Last week I introduced the idea that President F. King Alexander wanted to increase student living on campus. According to the CSULB website, the university announced in August that they will be buying Brooks College for their expansion."Acquiring the five-acre site allows us to more immediately address this growing need while also providing greater flexibility to expand academic course offerings and programming," said Alexander.
This transition will take place in the 2009, when Brooks college will close. At the moment, there are about 200 CSULB students who are living on the Brooks College campus. At the time of its closure and complete take over by CSULB, school officials plan on increasing that number to 700.
According to the CSULB website, by using this site to add more student living, it will be saving more money in the long run. "In fact, the total cost of this project will be less than one-third what it would cost to build new student housing for 700 students," said Bill Griffith, CSULB's vice president of administration and financing.
For more on this topic, check out the following link:
http://karl.papubs.csulb.edu/news-events/story.cfm?hackid=834
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Monday, October 1, 2007
New President, New Buildings
I'm sure that all of you have noticed all of the construction going on around campus. There are new renovations going on around every corner. All of this construction is coming with our new college president. According to the Daily 49er, our president has big plans coming along with his new status.
Last spring, President F. King Alexander started adding to the dorms on campus. “The amount of students living on campus is way below the average for an institution of our size,” Alexander said. By adding this additional room for incoming and continuous students, it expands the among of students that are being turned away by not being able to have a dorm to live in.
For more information on this story check out the following website from The Daily 49er: http://www.csulb.edu/~d49er/archives/2006/summer/news/v12n128-alexander.shtml
More to come from the president, as well as the construction team themselves, in upcoming posts. Until next time...
Last spring, President F. King Alexander started adding to the dorms on campus. “The amount of students living on campus is way below the average for an institution of our size,” Alexander said. By adding this additional room for incoming and continuous students, it expands the among of students that are being turned away by not being able to have a dorm to live in.
For more information on this story check out the following website from The Daily 49er: http://www.csulb.edu/~d49er/archives/2006/summer/news/v12n128-alexander.shtml
More to come from the president, as well as the construction team themselves, in upcoming posts. Until next time...
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
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This blog is here to keep the faculty and students informed on what is happening around our campus. Everywhere you look there is construction just around the corner. I plan on letting you know why the college is doing this renovation, keeping you up to date on the progress, and when all of this handiwork will be over.
I plan on going straight to the sources for this ongoing story; talking to the president as well as the head of the construction team. Not only will I use direct sources, but I plan to utilize the newspapers and online papers around me to keep all of us updated. The campus is under development and so is this blog. Stay posted to see what’s new with your college.
I plan on going straight to the sources for this ongoing story; talking to the president as well as the head of the construction team. Not only will I use direct sources, but I plan to utilize the newspapers and online papers around me to keep all of us updated. The campus is under development and so is this blog. Stay posted to see what’s new with your college.
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