Like Joan Rivers, GW has gotten some facelifts over the years. It's now preparing for its next one.
Renovations to the Hall of Government, Monroe Hall and Quigley's, a vacant GW-owned building on the corner of 21st and G streets, are slated to begin in the next two years, as the University continues its efforts to furnish the Foggy Bottom and Mount Vernon campuses with state-of-the-art facilities.
GW is constructing a new School of Business building and F Street residence hall, in addition to renovating Funger Hall. Officials have also signaled their intention to build a residence hall on Mount Vernon.
Since May 1999, when it broke ground on the School of Media and Public Affairs facility, GW has made major changes to or constructed more than a dozen buildings, including the GW Hospital and Elliott School of International Affairs building.
Beginning in spring 2006, the University plans to completely remodel the interior of the Hall of Government and Monroe Hall. The move aims to create additional office space for departments in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences. Classes will still be held in the buildings' rooms, which will be reconfigured.
"Since we're putting different departments (in Monroe and Hall of Government), we'll reconfigure the space and renew the space to make it appropriate (for those departments)," Executive Vice President and Treasurer Louis Katz said said.
While Government and Monroe halls will be closed during renovations, Katz said he does not anticipate the number of classrooms to decrease, since the new business school and Funger are slated to open in early 2006.
The economics, mathematics, political science, and speech and hearing departments will all move into Monroe's new space following the Business School's transfer to Duques Hall and Funger Hall next spring.
In addition to these academic building renovations, the University also plans to transform Quigley's, the historic three-story building that served as a soda shop and popular student hangout until the 1970s.
Renovations to the Hall of Government, Monroe Hall and Quigley's, a vacant GW-owned building on the corner of 21st and G streets, are slated to begin in the next two years, as the University continues its efforts to furnish the Foggy Bottom and Mount Vernon campuses with state-of-the-art facilities.
GW is constructing a new School of Business building and F Street residence hall, in addition to renovating Funger Hall. Officials have also signaled their intention to build a residence hall on Mount Vernon.
Since May 1999, when it broke ground on the School of Media and Public Affairs facility, GW has made major changes to or constructed more than a dozen buildings, including the GW Hospital and Elliott School of International Affairs building.
Beginning in spring 2006, the University plans to completely remodel the interior of the Hall of Government and Monroe Hall. The move aims to create additional office space for departments in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences. Classes will still be held in the buildings' rooms, which will be reconfigured.
"Since we're putting different departments (in Monroe and Hall of Government), we'll reconfigure the space and renew the space to make it appropriate (for those departments)," Executive Vice President and Treasurer Louis Katz said said.
While Government and Monroe halls will be closed during renovations, Katz said he does not anticipate the number of classrooms to decrease, since the new business school and Funger are slated to open in early 2006.
The economics, mathematics, political science, and speech and hearing departments will all move into Monroe's new space following the Business School's transfer to Duques Hall and Funger Hall next spring.
In addition to these academic building renovations, the University also plans to transform Quigley's, the historic three-story building that served as a soda shop and popular student hangout until the 1970s.
