2008 Woodie Awards
Bookstore opening soon in temporary location
Josh Smith
Issue date: 2/13/08 Section: News
While the university bookstore is being remodeled, new locations have opened in Esker and Drumlin halls. The bookstore in Moraine Hall closed its doors Feb. 4 to undergo renovations.
The bookstore split its merchandise, sending books to Esker Hall in rooms 108, 118, 119 and 120, while apparel and school supplies are on the first floor of Drumlin Hall.
The new locations should be open for business later this week.
"We have almost everything major moved in," bookstore Manager Barbara Young said. "Most everything is out of the bookstore. I'm thinking [the store will open] by the 14th or 15th."
Bookstore Student Manager Jackie Sirota said the move is taking less time than she thought it would.
"It's a little chaotic right now, but I think once we get organized it'll be fine," Sirota said.
The bookstore staff sent notifications to all students and faculty to inform everyone of the move.
"We did send an e-mail out to the students," Young said. "We sent out three e-mails to faculty. We also e-mailed information to faculty to announce it in their classes. So we really hit the faculty hard and forced it to them and then out to the students."
Freshman Andrea Brezgel said she did not see the posters or e-mail but heard about the bookstore move.
"My friends told me and I heard it around [campus]," Brezgel said.
She was still able to get her books before the move began, however, other students were not so lucky.
Sirota said on the last day the bookstore was open, approximately five students came in to rent books and found out the rental service was unavailable.
The new area in Drumlin Hall has less space than Moraine Hall, but the bookstore staff has alternative solutions for Esker and Drumlin.
"It's a lot smaller, but we have a back-stock room," bookstore employee Ted Urdahl said. "The smaller space is only temporary and the bookstore will be back in Moraine Hall in a few months."
The bookstore will reopen in Moraine Hall in October. When it opens, there will be many new features for students to enjoy.
One of the new features will be an elevator in the front of the store. After renovations, students with disabilities will have a more direct path to textbook rental. Before, students had to go through the bookstore, then through the first floor receiving room to a freight elevator. When they reached the basement, they had to go through another receiving room and down a hallway to textbook rental, Young said.
The bookstore split its merchandise, sending books to Esker Hall in rooms 108, 118, 119 and 120, while apparel and school supplies are on the first floor of Drumlin Hall.
The new locations should be open for business later this week.
"We have almost everything major moved in," bookstore Manager Barbara Young said. "Most everything is out of the bookstore. I'm thinking [the store will open] by the 14th or 15th."
Bookstore Student Manager Jackie Sirota said the move is taking less time than she thought it would.
"It's a little chaotic right now, but I think once we get organized it'll be fine," Sirota said.
The bookstore staff sent notifications to all students and faculty to inform everyone of the move.
"We did send an e-mail out to the students," Young said. "We sent out three e-mails to faculty. We also e-mailed information to faculty to announce it in their classes. So we really hit the faculty hard and forced it to them and then out to the students."
Freshman Andrea Brezgel said she did not see the posters or e-mail but heard about the bookstore move.
"My friends told me and I heard it around [campus]," Brezgel said.
She was still able to get her books before the move began, however, other students were not so lucky.
Sirota said on the last day the bookstore was open, approximately five students came in to rent books and found out the rental service was unavailable.
The new area in Drumlin Hall has less space than Moraine Hall, but the bookstore staff has alternative solutions for Esker and Drumlin.
"It's a lot smaller, but we have a back-stock room," bookstore employee Ted Urdahl said. "The smaller space is only temporary and the bookstore will be back in Moraine Hall in a few months."
The bookstore will reopen in Moraine Hall in October. When it opens, there will be many new features for students to enjoy.
One of the new features will be an elevator in the front of the store. After renovations, students with disabilities will have a more direct path to textbook rental. Before, students had to go through the bookstore, then through the first floor receiving room to a freight elevator. When they reached the basement, they had to go through another receiving room and down a hallway to textbook rental, Young said.
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