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Construction is moving ahead on the new Faculty Building at Thomas Aquinas College. The foundation has been poured, supportive steel “I” beams have been set in place, and a cadre of carpenters has created the building’s skeletal structure with a matrix of lumber. The College is deeply grateful to the Fritz B. Burns Foundation of Los Angeles, the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation of Oklahoma, and the Fletcher Jones Foundation of Los Angeles for their substantial grants which allowed the College to undertake this project. When completed, the Faculty Building will serve as an efficient hub for campus life. It will house all administrative departments as well as the faculty offices in one, central location—a profound improvement over the status quo in which employees are located in various temporary buildings across the campus. Perhaps even more important than the concrete, timber, and steel of the structure, is the technology that will go inside the Faculty Building. The College has recently contracted with CPI Solutions, a premier California-based technology consulting firm, for a state-of-the-art information technology (IT) package to be implemented in the Faculty Building. CPI’s CISCO telephone and computer network system will replace the College’s 12-year old technology and provide high-quality, fully-integrated communications for the entire Thomas Aquinas College business, development, and admission departments. At $163,000, the cost of the CISCO system is substantial. Yet, this new technology will yield real dividends in increased productivity. At an additional cost of $36,000, APC, an infrastructure company, has designed a rack system to contain the new communications hardware in a climate-controlled environment, insuring reliable operability. At the same time, plans are underway for furnishing the interior of the Faculty Building. Designer Maria Paul, who has collaborated with College staff on other campus buildings, is in the process of selecting appropriate furnishings to achieve a professional looking and efficient work environment. The budget for the interior decoration of the Faculty Building is $390,000. Both the communication system and the interior furnishings of the Faculty Building represent gift opportunities for friends of Thomas Aquinas College. For further information or to help fund these projects, please contact Mr. John Q. Masteller at (800) 634-9797. -- Qtrly Newsletter, Fall 2006 |
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