Construction funds approved at Oct. 16 regents meeting
Art major Bobbie Gray applies glaze to a ceramic dish she created in MaryAnn Moore’s Tuesday afternoon ceramics class. The current ceramics lab is located just inside Entry 5 of the Arts and Humanities building, but will relocate into the new Arts Education Center once the building is completed.
Photo by Carrie Cronk
OCCC regents authorized college administrators at their Oct. 16 meeting to draw up a contract with Wynn Construction Co. to begin construction of Phase One of the Arts Education Center.
The cost of the Arts Education Center is approximately $7 million, said Arts and Humanities Dean Susan VanSchuyver. Those funds were given to OCCC by the state Legislature.
The building will sit between parking lots C and D where Arts Festival Oklahoma is normally held.
Construction is anticipated to begin soon, said Ruth Charnay, Arts and Humanities department chairwoman.
“[Arts and Humanities instructors] are hoping that we’re going to break ground within the next month or two,” Charnay said.
The Arts Education Center will be about 56,000 square feet and will include approximately 12 classrooms and labs to “facilitate expanding student enrollment in the art, music, theater, graphic communications, and film and video production programs,” according to the Board of Regents agenda.
Survey shows rate of student satisfaction
OCCC students are satisfied with a number of services offered to them while other areas within the college need improvement.
That was determined by a recent student opinion survey administered by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness.
The survey measures student satisfaction for 19 college services. Among them are academic advising and food service. The survey also measures 43 college environmental factors such as class size and course availability, according to the report.
