by Jo Beth Cup on
OUE Clough Open House
Left to right: Christopher Reaves (Assistant Vice Provost / Executive Director, Office of Experiential & Engaged Learning), Lorett Swank (Executive Director, Academic Success & Advising), Steven P. Girardot (Vice President of Undergraduate Education), Jo Beth Cup (Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives and Operations).

On February 14, 2024, OUE staff and campus partners came together to commemorate the completion of the Clough Commons renovation project with an open house event.

OUE Clough Open House
Refreshments and Valentine's Day candy were available.

This project involved over 40 staff members from across campus as well as numerous external vendors who met across 80+ meetings in 2023 to implement the beautiful design and renovation of the OUE office space in Clough Commons. The project was completed on time in December 2023, just in time to welcome students for the busy Spring term. 

The space houses two major OUE units—the Office of Experiential and Engaged Learning (E2L) and Academic Success and Advising (ASA). These units offer high impact practices and student support programming including UG Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, GT1000/2000, Community-Based Learning, Academic Advising, Tutoring, Retention and Completion, and First-Gen Initiatives, iGniTe, FYSA, and Post-Graduate & Pre-Professional Advising.

In their remarks, Vice Provost Steven Girardot and Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives and Operations Jo Beth Cup thanked the following individuals, teams, and vendors.

 

GT project team: 

  • Project Manager – Reagan Donley
  • Estimator – Kira Alford
  • Construction Manager – Cristina Fannin
  • OIT Network – Rick Gonzalez, Roland Parungao
  • OIT AV Services – Kyle Williams
  • Move Management – Davida Montgomery
  • Facilities Swing Space – Juan Archila
  • Clough Facilities – Michael Patten
Vice Provost Steven Girardot makes remarks at OUE Clough Open House
Vice President of Undergraduate Education Steven P. Girardot makes remarks at OUE Clough Commons Open House event.

Project Design and Construction Groups:

  • Construction Firm – Humphries Construction (Leah Green, Robert Culver, Kriste Williams)
  • Design Firm – ASD SKY (Kara Thomas, Tia Calhoun, Anna Clark)
  • Furniture Dealer – Corporate Environments (Tod Lawrence, Kristina Lawrence, Gabrielle Moore)
  • AV Design – Brytesight (JW Woodward)
  • Move Mgt. Services – Relostrategy (Micki Genung, Kelly Kissler, Harry Hudson)

What better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day than with an event showing appreciation for our amazing OUE staff and partners!

Thank you to everyone who made this project possible.