West Campus Instructor Tammi Clark, D.C., West ’94, speaks to students
in one of the six new West Campus classrooms with windows. |
Thanks to the hard work of its Institutional Support department,
the West Campus has recently undergone extensive renovations
that are beneficial not only to students, faculty and
staff, but to the patients who visit its refurbished clinic.
For much of its history, the current campus had only two
classrooms with windows. Now, with renovations made over
the spring and summer recesses, the facility has a total of six
classrooms with windows.
“Due to facility limitations, the only remaining space that was
available to create new classrooms with windows was in the
area occupied by the student clinic,” said West Campus Dean
of Academic Affairs Thomas Souza, D.C. “It made sense to
make this space available for lecture classes.”
During the Spring Recess, two rooms that had previously
housed the student clinic and contained windows were converted
into lecture classrooms. Further renovations were then
completed over the Summer Recess when two more classrooms
with windows were added in the area previously occupied
by the Research Lab, which has been relocated to the
second floor.
“The first phase of this renovation project required a complex
coordination of schedules and people,” Dr. Souza said. “The
College would like to acknowledge Director of Institutional
Support Scott Tonnesen, for his management and leadership
in this project, and Facilities Manager Jorge Tamayo, for his
tireless participation. We extend our appreciation to all of the
individuals who assisted them in this wonderful change to the
West Campus environment.”
Along with new “rooms with a view,” students are benefiting
from improvements to the student clinic. Double doors and an
observation window were added between two rooms to enhance
the clinical experience. Student interns can also take advantage
of an expanded intern work area with electrical outlets for laptop
computers.
The Clinic—which is a consolidation of the previous campus
clinic and the Benton Clinic—has also been improved with new
carpeting and an expanded X-ray room in preparation for the
new digital radiology equipment which is due to be installed in
the Fall Quarter.
Among other improvements, the research area has been expanded,
an exercise rehabilitation room has been added and a new videoconference
room has been created with a plasma screen display.