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OBS renovations move some science finals
Science students checking their
final schedule might find an unusual
location for their biggest exams this
year: the Junker Center.
For the first time at Penn State
Behrend, some finals are being relo
cated from the Otto Behrend Science
building to Junker.
The move comes from a decision by
the school to allow construction crews
to begin major work on the newly re
modeled science labs that will be com
pleted in the fall of 2010.
The school plans on holding three
consecutive finals in the Junker Cen-
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for finals to be taken there simultane
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several weeks and light work is set to
begin on April 12th.
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This means that some labs will be
cut short this semester and some de
layed at the beginning of the fall se
mester.
Penn State Behrend School of Science
The $2.5 million makeover to the Otto Behrend Science building s labs will relocate a handful of finals from OBS to Junker.
Currently, Behrend plans to com
plete intro level labs in time for fall
classes. More advanced labs will be
delayed for a period of time that has
vet to be determined.
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construction will be awarded around
early to mid April.
Some much more minor renovations
to OBS can already be seen, such as
the new paint and audio-visual sys
tems installed over spring break.
March 19, 2010
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