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24 2010
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Student Health construction moving according to plan Construction started only three weeks ago, but visible progress has been made Staff Writer
Construction at the Student Health Center started only three weeks ago, but according to Jerry Barker, the director of Student Health Center, there has been good progress. Two portions of Student Health Services have been removed from the building and relocated, but all other services will stay. Disability Services has been moved to the third f loor of First Year College Commons and Health Promotions was moved to the third floor of Harrelson Hall. The overall construction project plan is to add 23,600 square feet to the already existing 42,900 square feet. This is over a 50 percent growth in space for the Student Health Center. According to Barker, the Student Health Center opened twelve years ago, and there have been no renovations or additions made to the building. “The overall goal of this project is to expand and renovate the building so that Student Health can accommodate the expected 40,000 students that will attend N.C. State in 10 years,” Barker said. The construction is divided into four different phases. They have been mapped out and the drawings are posted in room 2301 of the Student Health Center. According to Barker, the first and current phase will hopefully be completed by the time the University
opens in the fall. This phase consists of demolishing the parking lot, building up the area for the addition and laying plumbing in the area where the addition will be. Inside the existing building, the new pharmacy area and lounge will be completed. “Our goal is that the pharmacy will have moved by mid-August, from their current location to their new location, which will be where disability services was located,” said Barker. “This move will put pharmacy in a bit of a mess since the existing pharmacy space will then have to be renovated for the expanded pharmacy.” According to Barker, the new pharmacy area will occupy the existing area as well as where Disability Services was located. The expanded pharmacy will have more space for storage and the pharmacists to work. There is also the possibility of another pharmacist being added. “Hopefully by spring break, Women’s Health will move into their new location, which will be in the addition. As well, the new addition will house Disability Services, Physical Therapy, Lab and X-ray, Administration offices, a larger classroom, Urgent Care and the Evening Nurse Clinic,” said Barker. In the future, counseling will expand to fill the area where Women’s Health currently is. The Counseling Center will occupy the second floor of the existing building, all the way from the side closest to First Year College to the circle area, at the main Cates Ave.
Interim athletics director search The University will have an Interim AD in place by July 1 Chris Boucher Correspondent
There will be an athletics director in place at N.C. State — almost certainly in an interim role — by the end of June. Meanwhile, the search for a permanent athletics director is heating up in Raleigh. June 30 is outgoing Athletics Director Lee Fowler’s final day. When Chancellor Randy Woodson first announced the ouster, he said he would name an interim athletics director before Fowler’s time ran out. Woodson has not yet named an interim athletics director, but he made it clear there would not be a “gap in leadership” on July 1. “At this point, we are focused on the search for our next athletics director,” Woodson wrote in an e-mail interview. “As we get closer to June 30, I will make a decision on the appointment of an interim AD to lead the organization until our new AD can begin at N.C. State.” Late last week, WRAL reported that the candidate field had shrunk to six, and Woodson would further narrow the field before interviewing finalists for the job. Woodson would not reveal any of the six names on the list, citing privacy concerns for individuals that might already be employed at other universities. Persistent rumors have Wolfpack Club Executive Director Bobby Purcell on the list of finalists. Purcell,
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entrance, according to Barker. “The Counseling Center really needs this additional space,” said Barker. “We have three people in the receptionist office of the Counseling Center. The addition will give them a lot more space.” According to Barker, the most in-
convenient time for students and patients will be the second half of the spring semester. This is when the renovations will be inside the building. “I think after spring break there will be the most noise, the most dirt and the most inconvenience to students,” said Barker.
The parking lot behind Student Health has been closed since the construction began and will remain completely closed until mid-August. At that point, about half the lot will
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University pursues plans to expand globalization with South Korea and France
who has publicly expressed interest in the post, did not return a phone call requesting comment on the list of finalists. No matter the final choice for new athletics director, N.C. State will be on the hook for a pair of athletics director salaries for three more years. The University said it plans to honor Fowler’s contract, which pays him $280,000 annually through 2013. It’s not yet clear what the University might pay the new athletics director, but salaries for other ACC athletics directors already outpace Fowler’s. According to Bloomberg News, Fowler’s guaranteed base salary for 2009 was the lowest among public universities in the conference. Private schools, like Wake Forest and Duke, are not required to make this financial information public. Using the Bloomberg statistics, the average athletics director salary for a public university in the ACC in 2009 was about $368,000. Georgia Tech’s Dan Radakovich topped the list with $560,000 in 2009, followed by Clemson’s Terry Don Phillips at $418,000. UNC Athletics Director Dick Baddour had a guaranteed base of $295,000, seventh in the list of eight schools. The following list shows public ACC universities’ athletics director salaries in decreasing order: Georgia Tech, Clemson, Maryland, Florida State, Virginia Tech, Virginia, UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State.
