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Historic preservation conserves and manages historic resources in both natural and human-made environments. But historic preservation comes with its own concerns in a university setting.

Some things cannot be saved.

First glimpses of the composite sketches from University Architects show significant changes to Rutherford Hall.

This information is provided as part of an effort to keep the community informed about the development of the Health Sciences Campus, a significant addition to the University of Georgia. The Health Sciences Campus has been established on the site of the former Navy Supply Corps School on Prince Avenue in Athens. The property was deeded to the university by the U.S. Department of Education in April 2011.

Some things can be saved.

Seven sites at the former Navy Supply Corps campus out in Normaltown are to be protected by the University as part of a partnership with the State Historical Preservation Association.

ATLANTA — State lawmakers have passed a bill that would allow state colleges and universities to build more parking decks, dorms and student centers.

Students eating in O-House Dining Commons may have a drop of debris with their cup of coffee.

The dining hall is being renovated for the 2012 school year to include expanded space  and comfortable seating for students eating in the usually crowded O-House.

The University Childcare Center officially opens on the Health Sciences Campus

UGA President Michael F. Adams was joined by some of the youngest members of the university community when he snipped away at a ceremonial ribbon Jan. 25.

 

Construction workers are on schedule to finish renovating a building on the University of Georgia’s Health Sciences Campus for a child care center — the first building to open after the university took possession of the former Navy Supply Corps School in Normaltown.

 

ACHF held the 42nd Annual Preservation Awards and its annual meeting on Monday, June 13, at the historic Fine Arts Theatre on the University of Georgia campus.  Dr. David Saltz of the UGA Department of Film and Theatre Studies welcomed the crowd, and described the condition of the Theatre before its restoration in 2009, which earned it a Preservation Award from ACHF in 2010.

The University of Georgia’s University Architects office has won the state’s top architecture award for its redesign of Stegeman Coliseum.

The interior furnishings of the Tate Student center are featured in October's College Planning and Management Magazine with an article written by OUA's Assistant Director of Interiors, Brenda Elrod.

Please read the full article on pages 36 -- 39.

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