Beaming Over The New Dorm
Students, faculty, staff, and alumnae signed their names or left written sentiments on nine pieces of structural steel that became part of the new residence hall this summer. Traditionally, the steelworkers sign the final piece of steel erected in a building, says John Bryant, director of facilities management. But the act of leaving a mark on the world is so popular at MHC that nine beams were ultimately offered and indelibly marked. Other buildings on campus are also repositories of names and messages, including Blanchard, where the plywood under the rotunda is a veritable signature scrapbook. The new hall will open to students in fall 2008.
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Photo by Paul Schnaittacher
