Construction all around: What's going up on campus
Taylor Muller
Issue date: 8/12/08 Section: Guide to UNO
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College of Public Affairs and Community Service
The new home for the College of Public Affairs and Community Service will finish just in time for the college's departments to move in. This will be the first time the college has been housed in one building.
"There could be some programs that are not in, but we're talking a matter of days not a time longer than that," said John Amend, director of facilities and management. "Classrooms should be up and running, we have those scheduled for the fall."
The building will feature several collaboration areas, where different areas of study combine into one focused project.
Maverick Village
The 384-bed dormitory built next to University Village will also be open in time for the fall, with move-ins starting the week before classes resume on Aug. 25. Amend said the majority of the landscaping had been completed; however, there would most likely be more trees planted along the west side of the parking garage.
The garage is available to primarily campus residents, with the hope of freeing up more parking elsewhere. A limited number of overflow reserved spaces were sold to non-residents earlier this summer.
Milo Bail Student Center
Currently, much of the carpeting, stairs and infrastructure of the student center are being replaced. Amend said they hope to be completed in time for Aug. 25. In addition to the inside, the Henningson Campanile Plaza, located outside the student center's south entrance, will also be receiving a facelift.
"We're going to make a permanent stage for concerts and everything, put in some new planters, getting rid of those planters in the way, so making some more space," Amend said. "We're hoping that all of that is before school starts. That's the way construction usually has to work around here."
Aksarben Village
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