King Hall and its companion building Goodison (now demolished), constructed in 1939, were among the first dormitories built on Eastern Michigan's campus. Photographs of the work in process show that they were built with Public Works Association (PWA) labor. The PWA had been established as a method to bring the unemployed back to work during the Great Depression. These architects and laborers were instrumental in developing the brick and pale stone style popular on the southern side of the campus.
These two dormitories, constructed as women's housing were designed in the shape of two opposing Us enclosing a private courtyard for recreation. In the ground-breaking floor plans, architects created the first two-room dormitory suites in the state. Each suite included a bedroom with an adjoining study. Furnishings included a twin-sized maple bed for each student with mattress, box spring, and pillow; a built in dresser and closet; a bedside rug; and dressing table. The study room contained a double desk with a shelf for a typewriter or books, a bookcase, study chair, and easy chair. Halls shared bathrooms that included an electric hairdryer. Other conveniences included five date parlors, and a laundry room with tubs, ironing boards and clothes dryers. The complex included a cafeteria and dining room for meals. Lunch was served cafeteria style but dinner was a more elaborate affair with assigned tables and a student hostess to oversee the meal. The school attempted to create a sense of gentility in their dormitories. For all these amenities, room and board cost $144 per semester, payable in two installments of $72.00 each.
King Hall was renovated in 1971, and converted from a dormitory to a multipurpose building with classrooms, offices, and practice rooms (as it was originally renovated to house the Music Department). Today, King serves as the home of our award-winning NPR radio station, WEMU, and the campus newspaper the Eastern Echo.
As the student body continued to grow following the second World War, the University realized the need for more housing. At the same time, funding remained tight. A slight increase in rent would cover the building of new housing. Jones and Goddard were built as part of the college's self-liquidating campaign and intended to be paid for and sustained by the revenue from dorm room rental. Combined with King and Goodison, Goddard and Jones accommodated 1,200 women, enough to make the new payment program viable. Like other residence complexes on campus, two dormitories formed a square around an enclosed central courtyard; however the interiors were slightly different. The architectural team, based room designs in part on the preferences shown by students who viewed sample plans of dorm rooms on display the winter before. Each suite of rooms held four students and included a private bath for each unit along with wood paneling as ornamentation.
Goddard and Jones were both made honors dorms in the 1980s. In 1988, a resident advisor (who worked in a different dormitory) set fire to Jones Hall, causing $10,000 in damages. This was one of several fires that broke out in the dorms around this time. The perpetrator was convicted of arson and sentenced to 1.5-10 years in prison. Jones stopped being used for student housing in 2005, and over the summer of 2024 Jones and Goddard were demolished and the site will be transformed into green space.
EMU's continued growth during the 1960s drove building projects under Presidents Elliott and Sponberg. In 1967, Sponberg arranged for the construction of a new science building. An appropriation from the state legislature provided the funds for the $8.25 million building. The new building contained 180,000 square feet of space divided among five stories plus a "penthouse" and basement. It was constructed of poured-in-place concrete with exterior walls of brick with stone trim. Inside, Mark Jefferson was fully air-conditioned, and the main floor contained four lecture halls and six large classrooms. Other floors had modern laboratories and facilities for research as well as faculty offices, reading rooms, and on the third floor, a museum. When it was built, the Mark Jefferson Science Building was intended to provide space for crowded departments.
In 2011, The Mark Jefferson received a major renovation and a 5-story, 86,000 sqft. addition. The project linked Mark Jefferson with Strong Hall creating the Mark Jefferson Science Complex. The Complex includes a variety of classroom layouts including traditional classrooms, labs, lecture halls, a planetarium, a green house, and an observatory deck complete with telescopes.
Hoyt Residence Hall was constructed in 1968 as one of three 11-story structures known as “The Towers”. Hoyt was originally a women only dormitory. There were fires in all three of “The Towers” buildings in 1987, and Hoyt was the most heavily damaged resulting in a $1.5 million remodeling project which spanned five floors. As of 2024, Hoyt is no longer utilized as a residence hall and is likely going to be demolished.
