UACCM Breaks Ground for New Library Complex

The University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton broke ground on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 on a $3.9 million, 26,000-square-foot library complex located on the north side of campus. UACCM Chancellor Nathan Crook and members of the College Board of Visitors were on hand for the groundbreaking, which was attended by students, faculty, and staff.
Those present for the groundbreaking of the new UACCM library complex
 included (front row, from left) UACCM Librarian Leroy Gattin (holding
plans), Board of Visitors Member Frank Shaw, Board of Visitors Chair Raye
 Pearce, members Doug Brandon, Kathlyn Arnett, Bryce Mobley, Lee
Gibbons, A.O. Thompson, and Charles Penick, and UACCM Chancellor
Nathan Crook.)
The complex will feature approximately 15,000-square-feet of library space, seven general-use classrooms, and 10 faculty offices, and will be funded through proceeds from the Arkansas Higher Education Technology and Facility Improvement Act of 2005. In 2006, Arkansans voted to approve this act, which allowed for the issuance of $250 million in higher education bonds for technology and other capital improvements for Arkansas' colleges and universities. The complex was designed by Fennell Purifoy Hammock Architects of Little Rock and will be constructed by G.A.G. Builders, Inc. of Cabot. 
The complex will include the new E. Allen Gordon Library to replace the current library on campus which was last renovated in April of 1994. Since then, UACCM has experienced a 250 percent increase in enrollment. Expanded services provided in the new library will include group study rooms, Wi-Fi connections, and increased space for library materials and expanded seating for individual study. 
UACCM Librarian Leroy Gattin said “The new and expanded E. Allen Gordon Library will allow UACCM to better meet the information needs of our students and will help the College remain competitive in today’s educational market. Our students deserve a world-class facility that will help continue and expand the College’s educational excellence and advancement.” The new library is set to be completed in the fall of 2009. To view the progress of the library over the next year, visit the UACCM Web site at www.uaccm.edu.
Posted by at

Comments

Post a Comment

Thoughts on this blog entry? Bring 'em on!

Popular posts from this blog

UACCM Announces Advancement and Development Changes

Image
Photographed (from left-to-right): Shelby Beck, Chancellor's Executive Assistant; Lauren Bryan, Development Officer; and Matthew Emery, Associate Director of Marketing and Public Relations. The University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton (UACCM) has named new leadership in key areas of campus advancement and development.  Shelby Beck has been named Chancellor’s Executive Assistant, Lauren Bryan has been named Development Officer, and Matthew Emery has been named Associate Director of Marketing and Public Relations. Shelby Beck (Chancellor’s Executive Assistant), Lauren Bryan (Development Officer), and Matthew Emery (Associate Director of Communication and Public Relations) have been selected to help lead UACCM advancement and development moving forward.  “Each of these three individuals possess strong work ethics, professional training, and great attitudes for UACCM with an eagerness to take more on. As such, I could not be more excited to be working with each of them in
Read more

Beck Named Outstanding Alumni of the Year

Image
The University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton (UACCM) is proud to share that Adrienne Beck has been named UACCM Outstanding Alumni of the Year.  Beck’s impressive career includes being accepted in the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), fundraising with Heifer International, and working with the Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research. Beck was a member of UACCM from August 2007 to May 2009, where she graduated with honors. She received a transfer scholarship to Arkansas Tech University and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sociology in May 2011. In May 2016, she graduated from Brandeis University with a master’s degree in public policy.  She says that the American Government class she took at UACCM helped put her on the path she would take in life. “I had always enjoyed history and government, to some extent, but I’m not sure I realized how interested in government I was yet. I had fun being able to dig into the weeds of that part of American history b
Read more

Fillippino Named UACCM Dean of General Education

Image
The University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton (UACCM) has named Dr. Tonja Fillippino as its new dean of General Education. Fillippino began her career in 2003 as an assistant professor at Arkansas State University where she was promoted to Associate Professor. She would later be named Coordinator for Teacher Education on the ASU-Beebe campus. Additionally, Fillippino was named Advisor of the Year and Teach of the Year in 2021 for the College of Education and Behavioral Science.  Fillippino earned an Associate of Arts in Elementary Education degree from Tulsa Community College in Tulsa, Oklahoma, followed by a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, where she also received a Master of Education in Educational Leadership degree. Fillippino received her Doctor of Education degree from the University of Louisiana at Monroe. “With her varied educational and teaching experiences, teaching both undergraduate and graduat
Read more