SUMMER 2025• VOLUME 96 • ORIENTATION ISSUE
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Mount Carmel Campus set for remodel in upcoming years The Office of International Student and Scholars changed locations last academic year when it vacated the space in the Center for Communications, Computing and Engineering to make space for the Office of Inclusive Excellence. Similarly, the Honors’ offices and lounge moved spaces two years ago, from the same building to Echlin Center. The School of Communications, which is located both in the CCE and the current School of Business, will expand slightly to rooms next to its existing space in the School of Business.
By CARLEIGH BECK Staff Writer
Quinnipiac University’s Provost Debra Liebowitz and Vice President for Facilities and Capital Planning Sal Filardi presented a threestep plan to reallocate space in multiple buildings on the Mount Carmel Campus in a Feb. 4 information session. The creation of the South Quad with two new academic buildings allows classrooms, faculty office spaces, meeting and study spaces to relocate throughout buildings across campus. Between The SITE, the new academic building, and the new School of Business, there is a total of 216,000 square feet of new space on the Mount Carmel Campus. “What we have been doing is engaging in a whole process of stakeholder meetings and engagement so we can . . . test where things ought to go,” Liebowitz said at the town hall meeting. Liebowitz, Filardi and the planning team presented the re-spacing plan to faculty, staff and students both in person and online. During the presentation, Liebowitz showed blueprints of multiple buildings and outlined how each room will be used. The buildings impacted by the plan include: Clarice L. Buckman Center, Lender School of Business, Arnold Bernhard Library, College of Arts and Sciences, Carl Hansen Student Center, Echlin Center, Tator Hall and Center for Communications and Engineering. The re-spacing plan will go into motion starting during summer 2025. What will these changes look like?
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
PHOTO COURTESY OF DEBRA LIEBOWITZ
Quinnipiac University President Judy Olian answers student questions at the Student Government Association’s annual State of the QUnion event.
LENDER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
The new School of Business will be located next to The SITE building. This building will consist of classrooms, professor offices, study rooms, an auditorium and a café. The current School of Business will become a space for a variety of administrative offices, multipurpose rooms and an expanded School of Communications. Its new name for the time being is the “Student Success Center.” The Office of Inclusive Excellence (currently located in the Center for Communications and
Engineering), the Office of International Students and Scholars, the Office of Global Engagement and the Career Development and Experiential Learning Lab (all currently located in the Arnold Bernhard Library) and The Honors Program’s Offices and Lounge (currently located in Echlin Center), will also be moved to the current School of Business. “I think the (current) School of Business feels very office-y,” said James Mitchenson, a first-year health science major. “So if we put all of (those) offices there, I think it would be fitting.”
The College of Arts and Sciences offers 26 programs, some of which don’t fit into the buildings. One of these programs include the Psychology department, which is located in the CCE. With the new re-spacing plan, the psychology offices will be moved to the lower level of College of Arts and Science’s first building “As a psych(ology) major, I’m excited to see the psych(ology) department get moved,” said Catrina Fielding, a junior psychology major. “I kind of didn’t even realize where it was until last semester, so I think it’s really cool.” In addition to the Psychology Department, CAS-1 will also have designated research spaces for psychology students. The modular buildings behind CAS that hold lab classes will also be removed. An extended version with more information can be found at quchronicle.com.