Originally built as the Hoyt Conference Center, the Public Safety building and Towers Residential complex were constructed in 1969. The construction cost approximately $6.25 million to construct. Prior to 1976, Eastern had to apply for a 24-hour permit in order to serve alcoholic beverages. In 1977, the state legislature enacted a new law granting restricted licenses a measure championed by State Representative Gary Owen, (D) Ypsilanti. That year, EMU received the first Class C liquor license at a university in the state. Then new license allowed EMU to serve beer, wine and liquor at its regularly scheduled conference center activities. The University was enthusiastic about these possibilities, but was emphatic that the license did not extend to over the counter liquor sales.
Today, the building houses the Public Safety department, housing the EMU Police Department, Environmental Health and Safety, and Emergency Management.
Hover laboratory was built during the Munson era building project. Munson was able to use Works Project Administration (WPA) labor to build a new laboratory building for $53,000. The WPA was a Depression Era program run by the federal government in an effort to give jobs to hundreds of unemployed workers. Using his broad influence, Munson was able to get WPA labor to construct not only the laboratory, but also hundreds of miles of pipes under the campus of EMU. The building was designed to house the Department of Biology laboratories, a greenhouse, and a plant laboratory and Biology Career Center. The brick building had classrooms on either side of entrance, with workrooms behind them, and offices connected to the workrooms. A green house was connected to the back. Currently, Hover contains single rooms that are available for upperclassmen to live in during the school year. Offices of Business and Finance are also located here.
The Hill-Hoyt-Pittman complex was constructed in 1969 to house ever-growing numbers of students at the university. The University financed the $6.25 million project through the sale of self liquidating bonds. Standing 11-stories tall, the residence halls in the complex stand taller than anything on or near campus except the city water tower at Cross and Washtenaw. Designers built the residence halls to house a total of 1,404 students. Hill and Hoyt were originally dedicated to women while men lived in Pittman. Like many of the other campus dormitories, the buildings surround a courtyard. The fourth side of the court is closed by the Conference Center which contains the Eagle Market and Einstein's Brothers Bagels. As of 2024, Hill is no longer utilized as a residence hall.
The Halle Library is the third library building on campus following R. Clyde Ford Hall, and what is now the Porter College of Education Building. The earliest library on campus was a single room in the administration building, known as Old Main. Ford Hall was built as the first library building in 1929 and Porter was built in 1966 - 1967 as a replacement. By the early 1990s, the library in Porter had become over-crowded, and strong student activism in 1992 provided the impetus to begin a drive to build a new and larger library. The new library, built on the site of the old physical plant, was designed and built to state-of-the-art specifications and cost $41 million to complete.
The dedication program described the Halle Library as a library pointing to its close ties to modern information technology. The library is 270,000 square feet and contains close to a million volumes split between a browsing level and an automated retrieval system (ARC). The ARC was the second of its kind to be placed in a university library, but was part of a national trend towards condensed shelving and automatic access storage systems. Books that have not been checked out in the last five years are placed in the ARC.
The carillon, donated by E. Gregg Liechty, has been brought into the 21st century through digitization. A computer produces the sounds of cast bells, but without the $1 million price tag and the stress of cold winters on fragile cast-iron bells. Instead, two keyboards, an auto bell console, and an organ console, are played and the songs saved on a sound card for later replay. Four speakers in the tower can send the sound 1.5 miles on a misty day. The library is not solely a computerized wonder; more traditional collections include the University Archives, the Map Library, a traditional periodicals collection, and a browsing collection on the third floor.
