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SCSU adapts to summer
By Cory Fechtelkotter
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Thursday, May 1, 2003
With the end of the semester right around the corner, many students are filled with thoughts of final exams and heading home to recuperate from a long year. For the students that have chosen to stay, much will be the same over the summer, but with a few crucial differences. Building and office hours throughout the campus will be much shorter, not only due to smaller amounts of students, but a smaller budget too.
Summer hours will begin Wednesday, May 21 and end Tuesday, August 26. Similar to last summer, offices will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m, but will no longer be open on Friday. Last summer the offices were open every weekday.
"We've never closed on Fridays in the past, this is the first time we've done this," said Lisa Foss, director of marketing and communications. "We've traditionally had classes Monday through Thursday in the summer, but the offices and building were always open on Friday."
Due to budget shortfalls, SCSU is trying to cut back on energy costs with minimum impact to students.
"It shouldn't impact students too much," Foss said. "The things they're going to need to be aware of is student services like the Business Office and other services like that will be closed on Friday."
It is undecided as to whether or not the Miller Center will have similar hours. "They are going to be looking at the learning center; there's not been a decision made yet whether or not the Miller Center will be open on Fridays, and if so, what hours of operation it will be open," Foss said. "But when that is determined, there will be an announcement made."
The residence halls will also be different over the summer. "The only residence hall we have open this summer for SCSU students is Shoemaker Hall," said Brandon Johnson, director of Hill-Case Hall. "And that will operate as any other hall would anytime of the year, so it would be open 24 hours a day, seven days of the week for the students that live there. The doors will be locker from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. and the front desk will be staffed from 6 a.m. to midnight seven days a week."
Other halls will be used for various purposes over the summer. "The seven residence halls that we have will be used for conferences, as we use them every other summer. And they will be open while the conferences are here from the community: a sports camp to a religion camp, cheerleading camp, different things like that," Johnson said.
Other residence halls will be closed at times for renovation, such as Mitchell and Lawrence Hall.
Other buildings, such as Atwood, Garvey Commons and Shoemaker Hall will maintain their normal summer operating schedules.
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