Renovation to begin once again on Grace Hall

by MarianneMcKim assistantfeatureseditor

Change seems to be the common theme here at Cabrini. A new dorm, a new administration, new rules, a new Communications wing, and now, the latest, moving the faculty back in Grace Hall.

Grace Hall was the former home to many faculty members, but when the enrollment skyrocketed the administration placed the faculty in the Mansion and renovated Grace Hall to accommodate student~.With the completion of the new dorm, students will be able to move there, and the faculty can return to their Jong Jost home: Grace Hall.

Dr. Janet Lohmann, professor of sociology, said she was very happy to be moving back to Grace Hall.

'The mansion has been fine, but I miss not seeing my colleagues. I was always able to see the faculty through the halls and at the mailroom. Right now, we are too spread out over campus," Lohmann said.

Mike Caranfa, chief facilities officer, stated that Grace Hall would remain largely the same. "All the bathrooms and shower rooms will remain. The faculty offices that were previously divided by partition walls will now be larger open offices," Caranfa said. He also said that they will repaint each office and replace the carpet if necessary. However,the hallways will be repainted and recarpeted.

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The laundry room on the second floor hiring a moving company to transfer the faculty back into Grace Hall. The faculty will then need time to unpack and settle into their new/old home.

Grace Hall will be converted back into the faculty secretaries office as it had been in previous years.

''Last time the move went fine. The movers were very accommodating with putting in bookshelves and hooking up the computers. I never had any problems;' Lohmann said.

According to Caranfa, the area that date is still undetermined. Cabrini is will need most substantial work is the current laundry room. It will be converted back into the Faculty Sup-port Office. All the plumbing will have to be removed, the tile floor will be ripped up, and carpet will be put down. They will also install voice and data lines. A "knee wall" behind the laundry equipment will have to be removed and the whole room will need to be painted. Outside contractors will do all the work under Caranfa's supeivision.

'The final cost will be contingent on how many bedroom carpets need to be replaced. We won't know that until the students leave," Caranfa said.

The plan is to start working on the renovation, after graduation, which is May 20. However,the completion

"I amecstatic;' Ruby Remley, professor of business, said. 'There is not enough space an:asharing offices when you h,avesimilar hours is very difficult.tohelp the students."

"Another great thing is the fact that we are in the same location as the Faculty Secretaries. There is more room to sit and talk to students and help them," Remley said.

Caranfa said that everything will be done before the fall semester.