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Bookstore to relocate during Moraine Hall renovations
Daniel Pettis
Issue date: 12/12/07 Section: News
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The University Bookstore and textbook rental will move to a new location February 2008 to accommodate renovations of current location Moraine Hall.
Textbook rental and book sales will move to Esker Hall beginning next semester after text books are checked out. Apparel and gift sales will move to Drumlin 120 and Willy's Hawkshop in the re-opened University Center.
Copy services will also be moving to Drumlin's lower level.
"The intent is to have the student only have to go to one place to get his or her textbooks, or related supplemental materials," Stephen Summers, deputy assistant chancellor of Student Affairs, said.
The bookstore will be moving in the first week or two of February and will not be able to check books in or out until the move is complete, Terri Meinel, director of Bookstore Services, said.
All services will return to their current location in October 2008, during the middle of the fall semester, Summers said.
Summers said February 2008 was chosen as the time for Bookstore to move so that they would be able move after the books were checked out, leaving less to move.
The layout of the upgraded bookstore will be more circular, leading students on a u-shaped path.
"I'm very excited about the plan our architects came up with," Meinel said. "It'll be very functional, it'll be fresh, clean and efficient. We're very environmentally conscious with the new things we're doing. I think it'll be much better for students to navigate to utilize the facility."
The new bookstore will also feature use of the university's primary team color, purple. New carpeting with alternating purple and black squares will be installed, and a new ceiling will be furnished with new lighting featuring transparent purple squares along the front area of the store.
In addition, an elevator will be installed to make the downstairs textbook rental area of the bookstore more accessible to the disabled.
The bookstore has deteriorated in recent years, making the renovations necessary. The group that oversees the bookstore has not used their revenues to make minor improvements when they knew this major renovation was on the horizon, Meinel said.
A leaky roof will be fixed, the broken heating and ventilation system will be repaired and the bathrooms will be updated.
Textbook rental and book sales will move to Esker Hall beginning next semester after text books are checked out. Apparel and gift sales will move to Drumlin 120 and Willy's Hawkshop in the re-opened University Center.
Copy services will also be moving to Drumlin's lower level.
"The intent is to have the student only have to go to one place to get his or her textbooks, or related supplemental materials," Stephen Summers, deputy assistant chancellor of Student Affairs, said.
The bookstore will be moving in the first week or two of February and will not be able to check books in or out until the move is complete, Terri Meinel, director of Bookstore Services, said.
All services will return to their current location in October 2008, during the middle of the fall semester, Summers said.
Summers said February 2008 was chosen as the time for Bookstore to move so that they would be able move after the books were checked out, leaving less to move.
The layout of the upgraded bookstore will be more circular, leading students on a u-shaped path.
"I'm very excited about the plan our architects came up with," Meinel said. "It'll be very functional, it'll be fresh, clean and efficient. We're very environmentally conscious with the new things we're doing. I think it'll be much better for students to navigate to utilize the facility."
The new bookstore will also feature use of the university's primary team color, purple. New carpeting with alternating purple and black squares will be installed, and a new ceiling will be furnished with new lighting featuring transparent purple squares along the front area of the store.
In addition, an elevator will be installed to make the downstairs textbook rental area of the bookstore more accessible to the disabled.
The bookstore has deteriorated in recent years, making the renovations necessary. The group that oversees the bookstore has not used their revenues to make minor improvements when they knew this major renovation was on the horizon, Meinel said.
A leaky roof will be fixed, the broken heating and ventilation system will be repaired and the bathrooms will be updated.
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