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Vol. 3 No. 7 October 2016
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STUDENT PROFILE- Wicomico High senior wants to mix math and music in college. Page 24
Technology and Energy
Local businesses provide cutting technology and energy to consumers, businesses. Pages 8-10 HALO- HALO program offers services for the homeless. Page 4 NEW SUPERINTENDENT- New Wicomico Superintendent speaks at Salisbury Chamber meeting. Page 5 HERITAGE DAY- Annual Delmar Heritage Day held. Page 7
INDEX Bulletin Board.......................20-21 Business Digest........................ 12 Business Directory...............32-33 Business Profile........................ 12 Church........................................ 23 Delegate’s Report........................ 6 Education .............................24-28 Entertainment............................ 22 Final Word.................................. 35 Gee Dunsten.............................. 15 Health....................................29-31 Personnel................................... 14 Pittsville Page............................ 11 Real Estate................................. 15 Salisbury University.................. 26 Sports....................................16-19 The Great Outdoors.................. 19 Veronica Correa......................... 34
Shown is the interior of the Patricia R. Guerrieri Academic Commons, Salisbury University’s new library, which was opened last month. The facility cost $117 million, which included an $8 million donation by the Guerrieri family. Submitted photo
Salisbury University’s Patricia A. Guerrieri Academic Commons is newest campus star By Mary Bargion
The Patricia R. Guerrieri Academic Commons, Salisbury University’s new library which was recently opened, is the newest campus star. “Words cannot begin to describe what I’m feeling today,” SU President Janet-Dudley Eshbach told 400-plus people gathered for the grand opening last month. “This is the most important building project during my 17-year career at Salisbury University.” The contemporary structure uses marble, light, grand spaces and the colors of beach and bay to encourage active learning within a peaceful core. It was designed by award-winning firms familiar with 21st century educational needs while at the same time not forgetting about a greater community of
210,000 Lower Shore souls, or should we say, minds. The library is far more than its traditional concept, really more akin to Thomas Jefferson’s all-inclusive concept of an academic village. Special collections have been brought in from the cold, meaning the Edward H. Nabb Research Center on Delmarva Life and Culture is here now, along with its manuscripts, archives and collections. Disparate departments involved in academic support occupy the four floors rather than being spread around the campus in different buildings, while collaborative work spaces and conversation niches abound. Architect Bryan Irwin of Sasaki Associates out of Boston said libraries have been undergoing an “existential examination” of their relevance to aca-
demia but seemed to have passed the test and are now enjoying a resurgence. “The Guerrieri Academic Commons is at the leading edge of this movement,” said Irwin. Sunlight pours through large windows and the upper floors enjoy sweeping vistas of the campus and town. Inside is a spacious atrium that makes it a pleasure just to sit and be part of the murmur of voices, have a South of the Border Burger at Hungry Minds Express then get serious and check out a book that has been on your reading list. Head librarian Beatriz (Bea) Hardy, whose official title is Dean of Libraries and Instructional Resources, was in on the project from the beginning and is thrilled with the results. Continued on page 4