Thursday, September 6, 1990
Continuing Education and Police
and Safety offices relocated
By Floyd J. Csir
Collegian Staff Writer
The relocation of the
Continuing Education and Police
and Safety offices are just the
start of Behrend's expansion plans
over the next few years.
So far, Continuing Education
is still in the same location off of
Jordan Road, but is actively
looking for a site in downtown
Eric. The current Continuing
Education building will be
demolished to make room for the
new library/academic complex
scheduled to be built in the next
few years.
Janet Patterson, director of
Continuing Education, eagerly
awaits the department's move to a
site off-campus.
"The college has grown so
quickly we need to answer the
needs of business and industry in
expanding our services to benefit
students and clients," she said.
Out of the eight to ten sites
proposed, one is currently being
negotiated for a lease. Until the
agreement is finalized, the chosen
facility won't be announced, said
Patterson. She expects to sign
the lease within ten days.
FULL-TIME UNDERGRADUATES
Search for a new location
began in January, with selection
criteria including "office space,
classrooms and conference
facilities," said Patterson.
The move will not affect
"The college has
grown so quickly
we need to answer
the needs of
businesses and
industry in
expanding our
services to benefit
students and
clients."
-Janet Patterson,
Director of Continuing
Education
continuing education classes,
mostly because of a low number
of classes presently taking place,
Patterson said.
"The new site will provide a
better working environment for
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clients and students," said
Patterson.
Although most classes will be
, conducted at the new facility next
semester, some engineering
courses will still use classrooms
and laboratories on campus.
While Continuing Education
is still looking for a home, the
Department of Police and Safety
has found one.
Once located at the South
Cottage, Police and Safety
outgrew its offices and moved to
a new location on the east side of
Jordan Road.
Not only was space a problem
but communication was difficult
for Randy Hoffman, manager of
Police and Safety, whose office
was in the Glenhill farmhouse
and South Cottage station, said
secretary Pat McClellan.
Advantages to the modernized
station include increased ability
to answer phone calls, a student
patrol office, and interview rooms
for potential criminals.
Moving into the Jordan Road
location during registration week
proved difficult, said McClellan,
yet except for a few office space
adjustments the transplantation
was a success and without injury.
New parking lots planned
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price tag isn't known, Ream said
the lot is within the budgeted
$500,000.
When both lots are completed,
more than 460 new parking
spaces will have been made.
"The lot behind the
maintenance building will hold
232 cars, while the lot to be built
behind the Hammermill and Zum
buildings will have a 233 vehicle
capacity," Ream said.
In the meantime. Police and
Safety says it's taking a relaxed
approach to regulations.
"We're trying to cut as many
people a break as we can," said
Hoffman. "While we're not
ignoring parking regulations, we
realize parking is really tight
right now and we're trying to
accommodate everyone."
Hoffman said most of the
parking rules and regulations
haven't changed since last year.
"The biggest change, as far as
rules go, is regulations and
definitions are spelled out more,
which makes it easier for us to
enforce them," he said.
The biggest change students
will notice, however, is the price
of parking permits.
Last year students had to pay
$l5 a semester or $25 a year to
park on campus. This year
students now must pay $3O a
semester or $55 a year.
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Faculty and staff must pay $8 a
month to park on campus, which
translates to almost $B9 a year.
Wage payroll employees will be
charged $.05 per hour worked,
with a $3.70 maximum per bi
weekly paycheck.
Originally, administrators also
considered charging students $8 a
month as well, but those plans
changed.
"Apparently the administration
decided that $B9 would be a little
steep for students,” Hoffman said.
Administrators said the increase
in parking stickers will support
the new parking lots, as well as
upkeep of the older lots.
Another change is the increase
in traffic fines and citations.
"The price of tickets and
citations were increased at the end
of last year, mainly to provide a
method for getting people to
comply with the parking
regulations on campus," Hoffman
said.
"The fines hre the same as the
ones at University Park and will
hopefully decrease the number of
violations on campus. We've
already seen a big deaease in the
number of citations and will
probably see a bigger drop after
the two lots are finished."