Over the summer of 2024, the first floor of the Halle Library was renovated as a result of Eastern Michigan University receiving a generous gift from the Diane & Bruce Halle Foundation to upgrade and modernize the library. The goal of the renovation is to create spaces for the campus community to gather for collaboration and instruction. The renovation brought the University Archives down to the first floor, and provided office spaces for the Center for Jewish Studies and the Center for Social Justice. There is also a gallery space available for students and the community to showcase exhibitions.
The Normal Gymnasium was constructed in response to the 1871 fire of the school's original gymnasium and the formal addition of a department of physical training. The groundbreaking took place in October of 1892, after appropriations of $20,000 were used for the construction cost. The building was on a 250 x 275 ft lot on Cross Street across from Welch Hall. Originally built with two main rooms, one for men and another for women, one was equipped with a running track, the other with a gallery on three sides. The basement included a swimming pool and locker rooms equipped with showers.
Goodison Residence Hall and King Residence Hall were among the first dormitories built on Eastern Michigan's campus. According to a brochure describing the new housing, the buildings had been designed so that students may enjoy not only the modern conveniences, but also the atmosphere of a cultured home and a program of worthwhile activities. Photographs of the work in process show that they were built with Works Progress Administration labor. The WPA was established to bring the unemployed back to work during the Great Depression. Because of his influence, President John M. Munson was able to use WPA labor for a number of the necessary improvements on campus. These architects and laborers were instrumental in developing the brick and stone style popular on the southern side of the campus. These two dormitories, constructed as women's housing were designed in the shape of two opposing Us enclosing a private courtyard for recreation, similar to the one surviving in the Munson-Brown Apartments. According to the floor plans, architects created the first two-room dormitory suites in the state. Each suite included a bedroom with an adjoining study. Furnishings included a twin-sized maple bed for each student with mattress, box spring, and pillow; a built in dresser and closet; a bedside rug; and a dressing table. The study room contained a double desk with a shelf for a typewriter or books, a bookcase, study chair, and easy chair. Halls shared bathrooms that included an electric hairdryer. Other convinces included five date parlors,? and a laundry room with tubs, ironing boards and clothes dryers. The complex included a cafeteria and dining room for meals. Lunch was served cafeteria style but dinner was a more elaborate affair with assigned tables and a student hostess to oversee the meal at each one. The school attempted to create a sense of gentility in their dormitories. For all these amenities, room and board cost $144 per semester, payable in two installments of $72.00 each.
Goddard and Jones Residence Halls were designed on the same plans as King and Goodison Residence Halls. Once again, two dormitories formed a square around an enclosed central courtyard. The interiors of King and Goodison, however, were slightly different. The architectural team based room designs in part on the preferences shown by students who viewed sample plans of dorm rooms on display the winter semester before. Each suite of rooms held four students and included a private bath for each unit. Wood paneling decorated the halls. Goddard and Jones accommodated 1,200 women, enough to make the new payment program viable. On February 1, 1964, the University opened the Instructional Computing Center in Goddard Hall. By 1980, it also contained classrooms for Industrial Education. Goddard and Jones were both made honors dorms in the 1980s. As of fall 2005 Goddard Residence Hall was closed as a student residence hall. Jones and Goddard have both been demolished as of 2024, and is set to be replaced with green space.
The Town Hall School, built on the Geddes farm, carries with it a rich family and educational tradition. The first Geddes came to this area in 1824 and the family possesses the 1827 deed to the farm signed by President John Quincy Adams. In 1852, William Geddes leased land for a term of 99 years at the corner of Morgan and Thomas roads to build a school. The Pitt (now Pittsfield) district paid six cents per year for the lease.
The first Town Hall School was a brick building constructed in 1852. The existing wooden structure was built in 1895, at a cost of $677.50. This one-room school served as a social center for families in the community. Holiday celebrations were highlights of the year for all. From the 1880s, until its doors closed in 1957, student enrollment remained in the 30-40 range. One year, during the Depression there were only two students in attendance. At least 97 teachers taught here during the 105 years that the school was in session.
