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We Moved Your Core? What happens when Housing, Greek Life, and Construction Collide. Versus?. Micheal K. Seraphin Coordinator of Purchasing, Willamette University NWACUHO 2010 February, 8, 2010. Why this session?. History between Willamette and National Fraternities
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We Moved Your Core?What happens when Housing, Greek Life, and Construction Collide Versus? Micheal K. Seraphin Coordinator of Purchasing, Willamette University NWACUHO 2010 February, 8, 2010
Why this session? • History between Willamette and National Fraternities • Commitment on the part of the Willamette • Student Input & Involvement • Budgeting • Master Planning • My limitations as the presenter – I was the Area Coordinator for the Fraternities during ¾ of this process, and the Coordinator of Purchasing the other ¼. I do not work in Facilities or Project Management
How did Willamette get to this point? G. Herbert Smith – 1927 DePauw University alum • President, Willamette University President from 1942-1969 • Secretary General, Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, 1935-1946 • President, Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, 1946-1951 • Fraternities vs. Residence Halls • Starting in 1946 – Five national fraternities have been housed on Willamette’s campus • Beta Theta Pi • Delta Tau Delta • Phi Delta Theta • Sigma Alpha Epsilon • Sigma Chi
The Process Fall 2007 Spring 2008/Summer 20008 • Breaking the news • What the men felt • Concerns they had • How was the University going to accommodate them? • Entitlement issues • Finding a new home • Controlling the flow of information • Meetings, meetings, more meetings • More meetings • Damage control • Preparation • Making accommodations • Bricks and trees • Damages to the facility • Saving goodbye
Total Expenses to Date… • $ 1,687,275.82
Things to Consider/Lessons Learned • When to bring students into the process • Communicating with the rest of the campus • Communicating with the other potential students/residential communities • Real wants vs. real needs • Dealing with inter-organizational communication/issues
Thanks for the following: • Jan Gardner – Director of Facilities • Cindy Anderson – Assistant to the Director of Facilities • The Men of the Gamma Sigma chapter of Beta Theta Pi • The Men of the Delta Zeta chapter of Sigma Chi