Campus Briefs Fall 2012 Week 2
Art Building Plans Officially Approved
The plans to reconstruct the Fine Arts building were approved on Sept. 25 by the City of Santa Clara.The new building hopes to bridge the gap to the Performing Arts Center with a new building across from the Alumni Science Building. Plans to start the process of constructing buildings at Santa Clara are developed every five years and are executed based on two factors: Michael Engh's, S.J., approval and funding from grants and gifts.
Several new additions to the facility will include a larger gallery space, newly updated studios, technology-infused classrooms, student work spaces and group meeting areas. All of these newly enhanced features will come packaged in a three-story building.
Compared with the current Art and Art History building, the square footage of the building will be enhanced from 25,937 square feet to 41,500 square feet.
Battle to Beat Hunger Continues
Santa Clara County's fifth annual Hunger Issues Forum is taking place tomorrow in the Locatelli Activity Center. Dean of the Leavey School of Business, S. Andrew Starbird will talk about the hunger index, a measure of the gap between the need for food and the ability to provide for this need on behalf of government and food assistance agencies.
The forum is sponsored by Second Harvest Food Bank agencies from both Santa Clara and San Mateo counties in conjunction with the business school's Food and Agribusiness Institute.
Three Santa Clara students, Courtney Robinson, Lisa McMonagle, and Mahbod Parvar will also attend to share findings from their study, looking at if it is possible to purchase a healthy meal using the amount of money that the Food and Drug Administration allots in the Thrifty Food Plan.
In addition to learning about hunger in the Santa Clara County community, the Food and Agribusiness Institute says students will find out more about how they can help through fellowships and volunteer opportunities.
Get out the Vote!
Tuesday was National Voter Registration day and several events were held around the nation to promote voter registration and increase presence at polls.
The campaign website reports more than 92,000 potential voters were registered, but those planning on voting should know that California implemented a new online voter registration system last week.
This new system lets people register to vote online from any computer or even from their mobile devices.
For residents of California, the deadline to register to vote is Oct. 22. Out-of-state students should request their absentee ballot 30 days before the election on Nov. 6. There is a Long Distance Voter website where students can go to find state-by-state registration deadlines and convenient links for registering to vote online and for requesting absentee ballots.
Jeannee Rosenberger, Vice Provost for Student Life and Dean of Students, sent out an email to students over the summer, informing those who live in Santa Clara residence halls and would like to register to vote in California, should use their Santa Clara box number and campus mailing address when completing the registration form.
From staff reports. Email news@thesantaclara.com.
Corrections
In "Novell No More," Senior Lecturer, Barbara Kelley, was incorrectly identified as a lecturer and her name was mispelled (Sept. 20, 2012).
A photo for "Move-in Madness Takes Over Market Stree," was wrongly attributed. Jonathan Tadros was the photographer (Sept. 20, 2012).
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