AUC Facilities Improvement Committee

Recently, I was asked by the SGA president to serve as a student representative (along with one of my classmates) to the facilities improvement committee, along with a couple of the deans and heads of departments. We had the meeting today and I am happy to report that the faculty shares many of the same concerns as the students, and they supported nearly every change that we proposed (and we had over a page of them). The big ones included building a new lecture hall, improving our current lecture halls by upgrading AV equipment and replacing the chairs with desks, increasing individual and group study space, and continuing to build up the IT infrastructure, among many many other suggestions.

The most important thing, which is yet to be seen, is how much of this will get done and how long it will take. But, you have to start somewhere, and having the students and faculty in agreement about what needs to change is a good place to start. Also, AUC has undergone many changes recently, some of which have been pretty costly. So, it is at least nice to see that the administration is taking an interest and thing are changing for the better. A couple of semesters ago, I would not have believed that the progress that has recently been made would have ever been made, and much more seems to be coming. Even though I probably won't be around to see most of the changes, they should help to further improve the quality of students and graduates at AUC, which winds up helping everyone. If you have any specific questions about what happened or if we discussed something that's important to you, feel free to ask.