Union adds many new faces
New addition with a familiar view
The Governors Room, which seats 14, is located in the Northwest Addition to the Kansas Union, and was donated by the Class of 1967.
Photos by Steve Fritz
The Northwest Addition to the Kansas Union cost $1,100,000,
$100,000 of which came from a fee assessed the students of the University of Kansas beginning Fall 1967.
The new addition extends the capacity of the Union in handling larger groups of people. The Union averages 30 different functions a day consisting of 15 to 500 people per group. This averages out to 12,000 different functions in a school year.
The new addition houses four meeting rooms, including the Laurence Woodruff Auditorium. The auditorium seats 600 people and has a fully equipped projection booth.
The Governors Room, furnished by the Class of 1967, seats 14 around a conference table. The Council Room has 76 permanent seats behind tables and has a permanent movie screen. The International Room is the most flexible room and seats 35 to 40. However, it is left empty and is set up as needed.
The Mount Oread Book Shop carries the paperback and trade books formerly housed in the Book Store. The Book Shop has 28,000 titles of various books in all fields of interest.
The KU Alumni Association is also housed in the Northwest Addition. The entrance to the offices is carpeted in blue and the floor of the offices is carpeted in bright red. The officers of the freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior classes have offices in the Alumni Association section of the Union addition.
Included in the cost of the Northwest addition is the tunnel connecting the Union with X-Zone parking lot. The tunnel is heated and lighted and measures 224 feet long and 16 feet wide.
Union addition council room
The Council Room seats 76, has permanent tables and a movie screen. It will be used for some of the 30 different functions the Union averages per day.
Woodruff Auditorium in Union addition
Laurence Woodruff Auditorium, one of four meeting rooms in the Northwest Addition to the Kansas Union, seats 600 and is equipped with a projection booth.