2008 Woodie Awards
Cafe to undergo $12 million renovation
Jason Braff
Issue date: 4/9/08 Section: Campus News
Quinnipiac will be going under the knife this May.
"This project will affect everyone," Joe Rubertone said at last week's SGA meeting. "It is like open heart surgery."
The Mt. Carmel campus will be undergoing a facelift when construction begins on the new "East Edition" wing of the cafeteria following next month's commencement. This will kick off what will be a $12 million project to revamp the cafeteria.
The new wing of the cafeteria will be built on the land of grass that currently sits between the current cafeteria and Bobcat Way. It is expected to be complete by May of 2009, and will open the following August.
While the new wing of the cafeteria will be built, students will continue to eat in the current cafeteria.
When the East wing is completed, the structure of the current cafeteria will be demolished and re-built to fit more tables for students. Original plans had students eating in a temporary tent outside of the cafeteria, but those plans were scrapped when the new East wing came into play. Beginning in the Fall of 2009 students will eat in the newly built East wing of the cafeteria while construction carries on for the re-building of what is now the current cafeteria. Because of the construction that would be going on at the current cafeteria site, the entrance will also be the exit of the new wing.
"It will take daily attention to minimize the flow of students (coming in and out of the new wing)," Rubertone said.
The completed cafeteria will boast almost double the amount of serving area size, and two stories of seating. According to Rubertone there may be a "late night component" to the new cafeteria in 2010, meaning that it may open later than it's current closing time of 8 p.m. The serving stations will be more spread out to avoid long lines and to free up space for people to move around at the busiest times of the day. The current serving area in the cafeteria will be extended past the cash registers all the way to the large window that faces Bobcat Way (which currently serves as seating area)when the new building opens.
"This project will affect everyone," Joe Rubertone said at last week's SGA meeting. "It is like open heart surgery."
The Mt. Carmel campus will be undergoing a facelift when construction begins on the new "East Edition" wing of the cafeteria following next month's commencement. This will kick off what will be a $12 million project to revamp the cafeteria.
The new wing of the cafeteria will be built on the land of grass that currently sits between the current cafeteria and Bobcat Way. It is expected to be complete by May of 2009, and will open the following August.
While the new wing of the cafeteria will be built, students will continue to eat in the current cafeteria.
When the East wing is completed, the structure of the current cafeteria will be demolished and re-built to fit more tables for students. Original plans had students eating in a temporary tent outside of the cafeteria, but those plans were scrapped when the new East wing came into play. Beginning in the Fall of 2009 students will eat in the newly built East wing of the cafeteria while construction carries on for the re-building of what is now the current cafeteria. Because of the construction that would be going on at the current cafeteria site, the entrance will also be the exit of the new wing.
"It will take daily attention to minimize the flow of students (coming in and out of the new wing)," Rubertone said.
The completed cafeteria will boast almost double the amount of serving area size, and two stories of seating. According to Rubertone there may be a "late night component" to the new cafeteria in 2010, meaning that it may open later than it's current closing time of 8 p.m. The serving stations will be more spread out to avoid long lines and to free up space for people to move around at the busiest times of the day. The current serving area in the cafeteria will be extended past the cash registers all the way to the large window that faces Bobcat Way (which currently serves as seating area)when the new building opens.
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