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Students leave the Johnson Center on Monday afternoon. The University is asking students feedback about the renovation.
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Student advice sought on Johnson overhaul Gym’s multi-million dollar renovation will reflect student input, administrators say
By David Lynch The University is in the preliminary stages of planning the first major renovations to Johnson Center in 15 years, and officials are asking students to help them out. Kevin Grant Stevenson, strategic planner in the president’s
office, said that any eventual designs for renovation to Johnson are grounded almost completely in what students want. “The renovation of Johnson Center has been something of high priority to students for a long time,” he said. “Now that the semester has started, we’re going to begin ramping up our
communications about all of this to begin sharing more and more information to the student body.” Students interested in seeing potential updates to Johnson can visit http://recsvcs.unm. edu/common/new-rec-center/ new-recreational-center.html. Included on the webpage are several amenities that Johnson
Center does not currently possess, but may after future renovations, including an indoor track, a multi-activity court and a martial arts studio. Photos from other schools showing their versions of such features are provided to give an idea of what Johnson may get later on. Students are also able
to rate how “important” each potential amenity would be to them, as well as write additional comments or feedback. The University has also begun working with its student governments, the Associated Students of UNM and the
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