[civsa] Starting the VC at U. of Maryland

[Nick Kovalakides]

In 1990, when I was asked to start a visitor center on campus, erecting a new building was out of the question.  So, since our Agriculture Department operated the Dairy Bar (selling their "home-made" ice cream!) on the ground floor of one of the campus buildings near our main entrance, we asked them to allow us to use a 9 ft. by 9 ft. area near the bar entrance for a 9 ft. long counter as our visitor center.  We then asked the highway department to add "UMD Visitor Center" signs to our local roadways.

After seven years and a large degree of success in assisting visitors and prospective students and their families, the Ag. Dept. happened to move a segment of their operation to another part of our campus freeing up a larger area in their building.  We then were allowed to move into that area we still use today, along with a small auditorium that is utilized by our Office of Admissions.

Having a place near our main campus entrance with ample parking nearby were two critical factors.

Hope this helps.

Nick Kovalakides

  

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Aimee Foster <afoste16 at slu.edu>
To: listserv <listserv at civsa.org>
Sent: Wed, Aug 20, 2014 12:41 pm
Subject: [civsa] New Visit Center Proposal



Hi All--


  We are hoping to develop a new Visitor Center and I wanted to see if anyone had any past proposals that they have created when trying to implement this new development. 


  Thanks so much!
-- 

AIMEE FOSTER
Program Coordinator for Campus Visits 






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