Studentsand StaffAdapt to Campus Expansion

S om e students and faculty had to rearrange and adapt their daily routines to accommodate the changes that occurred on campus during the summer months.

Sophomore transfer student,Alyssa Millercame from Mary Washington College for Liberty's Nursing program. Miller noted, when camparing the two schools,that Liberty's academic classrooms were more spread out.The advantages for Miller and many other students were that the expansion allowed fortop ofthe linetechnology tobe provided. These campus-wide changes were also felt among faculty and staff members. Dr. Edgar Barker and Dr. Gina Barker, married professors, came up with a convenient solutiontotheirself-prescribed"could-have-been-very-stressful" situation Dr E Barker's office, located in the Campus North building,was quite a distance to the classes he taught in DeMoss In contrast,his wife's office,located in DeMoss, posed a problem for the classes she taught atCampus North Instead ofdreadingthelongwalk ortraffic, thecouplereceived permission to use each other'sofficeson those days.

While change took some getting used to, it also provided opportunitiesforcreativity. Dr.Ronald Giese taught some of his classes in the new Campus North building with his office located in David's Place. He initiated new and challenging goals for himself that helped him adapt to the distancebetween hisclassroomsand office. "I'm going towalk every day to my officethen tomy classand back.. it's a way to stay in shape!"

The road behind David's Place provided safe and easy access from Campus North and Main Campus. Completion of the tunnel connected Campus East to Main Campus, even though the two locations were separated by Highway 460

Liberty was no longer a campus confined in one main building, but was spread out to reflect the growth taking place within itsperimeters.

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The tunnelprovides Campus Eastresidents a more direct route to Main Campus

Construction on the underground tunnel took placeailsummer and wascompletedfor use inAugust

Students utilize thetunnel that runs under Highway 460 The walking tunnel wasbrightly lit and wide enoughfor Dr Falwell's suburban todrive throughit

A new access road is built toconnect David's Placeto Campus North

The road provided a new and sometimes quicker route to get back and forth to the spread out campus

The Subconnection offers students more variety intheir meal selection As the student population grew, Sodexho food services worked overtime toprovide students with fewer linesandgreater choices -Photo bySabrena Carter