October 2015, Vol. 12, No. 5
Wordof MOUTH University and College Personnel ‘Dominate’ Difficult Flood Situation That happened at about 11 p.m. Chicago normally receives between Despite the late hour, there were three and seven inches of rain in the students in Lecture Hall North who month of August. On the night of saw the water coming in and notified August 17-18, it received between UIC Facilities Management, which two and three inches in a period of a contacted Fred few hours, resulting Chapa, Director in a flood that of Facilities for the caused damage College. on five floors of the Shortly after College. midnight, “Fred The large already had some amounts of water overwhelmed the staff on site starting drainage capacity of to clean things up,” the College’s roof. Dr. Stanford said. The water backed “But the water up and seeped was pouring in as underneath the it ran throughout tarpaulins covering the middle of the open areas of building.” Deborah Carr-Woods, Ginny Lothrop, the College’s two Along with and Jaleel Muhammad performing rooftop “penthouses,” Lecture Hall North, cleanup after the flood. which are structures the water flowed to that include heating, Central Sterilization, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) the Mozart Group Practice Clinic, elements and feature conduits for supply areas for the clinics, two electrical wiring. The penthouses were elevator shafts, storage closets, and some offices. The College lost being worked on as part of the HVAC some computers, and the projection renovation project. The water “flowed down the equipment in Lecture Hall North was conduits into the building,” Dean damaged. Clark Stanford explained.
In This Issue
Pediatric Dentistry Receives $1.5 Million Grant
Faculty, Students Earn Honors
New Administrators, Faculty Join College of Dentistry