The Geddes Town Hall Schoolhouse was donated to EMU in 1987, and the university originally planned to furnish it with contemporary teaching implements and use it as a working classroom as a testament to the schools founding as a teaching training institution. The schoolhouse was also intended to be a repository for collections and preservation of educational history. When the building arrived on-campus, it was largely bare containing only the original bell and piano. Donations from the Washtenaw community have furnished the remainder of the building.
The schoolhouse is still consistently utilized by the university for various classes and social functions, bringing history to life for the EMU community.
Ford Hall opened as the first college library back in 1929. Normal College had grown considerably since its founding in 1849. The small collection of books housed in one room of the Old Main Building no longer served the needs of the college community. President Charles McKenny (1912-1933) recognized the profound need for a larger library. Under his guidance, the school had become the largest teacher training program in the United States. A one-room library was no longer sufficient. Originally called The Library, it was later renamed Mark Jefferson Library in honor of the head of the Geography Department, 1901-1939. In 1967, when the second library (now Porter College of Education) opened, it became a classroom building. On May 17, 1967, it was rededicated as Richard Clyde Ford Hall. Ford had been head of the Modern Language Department from 1903-1940. The rededication took place on the 90th anniversary of Ford's birth.
The building has been remodeled several times over the years to meet the needs of the various academic departments that held classes in Ford Hall. In 1980, a small fire broke out in one of the film studios in Ford, but there was only $4,000 in damages. Today, Ford is primarily used as classroom space for film and design classes, and it is the starting location for EMU’s annual Art Walk.
The golf club features an 18-hole championship golf course overlooking the picturesque Ford Lake in Ypsilanti Township. The par 72 course provides any golf enthusiast with one of the most challenging courses in Southeastern Michigan. The layout of the course - designed by Karl Litten of Boca Raton, Florida - challenges both novice and seasoned golfers with several holes bordering the banks of the lake. The clubhouse was designed by Wakely Associates of Warren, MI. The golf course has four sets of tees that provide a variety of choices for all golfers, stretching 6,750 yards from the championship markers. The Eagle Crest Golf Club possesses a USGA course stroke rating of 72.9 and a slope rating of 140 from the championship tees. The golf course is owned by Eastern Michigan University and is open to guests of the adjoining Ann Arbor Marriott Hotel, Eagle Crest Resort, the university community, as well as the golfing public. This multi-dimensional golf operation offers all the luxuries of a resort facility - a full service golf shop, a spectacular practice range, The Grille providing food and beverage, expansive locker rooms for both men and women, and private dining rooms with a view which are available for group meetings, banquets and social functions.
Part of the four-building complex of Downing, Best, Buell and Wise Halls; surrounding the dining commons. Originally Downing Residence Hall, constructed in 1957, was an all-female dormitory. Today, the residence hall accommodates male and female students which are divided into same-gender suites.
In 1986, the EMU Board of Regents authorized plans to construct Huron Golf Club and entered a 99-year grounds lease with Ypsilanti Township for 136-acres adjacent to Ford Lake at $1 per year. In 1989, the Huron Golf Club, designed by golf course architect
Karl Litten, opened along with the Radisson Hotel and Corporate Education Center. The name changed to Eagle Crest Golf Club in 1991. The golf clubhouse was named the Eastern Michigan University Roy E. Wilbanks Eagle Crest Golf Resort Golf club in 2013. In addition, the Marriott named the ballroom the Roy E. Wilbanks Ballroom that same year. Due to a 2020 donation from GameAbove, EMU is working to construct a performance center for the EMU golf teams.
In 2019, EMU sold the the Corporate Education Center at Eagle Crest to MFS Ypsilanti Holdings, Inc, which operates the Marriott Hotel adjacent to the center. University administration cited changes in corporate education instruction delivery as the reason for the sale. This sale did not change EMU's partnership regarding the Eagle Crest Golf Resort.
