by Jazmine Ponce
Managing Editor
In an effort to solve the problem of limited classroom space, seven modules were constructed in the University Mall this summer. The modules, adjacent to the Hoover Building are officially called the Hoover Annex.
“They provide room for offices, and classrooms because of the growth of the population on this campus for both traditional undergraduates, adult undergraduates, which is CAPA and graduates,” said Executive Vice President Philip Hawkey.
“So we have moved these seven units onto the campus, two of those units are being used for offices and five are for classrooms.”
About 72 classes use the Hoover Annex including CORE classes, English, behavioral sciences and business.
The Hoover Annex is strictly temporary and will only be used until the renovations of the Hoover Building are finished. Before the Annex could even be put up the City of La Verne had to approve it. The University had to obtain a conditional use permit stating that they would only be up until renovations are complete.
This January, the Law school will move into its new location in Ontario. Once it moves, renovation will begin. The Hoover Building will be converted to house 12 classrooms and a second floor will be added.
The offices of the Dean and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Behavioral Sciences and the CAPA program will move out of Founders Hall and into the Hoover Building. The construction work is scheduled to take about nine months. By fall of 2001 the Hoover building is scheduled to open again.
In addition to the Hoover Annex, additional classroom space has been provided by Lutheran High School located at 3960 Fruit St. Lutheran High School houses mostly graduate, CAPA, education and paralegal classes.
To those students who may find a problem with the Annex, Hawkey said that the additions are “a sign of growth, improvement and a sign of progress.”
