Renovation features new classrooms
After nearly 18 months of construction, Petigru College will be reopening its doors to students this fall.
The $5.5 million project has resulted in a building more optimized for instruction, Director of Campus Planning and Construction Jeff Lamberson said.
“The goal was to create more academic space and classrooms,” he said. “Our highest (need) on campus is classrooms. So any time we have an opportunity to expand on that, we do so. Petigru was a great opportunity for us to expand the arts and sciences.”
After the construction is completed, there will barely be a trace of the old Petigru.
“We pretty much gutted it and renovated the entire thing, even the walls are new,” Lamberson said.
Besides new walls and ceilings,c Petigru features eight classrooms and eight study rooms all with new technology.
“We’ve enhanced the classrooms,” Lamberson said. “They are pretty impressive. They have all the new technology, projection screens and computer hookups. It makes for a nice learning environment.”
Classes will be held in Petigru this semester without further interference.