NewsletterThe Evergreen State College

From New Buildings ToRed Brick And Bathrooms

It's happening allaround campus—hammerspounding, sawswhining, machineryclanking and buildingsspringing up. Thebrain center behindall this remodelingand construction hasone location. As youenter the FacilitiesOffice, things arequiet, the air iscool, and large pic-ture windows look outon lush green surroun-dings. What you don't see are the longhours kept by staff members and thepressure created by constant deadlinesand negotiations with contractors. TheFacilities staff is coordinating anamazing schedule of projects thataffect, or will affect, virtuallyeveryone on campus. It's the biggestchange in the physical Evergreen sincethe early '70s because legislatorsapproved nearly 100 percent of theEvergreen capitol request this year,providing $13-1 million for more than300 remodeling, maintenance andbuilding projects. This newsletter isdedicated to Facilities because, ifyou're not affected by more efficientBusiness and Registrar's Offices, byconstruction noise or temporarybathroom partitions, you will stillnotice new red-brick paving, newbuildings, improved roadways and lotsmore. Facilities' massive effort is onemore visible, and vital, way Evergreencontinues to improve upon its traditionof excellence in education.

August 26, 1987

CONSTRUCTION AND REMODELING are signsof the times at Evergreen, especiallyat the new residence halls, above. Thecollege's Rec Center Phase II project,below, will be ready for constructionbeginning in January.

Rec Center Phase II Will Meet Many Needs

To some it's the new gym, although it's really called the College Recreation CenterPhase II. Whatever you call it, Phase II creates not only opportunities for fit-ness, fun, music and dance, but it brings to life the vision of original TESCplanners.

Evergreen's original master plan called for the CRC Phase II to meet educa-tional and recreational program needs. After years of seeking legislative appro-val for the project, the college received funding in June with a tight timelinethat aims for groundbreaking this January and completion by June, 1989. Evergreenwas the only college in the state without a gymnasium or large gathering space.Soon, we'll have a brand-new 2,100-seat $6.8 million multi-purpose facility.

"CRC Phase II was so long overdue, the day it opens it will be overflowingwith students involved in play and fitness activities," says Jan Lambertz,director of Recreation and Athletics.

"We'll be able to use CRC Phase II more experimentally than our ownfacility," says Ed Trujillo, referring to the Communications Building he mana-ges. "There's potential for modern dance troupes, ballet activity and more big-name music in the new facility."

Phase II will include a gymnasium that doubles as a large group eventsspace, multi-use rooms, locker rooms (of equal size for men and women), teamrooms and offices. In the wellness lab, staff will test your fitness, prescribeexercise and provide consulting. A sports medicine area will specialize in theprevention and rehabilitation of injuries. Phase II will give students, facultyand staff the room to participate in fitness, dance, sports instruction, martialarts, team handball, basketball and vollyball on campus, greatly enhancing theiropportunities to stay in shape during the rainy season. Recreation is impor-tant, according to Lambertz, to help Greeners maintain the mental and physicalbalance necessary for good health and top performance in their work and studies.

Lecture Halls Comfy for the Next Decade

The Lecture Halls will all have new and improved seating by the first day of fallclasses. Lecture Hall 5 will receive new seats to fit into existing seat frames.The best of the old seats from that hall will be repainted and re-upholstered,then mixed in with the best refinished seats in Lecture Halls 2, 3 and 4. LectureHall 1 seats also will be re-upholstered. According to Barbara Crossland, projectmanager, the Lecture Halls as a whole should be comfortable at least for anotherten years.

