Plymouth Hall
New dorm will expand campus capacity to 500 boarders
by Louis Cassamajor
Issue date: 2/22/10 Section: News
A new dorm, Plymouth Hall, will be built neighboring New Bedford. Overseeing this process is Vice President for Administration and Finance, Dr. Tom Bowen. Plymouth Hall can accommodate 47 beds and the rooms are expected for single occupancy right now but are large enough for dual occupancy if necessary.
Bowen said that the new dormitory is being built because "it's been an objective of the college for some time to increase the residential population to 500. And we think with potential enrollment increases next Fall, these 48 beds will give us a capacity to house 500 students on campus."
Plymouth Hall is one room shy of equaling New Bedford for the reason that it was constructed with a suite for the Resident Director.
The contracting company responsible for the construction of Plymouth Hall is the very same company which constructed New Bedford; Scroggs & Grizzel Contracting, Inc. of Gainesville, GA.
Architect Garland Reynolds will be heading the construction project, costing approximately $2 million.
Roughly 5.5 acres are available for the construction of Plymouth Hall, which will be approximately 18,000 square feet.
Plymouth Hall will, for certain, be a women's dormitory for at least the 2010-11 school year. The color scheme is still being decided upon, but in terms of texture, appliances and hardware, the two dormitories will not vary greatly.
What few differences do exist between Plymouth Hall and its predecessor, New Bedford, are that, showers in Plymouth Hall will be of ceramic tile versus the unit inserts found in New Bedford.
Next, Plymouth Hall will incorporate exterior stairwells. Plymouth Hall, similar to the overseeing whale of New Bedford, will bare a weather vane; a shallop, or a flat-bottom sailboat.
The new dormitory is expected to be completed sometime during the Fall semester of 2010; Bowen says "our hope is that it will be ready by August, but due to weather delays it may stretch further into the Fall semester."
Bowen said that the new dormitory is being built because "it's been an objective of the college for some time to increase the residential population to 500. And we think with potential enrollment increases next Fall, these 48 beds will give us a capacity to house 500 students on campus."
Plymouth Hall is one room shy of equaling New Bedford for the reason that it was constructed with a suite for the Resident Director.
The contracting company responsible for the construction of Plymouth Hall is the very same company which constructed New Bedford; Scroggs & Grizzel Contracting, Inc. of Gainesville, GA.
Architect Garland Reynolds will be heading the construction project, costing approximately $2 million.
Roughly 5.5 acres are available for the construction of Plymouth Hall, which will be approximately 18,000 square feet.
Plymouth Hall will, for certain, be a women's dormitory for at least the 2010-11 school year. The color scheme is still being decided upon, but in terms of texture, appliances and hardware, the two dormitories will not vary greatly.
What few differences do exist between Plymouth Hall and its predecessor, New Bedford, are that, showers in Plymouth Hall will be of ceramic tile versus the unit inserts found in New Bedford.
Next, Plymouth Hall will incorporate exterior stairwells. Plymouth Hall, similar to the overseeing whale of New Bedford, will bare a weather vane; a shallop, or a flat-bottom sailboat.
The new dormitory is expected to be completed sometime during the Fall semester of 2010; Bowen says "our hope is that it will be ready by August, but due to weather delays it may stretch further into the Fall semester."
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