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Welcome Center and entry enhancement The renovation of Richards Gymnasium already offers a training/ weight room for all students, new dance-lab floor, refinished gym floor, and locker rooms and office space for football, lacrosse and tennis. All totaled, the Valhalla/Richards project offers something for just about everyone associated with Berry.
Berry is a destination – an educational, historical, cultural and recreational destination. Summer campers, hikers, bikers, photographers, nature lovers and history buffs all join students, prospective students, alumni, parents, local residents and other friends in enjoying Berry’s beautiful and bountiful resources. We need a campus entry that is both more welcoming and more secure. Our plans call for construction of a Welcome Center and gated entry in a location that all vehicles entering campus must pass. In addition to a campus police officer, the Welcome Center will be staffed by students acting as hosts. A sophisticated security system will include a gate that allows faculty, staff and student vehicles with decals to pass but requires visitors to stop and register. Also included in the project are significant improvements to the parking and entrance facilities of our main administration building, Hermann Hall, and the aesthetics of the main access road.