September 19, 2001
Meredith Herald
Campus News
Trek the United Kingdom, kiss the
Blarney Stone this summer
JONI SMtTH
Manacinc Editor
IZI It's not too
early to plan your
summer. How about
the U.K.?
Meredith College will be
venturing abroad this summer
with a new program to Ireland
and Scotland.
Blue Greenberg from the
Office of Alumnae Relations,
Susan Oilben of the English
E)epartment and Jane Dittman,
the Vice President for Institu
tional Advancement,' will
accompany Meredith students,
alumnae, faculty, staff and
friends of the college on the
16-day trip.
The group will depart on
June 19 with an overnight
flight to Shannon. Ireland and
the will return to Raleigh On
July 4.
Once in the United King
dom, participants will see his
toric castles and mansions,
along with the beautiful land
scapes unique to Ireland and
Scotland.
Also, travelers will visit
many well-known tourist spt)ts,
including the Waterford Crys
tal Factory, the Blarney Stone,
Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glas
gow Cathc-dral and Trinity Col
lege with its library housing the
Book of Kells.
Slops are planned for Limer
ick, Killarney, Kenmare,
Waterford, Dublin, Belfast,
Glasgow, and Bdinburgh.
Travelers will stay in
first- class hotels throughout
the trip.
The price of the trip, which
includes the hotel fees, is
$3395 per person. This also
includes all touring and admis
sion fees, breakfast each day
and seven dinners.
While in the United King
dom. students may lake Eng-
Alumnae House gets closer
to Hnal location
Rebkcca Barringer
Stalf Repofler
The Mae Grimmer Alumnae
House is being moved in order
to make room for the new Math
and Science Building.
Meredith's Grounds and
Facilities project manager,
Greg Ahrendsen, is pleased
with the plans to preserve the
Grimmer Alumnae House.
“It keeps a link to the her
itage and the past, which is
quite appropriate for the Alum
nae House, it's been around
sincc the early ‘50s,’’ he said.
“We felt the best decision
was to move the house to a
more prominent location.”
The project started in late
May and is scheduled to be
completed by mid to late
November.
Moving the house has
involved a long series of steps,
but the building .should be fin
ished as planned, said Mort
Robin.s, superintendent of
Roger’s Builders.
“It may be a difllcult date to
reach, but it's our date to work
with, and it’s what we are
going to do," said Robins.
Workers are concentrating
on several different tasks in
order to complete the project.
“I try to do a good job all the
time, but especially here,“
mechanical contractor Scott
Roberson said. “It's nice to be
able to do this type of work for
a college.”
The building has been split
into three sections. The two
wings were easy to split
because they were the side
new location adjacent to Jones
Chapel.
The main section has been
placed over a grid of steel
beams to prepare for the foun
dation.
“This is the unseen aspect of
the proce.ss,” Robins said.
The Alumnae House is stIlMrt three sections, but it will be
placed into one piece by late November.
additions of the house. Robins
said.
Field engineer Eric Tecken-
bock assures .students that
“we'11 put it back together. "
“We'll have it set up ju.si the
way it was before we moved
it,"
The building is now near its
I’lioro Tanesha Williams
“You can’t see some of the
steps we are working on right
now. but there’s a lot going on
with the underground construc
tion of the building."
Robins said that within the
next few weeks he hopes to
have the two wings reattached
to the building and to continue
renovations such as new duct
work, wiring and a improved
heating and cooling system.
Foreman Albert Alston is
helping install the building’s
water and sewer lines.
‘The hardest part is trying to
locate any existing utility lines
before you dig new ones,” he
said.
The Alumnae House will be
surveyed to find any damages
caused by the moving process
and the walls will be replas-
tered and repainted.
Handicap ramps and parking
spaces will be added to give
the building greater accessibil-
ity.
The area will be landscaped
with a private garden, sur
rounding gazebo and an ever
green tree line.
“Moving the Alumnae
House has definitely been a
positive, win-win situation."
said Vice President for In.stilu-
tional Advancement Jane
Dittman. ‘‘We ll benefit, the
campus will benefit, and Alum
nae strength will benefit. "
Dittman says the ulumnae
provide the schwl with valu
able services and funding. The
new location and the renova
tions will be favourable to the
alumnae program and to alum
nae support.
Campus
Briefs
lish Literature and Art History
as independent studies under
the Meredith faculty.
Many students have
expressed concern about inter
national travel due to the ter
rorist attacks last week.
The FAA recently issued a
statement reported by the
Washingron Post and the New
York Times saying that “air
travel will never be the same,"
but airports are implementing
heightened security measures.
For more information about
the trip to Ireland and Scotland,
please contact Blue Greenberg
at (919) 760-2860.
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