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PSYCH, ANTHRO AND EDUCATION DEPTS.,
COLLECTIONS, CECSP, SGA AND CSO MOVE IN WAKE OF RENOVATIONS
The completion of two major renovation projects led to moves for several departments and organizations over Winter Break, and more moves are expected for the spring semester. The Bettws-y-Coed building, across Merion Avenue from Goodhart Hall, now houses the Psychology and Education Departments, and a group of houses across Roberts Road from Brecon will become a center of extracurricular student life. Construction on both projects is complete, says Director of Facilities Services Glenn Smith.
All new tenants, including lab animals, have moved into Bettws-y-Coed. The Anthropology Department and the Center for Ethnicities, Communities and Social Policy have temporarily moved into the West House space vacated by the Psychology Department, and the registrar of the College Collections, along with the Anthropology collections, has moved to Thomas. Some occupants of the Roberts Road houses notably the SGA and the Community Service Office have taken up residence in their new digs, but many will not move until later. Phone numbers will not change, says Smith.
Heres a brief overview of who went where:
- Psychology Department Bettws-y-Coed
- Education Department Bettws-y-Coed
- Anthropology Department West House
- Collections registrar Thomas
- SGA Offices 215 Roberts Road
- Community Service Office 221 Roberts Road
The Bettws-y-Coed project adds 30,985 square feet of usable space to the Bryn Mawr campus. The original 11,705-square-foot house, built in 1913-14, was divided into apartments that were vacated in 1989 when changes in the housing code outdated it. Besides renovating this space, which is now primarily faculty and administrative offices, the project added 19,280 square feet of new laboratories and classrooms. Funding was provided by a bond issue, supplemented by a grant from the George I. Alden Trust and contributions by several individuals.
The Roberts Road project entails $7 million worth of renovations and improvements to four houses on what was once known as "Faculty Row" to create Cambrian Row, a series of new spaces for student activities. The houses are about 100 years old, Smith said. The northernmost of the four houses, immediately adjacent to the Multicultural Center , is 221 Roberts Road, formerly known as Dolwen house. Now connected to form a single building, 217 and 219 Roberts Road include a large conference room and multimedia center. Organizations will move into the new spaces gradually over the course of the semester, said Smith. Look for further coverage of the Cambrian Row project in upcoming issues of Bryn Mawr Now . Lois Miller Collier '50 and her husband, Reginald, provided the primary funding for Cambrian Row.
The moves by the College Collections, the Anthropology Department and the Center for Ethnicities, Communities and Social Policy will leave Dalton Hall vacant. The plan is to renovate Dalton for social-sciences departments, but the budget for the renovations awaits approval by the Board of Trustees, Smith said.
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