Spring Break
Farmer School of Business construction wraps up
Faculty and staff to begin moving in next week
Amelia Carpenter
Issue date: 6/19/09 Section: Campus
"Scheduling-wise we are able to fit all the classes we teach into the classrooms into the building," Pickerill said. "We were a little worried. We added two classes for freshman. Even with those, we're still able to schedule everything in the building."
The courses Pickerill referred to were BUS 101 and 102, a three- and one-credit course designed to be taken during the same semester.
"We added those to the core I believe two years ago," Pickerill said.
The building will also house a small and large auditorium seating of about 150 and 532 seats. Pickerill said this allows the FSB to host speakers and other larger events in the new building rather than in Hall Auditorium like in past years.
Pickerill added student services like the Buck Rogers offices, student organizations, professional development will all be consolidated on the first floor.
Aside from the student services center, there will be a common area on the first floor as well as a mock trial room, a trading room where students can simulate financial trading, a few classrooms and an area for quiet study, according to Pickerill.
"The third floor is all offices, some departmental and dean office suites," Pickerill said. "The second floor is mostly offices, couple faculty and departmental suites and interactive media studies."
Pickerill also said the head of the Armstrong Initiative for Interactive Media Studies have an office located on the second floor as well as international studies offices, some computer classrooms, a business technology lab and the entrepreneurship program's office.
Not all 200,018 square feet will be fully functional until the fall term starts.
"It's habitable on a limited basis," Pickerill said. "All the faculty offices and major administrative offices will have furniture to support moving the offices, but classrooms, the moveable tables and everything isn't due to be delivered until sometime before the middle of July."
The courses Pickerill referred to were BUS 101 and 102, a three- and one-credit course designed to be taken during the same semester.
"We added those to the core I believe two years ago," Pickerill said.
The building will also house a small and large auditorium seating of about 150 and 532 seats. Pickerill said this allows the FSB to host speakers and other larger events in the new building rather than in Hall Auditorium like in past years.
Pickerill added student services like the Buck Rogers offices, student organizations, professional development will all be consolidated on the first floor.
Aside from the student services center, there will be a common area on the first floor as well as a mock trial room, a trading room where students can simulate financial trading, a few classrooms and an area for quiet study, according to Pickerill.
"The third floor is all offices, some departmental and dean office suites," Pickerill said. "The second floor is mostly offices, couple faculty and departmental suites and interactive media studies."
Pickerill also said the head of the Armstrong Initiative for Interactive Media Studies have an office located on the second floor as well as international studies offices, some computer classrooms, a business technology lab and the entrepreneurship program's office.
Not all 200,018 square feet will be fully functional until the fall term starts.
"It's habitable on a limited basis," Pickerill said. "All the faculty offices and major administrative offices will have furniture to support moving the offices, but classrooms, the moveable tables and everything isn't due to be delivered until sometime before the middle of July."
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