Wednesday, June 13, 2007
The University of Kansas completed its construction of a $3.5 million addition to Wescoe Hall last week.
The University converted and enclosed the southwest side of Wescoe that faces Budig Hall into two floors of office space, which adds about 24,000 square feet to the inside of the building. Construction began last summer and took nearly a year to complete.
Steve Scannell, assistant director of the design and construction management department, said the addition was made to accommodate 80 to 100 new faculty.
“People are starting to move in now,” Scannell said as he helped with elevator inspections last week. “I think move-ins will be done by Monday, June 18, but they may be finished sooner.”
Most of the Spanish and Portuguese department is moving to the second floor of the newly constructed wing. The third floor will be the new home for most of the history department. The philosophy department will occupy some of the Spanish department’s old location on the third floor, and the English administrative offices will use the history department’s vacated space on the third floor.
“The new area for the English department will have only one entrance with a receptionist to guide students where they need to go,” said James Gunn, a professor in the English department. “The new area should be a lot more efficient and easier to interact with students.”
Faculty and staff on the first floor, which includes mostly Spanish graduate teaching assistants, are also moving into the empty offices on the second and third floors in order to clear the area for a $4.8 million project which is focused on the repair of the east side of the building’s uneven first-floor that is scheduled to begin in early July.
“Our new offices are much better than what we had,” said Clarice Amorim, a student assistant in the Spanish department. “They’re at least three times bigger than our old ones.”
— Edited by Joe Caponio
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