New Digs
Because of the growth of the College of Health and Human Development in recent years, space has become an issue of concern to several departments. The College has been fortunate to obtain a significant amount of new space in two completely renovated buildings in very desirable, prime locations on central campus. Consequently, a number of departments and centers in the College will be moving to new locations in the coming months.
- Most of the Department of Nutritional Sciences will move to Chandlee Laboratory (which is roughly across the street from McAllister Building on Pollock Road and a stone’s throw from Henderson Building). A “phased move” will begin in late 2007 and will result in a very significant increase in space for the department. Department offices, wet labs, and a new animal facility will be located in the new space. Remaining in Henderson Building are the labs occupied by Drs. Barbara Rolls and Penny Kris-Etherton, a teaching lab occupied by Anne Corr, and nutrition education faculty located on the ground floor of Henderson Building.
- Several departments will obtain larger quarters by moving from their current locations: to the Business Administration Building, which will be renamed the Donald H. Ford Building in honor of the founding dean of the College of Human Development who served as dean from 1967 to 1977.
- The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders will move from Moore Building to occupy the third, fourth, and part of the fifth floors of the Ford Building. In addition, a new, state-of-the-art Speech and Hearing Clinic will occupy the basement and first floor. The move is expected to occur at the end of the spring semester.
- The Department of Health Policy and Administration will move from Henderson Building to occupy most of the fifth and all of the sixth floor of the Ford Building. The move is scheduled to begin in July.
- At the end of the spring semester, the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management will move from Mateer Building to the seventh and eighth floors of the Ford Building. In addition, the Professional Golf Management program will operate a Golf Teaching and Research Lab on the ground floor of Chandlee Laboratory.
Several centers and service units of the College will also move to new locations.
- The Gerontology Center will move from its location in downtown State College to Henderson Building beginning in August.
- The Center for Developmental and Health Genetics will move to some of the space vacated by the Department of Nutritional Sciences beginning in 2008. The center is currently located in Amy Gardner House on the southeast part of campus.
- The Pennsylvania Nutrition Education TRACKS program will move from its location on Sowers Street in downtown State College to the space vacated by the Gerontology Center. The move is scheduled to occur in late August or early September.
All of these moves result in better and more spacious facilities for the various units involved. They are made possible by the University making a significant investment in the future of the College.
