The School of Journalism and Communication (SJC) in Brock Hall is experiencing some renovation.
The former WSMC radio station, previously located behind the SJC office, is now demolished and entering the construction phase. Stephen Ruf, professor in the SJC, said the main reason for the construction is to build classrooms.
“There will be classrooms for English and speech. Another part of the project is for the SJC to have a new photo studio,” Ruf said.
There will be five new classrooms, two of which will be smaller seminar rooms. The new rooms will provide students with a creative space.
One of the rooms will be solely dedicated to speech classes, meaning that students taking public speaking will have a room of their own.
When the construction is done, the previously relocated photo studio will return to Brock.
While the construction in Brock Hall is scheduled to be done in Jan. 2019, it could take longer based on the nature of construction.
“It’s kind of like Christ’s second coming,” said Rachel Williams-Smith, dean of the SJC. “We don’t know when exactly it’s going to happen, but when it does, it’s going to be good.”
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