Humanities professors to relocate off campus
Lauer said the Dell House was chosen because of its proximity and the opportunity to keep the departments together.
"With a lot of people, we didn't have a lot of options," she said. Additional aspects contributing to the Dell House's allure was the fact that the building is university-owned.
This would make modifications and adding security easier tasks. The plan to move to the Dell House was reviewed by the Dean's Office.
"Moving all the residents out of Gilman is a huge undertaking," Martin Kajic, Facilities Program manager, said.
"It's about 40,000 square feet. We wanted to try to keep all the residents of Gilman together."
According to Kajic, modifications to the Dell House will begin when Gilman becomes available for renovations.
"We are working with facilities, security, the central IT - we are working with parking, to make this as easy a transition as possible," he said.
"We're reviewing the walk with security from campus to the Dell. We're also going to have a dedicated shuttle the runs between the Dell House and the Library."
The apartments will be temporarily converted into offices, Lauer said. The living room and dining room spaces will be used for graduate student space and the bedrooms will be made into offices for professors.
According to Rebecca Swisdak, administrative manager in the Department of German and Romance Languages, faculty members will have to work out of bedrooms and share offices, sometimes doubling or tripling up in a room.
Swisdak said that the move has caused a mixed reaction from the faculty.
"The student access is a concern, in terms of both office hours and chance encounters," she said. She also cited her concern about the safety in the area, as well as getting to and from the cars.
"The faculty is, for the most part, reserving judgment until more is known."
Swisdak added that a plus would be the big spaces on the first two floors that would be appropriate for seminars. But, she added, "Some professors have been in their Gilman offices for the better part of 40 years - they are very entrenched. It will uproot business in the office - the practices of everyday, the way that we're doing things."
"With a lot of people, we didn't have a lot of options," she said. Additional aspects contributing to the Dell House's allure was the fact that the building is university-owned.
This would make modifications and adding security easier tasks. The plan to move to the Dell House was reviewed by the Dean's Office.
"Moving all the residents out of Gilman is a huge undertaking," Martin Kajic, Facilities Program manager, said.
"It's about 40,000 square feet. We wanted to try to keep all the residents of Gilman together."
According to Kajic, modifications to the Dell House will begin when Gilman becomes available for renovations.
"We are working with facilities, security, the central IT - we are working with parking, to make this as easy a transition as possible," he said.
"We're reviewing the walk with security from campus to the Dell. We're also going to have a dedicated shuttle the runs between the Dell House and the Library."
The apartments will be temporarily converted into offices, Lauer said. The living room and dining room spaces will be used for graduate student space and the bedrooms will be made into offices for professors.
According to Rebecca Swisdak, administrative manager in the Department of German and Romance Languages, faculty members will have to work out of bedrooms and share offices, sometimes doubling or tripling up in a room.
Swisdak said that the move has caused a mixed reaction from the faculty.
"The student access is a concern, in terms of both office hours and chance encounters," she said. She also cited her concern about the safety in the area, as well as getting to and from the cars.
"The faculty is, for the most part, reserving judgment until more is known."
Swisdak added that a plus would be the big spaces on the first two floors that would be appropriate for seminars. But, she added, "Some professors have been in their Gilman offices for the better part of 40 years - they are very entrenched. It will uproot business in the office - the practices of everyday, the way that we're doing things."
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Mark Mehlinger
posted 10/16/07 @ 3:35 PM EST
The takeover of the Dell House clearly shows that Hopkins is more interested in business movements rather than the livelihood of their students and community residents in the Dell House. (Continued…)
Mark Mehlinger
posted 10/16/07 @ 3:41 PM EST
The takeover of the Dell House clearly shows that Hopkins is more interested in business movements rather than the livelihood of their students and community residents in the Dell House. (Continued…)
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