For years, a wall collage featuring black-and-white portraits of Sisters of Mercy leaders and photographs of key moments in the history of Trinity College decorated the corridor of Mann Hall on the Trinity campus. When UVM bought Trinity, and renovated the hall to house its College of Education and Social Services offices and classrooms, the future of the photographic relic became a topic of discussion.
"That piece led to some lovely conversations about honoring the women of Trinity the educators who came before us," says Deborah Hunter, associate professor of integrated professional studies. Now, highlighted by track lighting, "we kept that poster right where it is where the most people will see it," Hunter says.
Some of the faculty and staff of two College of Education departments moved into Mann Hall during the last semester break. They are: Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration, Graduate Counseling and Race and Culture programs and School Research Office and Early Childhood Research projects 24 people so far. Their experience, perhaps, is a template for the immediate future, as other education offices will move to Mann over the summer, and geology will soon pack up for a move to nearby Delehanty Hall.
Classrooms in the renovated Mann meld past and current facilities a built-in, glass-front oak cabinet shares space with ceiling-mounted projectors and accompanying cart of technology-driven teaching tools. The building has an auditorium, conference space and a gymnasium. Trinity Cafe is open in nearby Delehanty Hall.
"The primary reason for these moves was because many of these units were in University Heights, so this was phase one of the effort to make way for the new University Heights construction," according to Rosalind Andreas, former assistant dean of education, who spearheaded the project.
The college is no stranger to relocation. About five years ago some departments moved from Waterman to University Heights, others to the Living Learning Center and still others to downtown Burlington. In May the Center on Disability and Community Inclusion and the Foster and Adoptive Training Project will make the move. Ultimately the whole college will be reunited on the Trinity campus from its disparate locations.
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