Monday, February 27, 2012

Moving On Out!

It's our last week in our current Writing Center! By the time we get back from spring break on the 11th, the Writing Center will be in Gage Annex. Our new space is changing quickly. Just three weeks ago, it looked like this:


The view from the back


The future kitchen!


Dr. Bob's future office


The future home of the front desk.


The view (of our own Kelci de Haas) from the front desk 

MORE PHOTOS TO COME WHEN WE MOVE IN!


Want to learn more about moving? Here's WC Blogger Kevin Schiroo's report:


It may be time to put in into a historical perspective. The writing center has only been at its current location for about a decade. Prior to 2001 the Writing Center was located in the current location of Stewart's basement bathrooms. Once our current space became available a number of groups fought for it, but our very own Dr.Bob ended up on top. We moved in to small cave system that is the Writing Center and our old space was converted into faculty offices (Notice the rate of change: Writing Center to Offices to Bathrooms all in the course of ten years).

There was also a lot of resistance from the older consultants about this move. It did drastically change the atmosphere of the writing center. The cramped space provided by the Stewart Hall bathrooms served to create the ideal environment for group conferences. Everyone there could hear exactly what everyone else was talking about. The nooks and crannies that we currently have help to facilitate a more private conversation. In a few weeks we will be finding ourselves in a new Writing Center that will change the way we conference, but not our spirit.


Get excited, Writing Centaurs and friends! This will be awesome.


-Jane Lindeman

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