Office Remodels Making Working New

Registration and Records, Purchasing, the Library and the Business Office willall benefit from remodeling that has increased space and efficiency. Folks inRegistration doubled the size of their vault for storing student records, and havemore work space and a more comfortable area for students to register. "It'ssoothing to work here now. I can't believe the changes that have gone on," saysJudy Huntley, assistant to the dean for registration and records. The BusinessOffice, aka the Controller's Office, was revamped, creating more space that'sorganized for greater efficiency for staffers and their customers, with quietwhere it's needed. "I think Jon Collier did a great job of seeing that our manyrequests were met," says Becky Gallagher, controller. Gallagher is especiallypleased with the new conference room (which doubled as her office before), whichis open for use by other campus offices. Purchasing is together in one space forthe first time and has a new area for bid openings. Add to that their new locationacross from the Business Office, and you have a Purchasing staff happy with agreatly improved work environment. And the Library has three new offices on thesecond floor—one for the inter-library loan group and two for reference staff—along with a larger reference area and reorganized technical service area. Allthese recently (or nearly) completed projects were funded out of the last bien-nium.

KEEPING EVERGREEN IN BUSINESS: Two of three counters in the Business Office arenew (this one helps serve students), adding to overall improved efficiencycreated by remodeling. Happy Business Office staffers, left to right are: LorriMoore, Jane Madsen, Debby Davies, Dana Delaney, Lily Hsue, Meg Menaul, VernaBaker, Beth Hartmann, Teresa Lingafelter, Linda Jacob, Myrna Zolyomi, BeckyGallagher, Sharlene Lugenbeel, David Judd, Ron Stead, Mark Beckler.

Residence Halls Near Completion

Although they look classy, with thepitched roofs and overhangs of a"Northwest vernacular" design andforested surroundings that provide atranquil setting, they aren't townhousesor condominiums. They're Housing's newbuildings—seven residence halls and onebig Community Center. The Housing Officehopes the new buildings will help stu-

dents form a caring, tight-knit community, says Linda Hohman, housing manager.Evergreen's original planners first eyed the five-acre site for future growth.Located directly between the high-rise residence halls and the modular housing onDriftwood Road, the complex adds 200 beds. Most units have four to six singlebedrooms that share kitchen, living and bathrooms. Two units are for studentmanagers and two for the physically challenged. Each residence hall reaches threestories in height and receives good daylight from southern exposure. Housing's bedcount is up to 776, a 35 percent increase from last year, and 90 percent of therequests to live on-campus Fall Quarter will be met, according to Hohman. TheCommunity Center will have a book-store/deli (open when other food servicesare closed), a laundry room, mail roomand a large social space for dances andother student events. The Corner, a stu-dent-run food collective, will move fromA-Dorm to the Center to serve the biggerclientele. With its organic and inter-national menu, The Corner will continueto provide eating alternatives withoutcompeting with on-campus food services.The finishing touch will be landscapingwhich, according to project manager JimCopland, will use plants indigenous tothe area, including vine maple andhuckleberry.

Minor Remodels and Furniture Repair Will Bring Welcome Change

Evergreen needs more faculty offices and specialized library space, so eightlarge offices are being remodeled into 16 smaller offices for Fall Quarter. Bynext summer, the third floor of the Library will be remodeled for the growingTeacher Education Program, adding space for periodicals on microfilm, a curricu-lum library and a consolidated non-print collection area that offers slide, musicand film rentals. By the time school begins the pharmacy in Health Services willbe remodeled to meet state codes that require prescription drugs to be kept underdouble lock-and-key. An added bonus for Health Services will be a larger labora-tory and work space. A wide-ranging project of George Leago and his wood-workingcrew is repair of tables, chairs, desks and file cabinets. Most of the work is ontables and chairs used for academic programs.

Other New Buildings To Spring Up

Buildings to house grounds equipment and hazardous waste are on the drawingboards. Equipment used by the grounds crew has always been stored outside, whichmeant it had to be continually rebuilt and repainted to fend off weather. Anew metal shed will extend the life of expensive grounds equipment. The federalEnvironmental Protection Agency requires whoever uses or generates hazardousproducts and wastes to follow approved methods for receiving, storage, usage anddisposal. To meet this requirement, Evergreen will build a concrete blockstructure that is fire proof, complete with separate rooms for each type of che-mical and loading dock. Facilities has selected a tentative site next to themaintenance shop.

