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News September 22,1994 Library changes undecided Conley Tribble Reporter nie familiar rumble of con struction may be moving up cam pus Plans are being discussed for either the renovation or reconstruc tion of Elon’s Iris Holt McEwen Library The Ins Holt McEwen Library was built in 1968. The building was designed to accommodate 1,500 students, according to A1 Jones, head librarian. The current number of students now enrolled at Elon is 3,400. There has been no decision made as to what will be done with the library. However, there are three options that are being con sidered. These options include; the renovation and an addition of the existing building, the renovation of the existing building and an other building on campus for li brary use or the construction of a brand new building, said Jim Johnson, director of Administra tive Services. If the option of renovating the existing structure and another building for library use is chosen, Johnson said that McEwen Dining Hall is a possibility. The idea is to have a concourse that will connect the two buildings for easy access. In a publication put out by the Office of Public Information, the three options are outlined as: a 20.000 square-foot addition and renovation to the current building; a 30.000 square-foot addition and renovation to the existing building or the construction of a completely new 85,000 square-foot building. The publication also lists the estimated cost for each of the op tions. It is estimated at $4 million for the first option, $6 million for the second and $8.5 million for the construction of a new facility. Discussion about the possible renovation or reconstruction of McEwen library began in February 1992 when Warren Board, former Elon College provost, formed the library renovation planning com mittee. The planning committee was made up of 14 members. These members consisted of four faculty members, four librarians, five col lege officials: Board; Gerald Francis, provost; Helen Kirchen, director of Academic Computing; Chris Fulkerson, associate director of La Rose Resource Center, and Gerald Whittington, vice president of Business and Finance. Also one student was on the committee, former Student Government Asso ciation President Michael Mooney. The planning committee met three times in April 1992 as well as collecting information from a vari ety of sources. They collected in formation from students, the Ameri can Library Journal and visited li braries at surrounding schools. The planning committee placed flip charts in the Rotunda for student input and visited schools such as Greensboro College, North Carolina A&T and the library reno vation at Guilford College. Every one in the committee loved the li brary at North Carolina A&T in Greensboro, said Jones. In February 1993, a smaller part of the larger library renovation planning committee began to meet with architects. This smaller group was partially made up of Francis, Warren Board, Whittington and Jim Johnson. The group met with Little and Associates’ architects from Char lotte who produced in October 19*^ a program analysis for the library. Little and Associates’ has done much of the preliminary work for the library, said Jones. Although they have not been chosen as the architects for the project. There has not been a decision made on who the architect for the project will be. Before any architect can be chosen, the plan must gain approval by the president of the college, Fred Young, who will then pass his find ings on to the Board of Trustees. There has been no date set for the idea to be presented to the Board of Trustees. Even though thwe has not been much new progress concerning the project, Jones is still optimistic. Attention Seniors!!! AIR '95 is here!!! Now is the time to order your brick for the Alumni Walkway. Here is how you can become a part of Air '95: • Check your campus box. • Pick up an order form in the Campus Shop. • Stop by the Development Office. Visiting economist discusses real world experiences with World Bank and Peace Corps Jon Campbell Reporter The Woodrow Wilson Na tional Fellowship Foundation will send six new visiting Fellows to Elon College over the next three years. The foundation is the same organization that administered the grant to bring poet Ed Hirsch to Elon last year. The first fellow, Gretchen Handwerger, will visit Elon dur ing the week of Oct. 16. Handwerger has traveled all around the world and has played important roles in both the Peace Corps and the World Bank. Gretchen has been visiting col leges for the past 17 years, giving many students a closer look at the important economic issues affect ing today's society. Handwerger was involved with the Peace Corps from day one. In 1961, she helped organize the program and was one of it’s first staff members. The Peace Corps was created to provide workers in the fields of education, health, trade, technol ogy, and agriculture to develop ing nations. The corps originally consisted of 900 volunteers in 16 countries. By 1966, the number of volun teers had grown to over 10,000 in more than 50 countries. While with the Peace Corps, Handwerger served five years in Latin America, where she became deputy director and developed plans to assist 19 South and Cen tral American countries. Through the mid to late '70s, Handwerger became director of management and eventually acting director of the Peace Corps, where she man aged more than 7,000 personnel in 65 Third World nations and the Peace Corps offices in Washing ton, D.C. In 1979, Handwerger joined the World Bank as Senior Loan Officer for India and Bangladesh. Created in 1944, the World Bank provides loans fornations in need of economic assistance. Today there are more than 125 nations associated with the World Bank. With this organization, Handwerger has been a United Nations Liaison, coordinating bank activity with UN activity; a co-financing coordinator in South Asia; and since 1991, special rep resentative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and De velopment. When Handwerger visits Elon, she is expected to talk with economics and global studies classes, although she has stated that she’s willing to talk with any class. While here, Handwerger will discuss her experiences with the Peace Corps and the World Bank. In the past she has discussed such topics as careers in the eco nomic sector, careers for women, and third world development. EVERY SUNDAY !1:00 A.M. WHITLEY AUDITORIUM A nondenominanonal woKship seKvice poR The STudems and communny . . . This Sunday... S ELm Sndetns Shane Them Fanh Snues.
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