New classroom building to be contructed between Hamilton and University Halls

With this year’s change to semesters, Wright State has decided to construct a new building on campus. The time demands of the semester schedule have prevented WSU from offering as many class options for students as they did on the quarter schedule. WSU hopes to address this problem by putting up a new building for more classroom space. In the new building—referred to, for now, as the Wright State University Classroom Building—the university also hopes to consolidate University College, the Student Academic Success Center (SASC), and Athletic Tutoring to provide academic support from a central location, focusing on the large numbers of academically at-risk students and first-generation college students who attend Wright State.

A number of first year courses will be taught in the building, which will surround new students with the academic support services of the university and encourage those students to take advantage of those resources. The hope is that by creating a “student-friendly” learning environment and a collaboration among classes, academic support, and advising, not only will University resources be used efficiently, but the Student Success program will function as a single, one-stop office where students can go to get an advising appointment, get immediate support from an advisor, or make a tutoring appointment, among other things. The one-stop Student Success center is supposed to work in a similar fashion as the newly combined offices of the Bursar, the Registrar, and Financial Aid now known as RaiderConnect. In an attempt to engage students, staff and faculty in the design and construction process, a blog outlining the progress on the building project has been made. The building blog will be updated periodically. Another goal of the blog is to get feedback from people who are interested in the process, whether they have questions, concerns, or suggestions. The building will be constructed in what is currently a large, grassy area between University and Hamilton halls. The new building blog can be viewed at wsunewclassroombuilding.wordpress.com.

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