News of the College Feb. 2001
 

Reed to build new technology center


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Work is scheduled to begin in May on Reed’s new educational technology center, known as the ETC, near the east side of the library. Con-struction on the 28,000 sq. ft. building, expected to cost $7.5 million, should be completed by August 2002.

The ETC is the college’s third major investment in academic facilities following the end of the Campaign for Reed College, the other two being the renovation and expansion of the biology building now under way and the scheduled expansion of the library. The ETC will provide infrastructure that is critical for learning, providing appropriate space for the use of technology in the curriculum and accommodating new faculty members hired under the ten to one initiative. Specific plans include increasing the seating capacity in information resource centers (IRCs), adding computer classrooms, and providing comfortable lounges for wireless computing. The floor plan will provide better support by placing computing staff members in closer proximity to the IRCs and uniting the staff, who now are in several campus locations, in one building. Faculty members will benefit from enlargement of the faculty multimedia lab, which allows Reed professors to test and learn about technologies for use in the classroom. The plan is to incorporate flat-panel displays, high speed wireless networking, video editing, voice recognition systems, and other technological innovations in order to provide enhanced learning and research opportunities for students and faculty.

 

 
 

 

   

 

 
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