fromthe president’s office. “We are more andmore optimistic that the constructionmay be completed ahead of schedule toallow occupancy of this beautiful newbuilding in the fall.”TOP: The School of Religion will be a dramatic addition at the corner of Parker and 8thStreets; MIDDLE: Masonry workers place the finishing touches on the south side of thenew building; BOTTOM: Project manager Cole Strong stands on the stairs which lead fromthe entrance lobby to the second level reading room.TORCH • Summer 200813
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