College of education offices to relocate During Building renovation project

The College of Education Building renovation project begins this summer and will require the relocation of faculty and staff offices through summer 2016.

“The renovation project will ensure that the building not only meets safety requirements but is also an investment in a space for educating teachers for future generations of children,” said Ron Smith, vice president for finance and administration.

The university will provide office space for College of Education faculty, staff and students across campus. Places include:

• Administration Building;

• Idaho Commons;

• Targhee Hall;

• Engineering-Physics Building;

• Education and Laboratory of Anthropology;

• Student Union Building;

• Agricultural Science Building;

• McClure Hall; and

• Business Technology Incubator.

The Curriculum and Instruction Department will be in Targhee Hall, TRiO programs will be in Targhee and the Administration Building, Student Services will in be the Education and Laboratory of Anthropology, formerly the ITED, and the Dean’s Suite will be located in the Idaho Commons.

In addition, the College of Education library will be located to two locations: some holdings will go to the university’s main library. Curriculum materials will be housed in the Education/Laboratory of Anthropology, where EDCI classes will be held.

“We greatly appreciate the flexibility of the campus community in housing the students, faculty and staff who are directly affected by this critical university renovation project,” Smith said.

The move will temporarily close Targhee Hall as a residence hall starting in fall 2014. Students have been notified, and the university is working closely with those affected by the closure to provide housing and meal options.

“We are grateful to the university community for making rooms for us in multiple locations as we move out of the Education Building,” said Dean Cori Mantle-Bromley. “And once completed, we look forward to sharing our classrooms and meeting spaces across the university.”