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John Jenkins, chief financial officer for facilities, takes a close-up
look at the work being to Archdale.
The Week at Guilford
Friday March 23rd
3:30 p.m. Women's Tennis vs. Sweet Briar
-1-7 p.m. Bonner volunteer party - Gallery
7—ll p.m. Revelers production - Dana Auditorium
8 p.m. Colin George-'"An Actor and his Passion" -
Bryan Auditorium
Saturday March 24th
Noon Baseball vs. Virginia Wesleyan
8 p.m. WQFS presents live music - Underground
and (Commons
8 p.m. Arts Etc presents Carolina Roots: Women s Voices -
Dana Auditorium
Sunday March 25th
9 a.m.— 5 p.m. Admission Honors Interview Day - Commons
1 p.m. Campus Meeting for Worship - Moon Room
3 - G p.m. Bonner Social - Gallery
6 p.m. -12 a.m. Res. Life Inservice Gallegv
7 p.m. WQFS Meeting - Commons
8 p.m. 1 "nion's Laundry Slight
Monday March 2Gth
1 - 5:30 p.m. Reception for history majors - Boren
7 p.m. Knviro. Studies Lecture- Gallery
7:30 p.m. Guilfordian Meeting-The Commons
7:30 p.m. Fireside Chat - Boren
7:30 p.m. History Dept. lecture - Bryan Auditorium
9 p.m. WQFS presents live music The Underground
Tuesday March 27th
3 p.m. Baseball vs. Lynchburg
3 p.m. Men's Tennis vs. Hampden-Sydney
7:30 p.m. Colin George lecture - Boren
Wednesday March 28th
CCE Express Registration for Fall 2001
2 p.m. Men s Tennis vs. \ irginia Military Institute
3 p.m. Community Seriate meeting - Boren
7 p.m. Community Learning speaker Dr. Bob \\ inehurg
Gallery
Thursdav. March 29th
Information Fair for Careers in Noil-Profit -Alumni Gym
!) p.m. WQFS Freak Show Location TBA
10 p.m. - 1 a.m. I niori sponsors 1/2 off Pool w/Guilford ID -
Breaktime Billiards
The Guilfordian
News
Few have what it takes to
juggle the job John Jenkins
performs with enthusiasm and
expertise.
Jenkins works with every
department on campus in some
form, overseeing maintenance,
building services, grounds and
landscaping, the physical edu
cation center, and public
safety. Often working 11-12
hour days, Jenkins still man
ages to be a refreshing and vi
brant force preparing Guilford
College for the future, while
preserving the school's history.
Jenkins' official title is as
sociate chief financial officer
for facilities. However, no
title can capture all the differ
ent aspects of his job. He is
responsible for everything
from replacing light bulbs to
the work that is being done on
New Garden hall.
DAVE SCOTT
With phones ring
ing and his walky-talky
buzzing, Jenkins is re
laxed and smiling. He
walks with a limp that is
a result of a washing ma
chine flooding. He and
his wife had just moved
and had boxes of belong-
ings that were being threatened
by the malfunctioning machine.
He ran to stop the water,
slipped, and twisted his tendon.
Now healing, Jenkins takes his
time walking, ices his leg daily,
and shows no anger over the in
cident.
Jenkins moved here in
July and said he was "im
pressed by the students and
their friendliness. It is a very
friendly, very welcoming fam
ily here at Guilford."
Associate Dean of Student
Life for Community Activities
Dawn Watkins, thinks "John
does an incredibly good job of
balancing the total needs of
the community and the needs
of his particular department.
I've seen him time and time
again negotiate some of the
difficulties that exist while
trying to also do some up
grades that have to happen."
The school's current en
ergy system, which is deterio
rating, inefficient, and costs
the school over a million dol
lars a year, relies on scattered
energy sources to provide
heating and air conditioning.
Jenkins is working on an am
bitious project to connect most
Ryan Maher
STAFT WRITER
March 23, 2001
of the buildings on campus to
one energy center that will
have one large boiler, making
the system more efficient and
environmentally sound.
He is also working to in
stall one big chiller to cool
Guilford. Milner hall has ap
proximately 150 air condition
ing units that use six to nine
amps to run and need to be re
placed every two to three
years. The chiller will pro
duce the same effect at half the
cost and will use less than half
the amount of energy.
Joann Toby, residential
life director, said, "He's very
interested in student concerns
and the resident halls and is
working hard to fix the prob
lems that have been created by
years of deferred mainte
nance."
In an effort to conserve
energy, Jenkins follows his
"tight envelope" philosophy.
This seals the buildings and
prevents heat from
being lost. On
Archdale, he is put
ting copper metal
weather stripping in
each window. The
windows could be re
placed with more
modern windows, but
Jenkins wants to keep
the character of the building.
Similarly, on New Gar
den, the columns are being re
stored rather than replaced.
"Preserving our heritage
means something to me and to
the college," Jenkins said.
Other plans include re
placing hot and cold water
pipes in Bryan, painting and
carpeting in King, replacing
concrete walkways with paved
walkways, and replacing ceil
ing and light fixtures in Boren
Lounge.
Albert Meyer, a sopho
more and work-study student
at the physical plant says,
"John is constantly trying to
find a better way of doing
things. Frequently John stops
by the front desk for a light
joke so as not to make the day
too heavy for himself and all
those he works with."
Coming to Guilford and
trying to correct our ineffi
cient energy system is no easy
endeavor. Add to that all the
other requirements of John
Jenkins' job and it becomes
obvious how fortunate
Guilford is to have him as part
of the community.