Around the same time students began shifting out of residence halls and packing up apartment belongings in preparation for winter break, a portion of Hudson Hall also began a move-out process of its own.
Counseling and Psychological Services, which is housed on the third floor of Hudson Hall, began moving its facilities to Cady Hall on South Green Dec. 17 to make room for renovations to the facility, said Christine Sheets, assistant vice president for Capital and Facilities Planning.
The project, which is slated for completion in the fall, is budgeted at more than $700,000. The Division of Student Affairs will cover the cost, Sheets said.
More than 20 offices as well as a media group room, bathrooms and the reception areas will be renovated, Sheets said.
Fred Weiner, director of Counseling and Psychological Services, said the bulk of the renovations will be directed at updating the reception area and creating more privacy for students when they check in at the facility.
The bathrooms and rooms that counselors see patients in will also receive a hefty facelift during the renovation process. Currently, the facility boasts the same interior aesthetics it had when it was still operating as a hospital prior to Counseling and Psychological Services taking the space.
With the renovations, the facility will also incorporate new carpeting and a fresh color palette that is more inviting and has less of a “medical feel.”
As for Campus Care, which sits a floor below Counseling and Psychological Services, Tonya Burdette, director of Campus Care, said she doesn’t predict the renovations will cause any disturbance to the student health center.
“They’re not doing anything except to the third floor, so it should have no affect whatsoever on the patients that come to Campus Care,” Burdette said.
She added that there were three rooms renovated during the summer that are located on the same floor that Campus Care operates on, which she said didn’t cause any disturbance at the time they were being renovated. The three rooms are used by Counseling and Psychological Services.
“We have providers that actually see patients on the second floor,” she said. “And it didn’t do anything to our patient flow.”
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