7.3: East Campus
Continue to invest in East Campus facilities as an important home for the academic programs and the arts, with support services
tailored specifically to the needs of first-year students
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On East Campus, several important changes are currently underway. The Art Building, vacated last fall after the opening of
the Arts, Culture and Technology studios in the Smith Warehouse, is being renovated as the new home of the University Writing
Program, which will vacate a cluster of trailers that have housed it for more than a decade. By summer 2007, the old Art Museum
will be renovated to house more appropriately the Program in Literature, Cultural Anthropology, and African and African-American
Studies. The possibility of creating a visual studies library on Central, with the relocation of the film and video collections,
will allow decompression of Lilly Library and more focused attention on the needs of first-year students. The relocation of
the Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies to Central Campus will provide opportunities to address constraints
currently facing other academic departments and programs. As part of our plan to improve arts facilities, we will renovate
Baldwin Auditorium to serve as a serious concert hall, make improvements to the Nelson Music Room to make it a more comfortable
venue for small concerts, and address the studio needs of the Dance Program. East Campus dormitories also need attention in
the longer run, but the initial focus for residence hall improvements will be on West.
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