Photos by Christopher Gannon.
It didn't take students long Monday to settle into the renovated main lounge on the Memorial Union second floor. Under construction for about a year, the new lounge area features a water vapor fireplace, tables and chairs, comfortable seating and central campus views through the large north windows. Eight small group collaboration areas come with a wall monitor students can synch with their laptops.
This lounge is in the space previously home to the campus post office counter, staff offices, Col. Pride Lounge and the original Memorial Union desk.
It's one of two yearlong renovation projects that were completed this month. Staff in three Dean of Students units selected for the remodeled third floor office spaces in the east section of the building moved in last week. Their new office furniture arrives in late September, but teams in the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, TRIO Student Support Services and the Center for Student Educational Success are at home in their new workspaces.