Opening Doors To Physically Challenged

One push-button operated automatic door will be added to each academic building,designed to improve access to physically challenged students. Another accessimprovement will be a new lift in the basement of the CAB for physicallychallenged users of the CAB and Rec Center.

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One-Stop Shopping For Student Advising

The new Student Advising Center,or SAC, will bring an addeddimension of convenience to stu-dents, ultimately improvingtheir educational experience.Walls in the C Wing of theLibrary were knocked out, makingway for creation of severaloffices, a library, conferenceroom and workroom. There, theoffices of Academic Advising,First People's Coalition,KEY-Special Services, CareerDevelopment, CooperativeEducation and the Dean ofStudent Development will behoused and served by one recep-tion area. A SAC open house andcelebration is set for September25, when everyone is moved in.Joyce Weston, director of theStudent Advising Center, isexcited that "all of these offi-ces that offer integral serviceswill be together for the firsttime in the universe," meaningstudents don't have to runaround for advising needs.There are more benefits. TheCenter will begin offering awide selection of workshops tohelp students "survive,"including how to write betterevaluations, how to be effectivein seminars and, in general, howto make the best use of Ever-green. SAC members will com-municate more easily and that'san advantage for keeping up-to-date on curriculum changes andother information. All this addsup to better advising and highervisibility for each of theCenter's offices, and thatshould improve student retentionand the quality of education atEvergreen.

Fixing-Up Concrete, Red-Brick Paving, Asphalt And Roadways

Water, freezing temperatures and ground settlement are taking their toll onEvergreen's outdoor concrete, red-brick paving, parking lots and roadways. Nearthe northwest corner of the CAB, for example, a walkway has settled three to fourinches and an adjoining retaining wall now leans to the east. A George Leago-ledproject will begin concrete repair around the Welcome Pole, bus stop and flagpoles. Analysis of the deterioration also is planned, including how to repair theCAB's sunken concrete.

A Leago-led crew will also curb red-brick paving deterioration, which is mostnoticeable around the bus stop. "Somehow water got in there and carried away thesand base," says Leago. Sand base and brick paving will be repaired on a patchworkbasis throughout campus, focusing on Red Square and other heavily traveled areas."The whole of Red Square will be affected one way or another," he says. "Oncedeterioration of brick starts, it gets worse exponentially, so we were lucky toget funds to repair it now." Brick re-paving projects should start in Septemberand continue through next summer.

Potholes on roads around campus have been filled, and now workers are repairingdeteriorating shoulders along the Evergreen Parkway. Also, repaving on DriftwoodRoad near the intersection of Overhulse Road requires closing one lane of trafficthis week and next week. Drivers may want to enter the back of campus from thewest via 17th and Lewis Road. Street lights and new sidewalks at Driftwood andOverhulse should be finished by the end of this week. Parking lots will receive aface-lift when a sealant is applied to prolong the asphalt's life. Parking Lot Cwill be closed until September 4, except one day—August 29—to accomodate a con-ference. Laurie Barrett is managing the roadway and parking lot projects.

Asbestos Survey

When the college was built, asbestos materials weren't widely used. However, theywere used in some places, mostly on pipes and other building materials not directlyexposed to activity, but the exact impact isn't known. State and federal Environ-mental Protection Agency and WISHA (Washington Industrial Safety and Health Admini-stration) regulations require all asbestos to be identified, labeled, and sealedor removed. A consultant, CertifiedIndustries Hygiene Services, Inc.,of Seattle, began surveying campusthis montn.

Attention To Bathrooms

The most private places on campusare under repair. All bathroomstall dividers that have been van-dalized or are suffering from nor-mal wear-and-tear will be fixed,room by room. Each bathroom takesabout a week, and while dividersare removed, temporary partitionswill be installed.

Laurie Barrett directs Parkway roadwork.

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