Under Construction: How the Master Plan Projects Affect You Date: June 30, 2000 By: Mary Bridget Reilly Phone: (513) 556-1824 Archive: Campus News Anyone touring campus before the start of fall classes will see a heavy schedule of construction projects: preparing the groundwork for the new Center for Enrollment Services (CES), creating a new green space adjacent to the Alumni Center, and renovating Baldwin Hall with new utilities and state-of-the art technology. These are just a few of the ongoing projects: CAMPUS GREEN: A new four-acre green space adjacent to the Alumni Center will be dedicated Oct. 20. Containing nearly 400 trees, meandering walks and fountains, the new space is part of a network of greenery that includes McMicken Commons (between McMicken Hall and Tangeman University Center) and Sigma Sigma Commons (near the bookstore). BUILDING RENOVATIONS: During the summer and fall, Braunstein Hall is closed for renovation and is set to open again in time for winter quarter classes to begin in January, 2001. By June 30, the elevator renovation in Teachers College is scheduled to be complete. That elevator will then serve both Teachers College and Dyer Hall, while the Dyer Hall elevator is renovated during fall quarter. ATHLETIC FIELDS: Over the summer, the artificial turf in Nippert Stadium is being stripped and replaced with a new form of turf that looks, feels and "plays" like grass. Similarly, Meyers Field, used for soccer and track, is receiving a make-over that includes the new turf as well as new lights. "ONE-STOP" CENTER:Construction of the new Center for Enrollment Services will begin in October and is scheduled for completion in July 2002. It will ultimately house the Career Development Center, Student Services (registrar and bursar's offices), a visitors center, Enrollment Services (admissions and financial aid) as well as administrative offices. CAMPUS LIFE COMPLEX:Construction will begin in January 2001 on a Campus Life complex, which will include more classroom space and a "mini-Main Street" of shops, services, entertainment and dining in the heart of campus. Tangeman University Center will undergo a renovation to begin this academic year. TUC will be vacated by December, and demolition of the building's south wing and other selected parts of the building will begin in January 2001. The "old lobby" entrance to TUC will be preserved, serving as an entryway to the upgraded structure, which will contain such amenities as conference and meeting spaces, the campus bookstore, retail stores, a 700-seat food court, 250-seat lecture hall, student lounge, student cafeteria and 24-hour banking. Those new to UC will soon begin joking with the rest of us that "UC" stands for "under construction." However, the campus community is closing in on having a gem of a campus as part of a plan set in motion in 1989 to transform UC's urban campus into an integrated whole studded with masterpieces by all-star signature architects. And publications like the The New York Times, USA Today, and The Washington Post have taken notice. Read more about the Master Plan: www.uc.edu/ucinfo/buildin.htm www.horizons.uc.edu/MasterJuly1998/contents.htm