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Egan Library wing opens to rave reviews
By Sean Smith
Whalesong Staff
It’s been
called awesome, outstanding, beautiful, new age, a major addition,
and it’s not the new activities van.
That’s right, ladies and gentlemen, the Egan Library
classroom extension is finished and open to all who wish to enjoy
the lavish building. Complete with 16 classrooms, a 150-person auditorium,
new and improved Spikes Café, wood walls, skylights, and
all the fixin’s to make the building one of the most significant
additions in recent UAS history.
Since the spring semester started, students and teachers alike have
had the opportunity to enjoy the brand spankin’ new smell of
the building.
Professor Sue Koester, who teaches two courses in the
new building thinks that it was, “long overdue.” But wasn’t
it worth the wait? The finished work is something even Chancellor
John Pugh has been caught admiring.
“The quality of the building is very impressive,”
Pugh said. “It was something that the campus really needed,
not only the space to teach, but everything from the Spike’s
Lounge to the auditorium is a great addition to the campus.”
The grand opening took place on Jan. 11 with the Winter
Scholarship Soiree, where over 300 people were in attendance and
over $69,000 was raised for the UAS scholarship fund. Pugh and all
who attended the event had a great time while getting a look at
the finished product.
“It was a great time: the dancing and gambling
was a lot of fun,” Pugh said.
But the teaching space is not all the students are noticing
about the building.
Bruno Del Olmo, who has five classes in the new building said, “I
like how the door handles are heated, and the new age look that
it brings to the campus.”
“It’s awesome, the chairs lean back so you
can almost fall asleep,” Rabecca Glavin said about the classrooms.
While the finishing touches were being put on the Library
addition, the Mourant cafeteria area and Lake Room were getting
a similar look with wood lining the walls in that building as well.
Student Mark Rackley summed up his feelings about all
the changes saying, “It feels like we are at a real college.”
All students can continue to look forward to a new looking
UAS campus. With the Pavilion above the current parking lot and
renovations to the Hendrickson Annex due for completion this spring;
landscaping between the Mourant Building and the Library extension;
a parking lot due to be complete before next fall; and the UAS,
Army joint rec-center due to start construction this spring, UAS
is getting a complete make over.
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