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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, August 30,1996
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Budig Hall renovations near completion
Budig Hall's new lecture halls have the ability to hold up to 500 students each. The new rooms will be used for chemistry lectures as well as other classes.
Teachers tour lecture halls
By Eric Weslander Kansan staff writer
Sally Frost-Mason liked what she saw
As the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences ducked under scaffolding and walked toward the front of what was once Hoch Auditorium, she realized she soon would be teaching in the same building.
"Oh, this is cool," she said.
Frost-Mason, who also is a professor of biology, joined three other professors Wednesday on a tour of the $22 million renovations to Budig Hall. The former Hoch Auditorium, which was destroyed by fire in 1991, has been undergoing renovations for two years. And although faculty have toured the inside of Budig Hall before, Wednesday's tour gave them a chance to see distinct improvements.
During the last tour, which took place six weeks ago, scaffolding filled the hall. This time, while the large, central auditorium was still under construction, the two 500-seat lecture halls on opposite sides of the auditorium were emptied of scaffolding and nearing completion.
"This is a room I want to teach in," Frost-Mason said as she gazed around one of the lecture halls. "These are things you don't get a feel for from looking at the plans."
The lecture halls and auditorium will feature rear-projection screens, audio-visual storage closets, and preparatory rooms for lectures. More than $1 million will be spent on audio visual equipment.
The touring faculty members agreed that both the smaller lecture halls and the larger auditorium would be convenient for students.
"Everyone will be able to get a good view," said Jack Landgrebe, professor of chemistry, after climbing to the back seats of a lecture hall. "You're not looking up; you're looking straight ahead."
Douglas Riat, associate director of design and construction management, gave the tour to faculty members with a vested interest in the building. In this case, he showed the building to professors who will be teaching classes there starting toward the end of the spring 1997 semester.
"I have an historical interest in this," Landgrebe said. "This is a place that I taught in before, and even then it was badly in need of improvement."
Landgrebe said professors were consulted throughout the designing and building process.
"It was clear that this was going to be a unique facility with a state-of-the art series of auditoriums," he said.
DiCarlo Construction provided the professors with hard-hats, a testament to the fact that there is still a lot of work to be done on Budig Hall.
Hemenway takes to the highway across Kansas
"I think I wore the wrong shoes for this," Frost-Mason said as she dodged patches of mud and wet cement.
Chancellor plans to visit all counties
By Lindsey Henry Kansan staff writer
Chancellor Robert Hemenway can't wait to get on the road again.
Fulfilling a promise he made at the beginning of his administration, Hemenway will attempt to visit every county in Kansas during the coming years.
So far, Hemenway has visited 44 of the 105 Kansas counties, and plans to make several more stops during this semester.
"Even before I went on the University payroll, I had decided this was the thing to do," Hemenway said. "I wanted to understand the way KU was thought of in the state and what
role people wanted KU to play in their lives."
Robert Hemenway
Tom Hutton, director of University Relations, said Hemenway proved his commitment with the immediacy of his actions.
"The chancellor took office June 1,
1995 and by June 6, he went to Liberal,
in the furthest corner of Kansas," Hutton said.
Hutton, who had accompanied Hemenway on 10 of his county visits, said residents of Kansas are generally curious to meet the man behind the University.
"They always want to know who is
the man in charge of a half a billion dollar operation," Hutton said. "These trips reinforce the University of Kansas as a state school, not just one for the eastern counties."
For overnight excursions Hemenway will occasionally stay in the spare bedroom of an alumnus' house or in a motel. Money to pay for these journeys is provided by private funding from the Kansas University Endowment Association or alumni donations. Hutton said.
"These are inexpensive lodgings," Hutton said. "There are no Ritz Carlts in Concordia, Kansas."
Hutton said Hemenway researches the particular county and its University alumni before he makes presentations to rotary clubs or alumni associations.
"He brings KU down to the level of the town. He'll ask what KU means to the particular town, and he will
mention the local pharmacist, for example, by name as a KU graduate."
Hemenway's commitment to visit all of Kansas extends beyond the time when classes are in session. This summer, Hemenway and his family visited Council Grove and Lindsborg as a part of a family vacation.
"These visits have made KU more of a presence in northwestern and southwestern Kansas," Hemenway said. "A lot of these places haven't seen the chancellor for a long time and as long as I am chancellor, I intend to visit often."
Though he has already made numerous trips, Hemenway said the culinary delights of Kansas have been a highlight of his travels.
He said, "I have had some good chicken fried steak along the way."
Places to go
KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway is about halfway through fulfilling his promise to visit every county in Kansas. He has been to 44 out of the state's 105 counties, but still must make a visit to 61 counties, including many in northeastern and southeastern Kansas.
Counties Hemenway has visited Counties Hemenway has yet to visit
Andy Rohrback/KANSAN
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