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A sign on the fence around the construction behind the Student Health Center warns pedestrians of the demolition aspect of the project.
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Korean school has been put on an indefinite hold while SKEMA business school is still in the works Chelsey Francis Staff Writer
Globalization is an important aspect of college that the University is exploring. According to interim Provost Warwick Arden, globalization is needed to prepare students for a global workplace experience. “The main purpose of globalization for the University is to benefit the students and faculty,” said Arden. “Everyone benefits from international interactions. It gives the faculty more connections when doing research and helps students form more connections for later in life.” One prospect began a little over a year ago, under the previous Provost, Larry Nielsen. According to Arden, the University was approached by a group from South Korea and the Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ), with the prospect of being part of a global university in the IFEZ. “South Korean is broken up into economic zones,” said Arden. “IFEZ includes the international airport, which is one of the largest and busiest in the world.” According to Arden, the original plan would have taken five years to reach its full potential. At the end of the five years, the plan was to include about 1,600 students, both undergraduate and graduate, as well as about 100 faculty members. “The original plan was pretty big, but financially it was too risky and too ambitious. N.C. State was at the risk of losing too much money,” said Arden. “This is a rough economic time for the University and we can’t risk the integrity of our Raleigh campus.” The original plan was decided to be the wrong route for the University to take, according to Arden.
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Because of this, the University came in the University because of our proxup with a different plan to present to imity to the Research Triangle Park area,” said Arden. “To begin with they the South Koreans. “The new plan would have been a were looking at locating the branch smaller suite of only graduate pro- campus in Research Triangle Park, but grams, consisting of about four mas- soon realized their needs would better ter’s level programs,” said Arden. “It be met on our Centennial Campus.” According to Arden, SKEMA would would have been less than 100 students and about ten faculty members.” bring their own students and faculty However, according to Arden, this to the business school on Centennial smaller plan still would not work. The Campus, kind of like Prague is for South Koreans wanted an undergrad- N.C. State. The faculty and students uate program. The University still had would use resources available to N.C. a potential of losing money. The plan State students as well. “SKEMA kind of jumped the gun for the Korean school has now been and issued a press release in France, put on an indefinite hold. “The deciding factor about the saying they were creating a branch Korean school was mainly financial. campus in Raleigh,” said Arden. “This concerned This is a rough me. There was economic time no agreement, for the Univerno lease and no sity. We don’t application for know how much educational limoney we’re gocensure in North ing to lose this Carolina. SKEacademic year MA was excited from the budand wanted to get, we can’t risk announce their losing more in choice of Raleigh, South Korea,” but it was taken said Arden. as an agreement According to had already been Arden, the UniProvost Warwick Arden, on SKEMA made.” versity is maindiscussions According to taining a good Arden, there is a relationship with South Korea with the possibility of draft agreement now. However, there are outside factors that can still impact creating a study abroad base. Bailian Li, the vice provost for inter- SKEMA opening. They will need to national affairs said, “South Korea is a lease space on Centennial Campus very important country for us to have from an outside entity, as well as apa good relationship with. We have ply for educational license in North over 350 alumni that are involved in Carolina. Also, Arden wants to make sure that students from SKEMA pay business in South Korea.” Li said the benefits of the Korean for their share of resources they are school would have been many. The using. According to him, this is an University would have the ability to important part of the agreement. “So far the draft agreement between send more students abroad to study as well as the faculty having access to SKEMA and the University is looking good. We still need to show the more research. Another possibility of globaliza- draft to more university officials,” tion came from the French business said Arden. “SKEMA business school school, SKEMA. According to Ar- coming to Centennial campus could den, this came through the College be positive for the College of Manageof Management. SKEMA is one of the ment and the University.” top ranked business schools in France. “SKEMA was particularly interested
“SKEMA business school coming to Centennial campus could be positive for the College of Management and the University.”
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