In 1960, 90 units were built to serve as married housing. The one bedroom units originally rented for $67, and the two bedroom units rented for $77. The units were available beginning September 1, 1960. The second phase of Cornell Court Apartments began in 1966; expanding the capacity of married housing. Cornell Courts still offers one and two bedroom units, now available for all upperclassmen over the age of 20 regardless of marital status.
The Cooper Building was a 12,796 square foot office facility built in 1984. It was located immediately across the street from Westview Drive, with a view of Rynearson Stadium and EMU's athletic facilities. Originally known as Riverbend Office Building, EMU purchased the property in January. A lease agreement between EMU and The EMU Foundation was signed in 1996 stating that The Foundation offices will occupy approximately 5,648 square feet at an annual cost of $66,153. The Foundation made necessary improvements to the office space at their cost. Additionally, The Foundation was responsible for payment of utilities, custodial services and other related operating costs. When improvements to the office space were completed, the Foundation relocated the University's Give Records and Receipts operations there. The Cooper Building is no longer utilized by Eastern Michigan University.
The George Gervin GameAbove Center (formerly the Convocation Center) at Eastern Michigan University is located on the west campus. Built in 1998 as part of a campus upgrade initiative, the George Gervin GameAbove Center is a 204,316 square-foot structure that features three user-friendly levels including arena, concourse, office space and boasts versatile seating configurations, which allow clients to maximize space usage. The George Gervin GameAbove Center is ideal for concerts, commencements, family entertainment, conferences banquets, trade shows and athletic events. The arena accommodates 20,000 square-feet on the main floor with an additional 18,000 square-feet throughout the entire facility. The Convocation Center was renamed in 2021 for George Gervin, a former professional basketball player who played for EMU between 1970-1972. In 2023, a statue of Gervin was unveiled in front of the center, and Gervin was in attendance at the unveiling ceremony.
The second building to be erected on campus was the Conservatory. Originally intended for the use of the State Agricultural Society, and was to contain an agricultural museum. Its erection began in 1864, but it was not roofed until late fall, 1865. It remained uncompleted until 1869, when the legislature appropriated funds for its completion. Then in January 1870, the Board of Education accepted the building and changed its name from the "Normal Museum" to "Normal New School Building." It was devoted to the use of the Training School until 1882 and then was occupied by the Conservatory of Music.
The Coatings Research Institute (CRI) was founded in 1985, and performed contract as well as grant research by the resident faculty. In 1990, Eastern Michigan University obtained a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to establish a new Industry/University Research Center (I/UCRC) in Coatings. The Surface Science Research Center was established in 1993. April 2000, EMU received its largest single gift ever - coatings patents from the ExxonMobil Chemical Company appraised at $16 million. The patents involve materials used to create industrial paints. "There are only a few undergraduate coatings programs in the country and we are proud and excited that ExxonMobil chose to donate these patents to our Coatings Research Institute," said President William E. Shelton at an April 17, 2000, press conference. The gift included 20 issued U.S. patents and five pending U.S. patent applications. It also included more than 50 worldwide patent and patent application counterparts. EMU's Dr. Frank Jones and students of Eastern Michigan assisted ExxonMobil with the development of five of the U.S. patents. "We are in the best position to do something with the patents because we know the technology," said Jones. "This will give EMU faculty and students an opportunity to be involved with exciting new area of coatings technology and to potentially produce income that will help the coatings program at EMU." The CRI is still used today to develop and expand on the science and technology of polymers and other materials.
From the mid-1930s through the early 1940s, President John M. Munson sponsored a wide variety of building projects on campus, including four dormitories, a new field house, and a new health building. Built at a cost of $60,000, the health center was intended to insure the good health of students. Glenadine Snow, who had worked at the college since 1915, took charge of the newly built college health center when it opened in 1939. The new health center featured ten patient beds, as well as offices and outpatient rooms. The first student to receive care was Irving Hooper, who suffered a dislocated shoulder. According to the student newspaper, some forty students sought medical attention at the new hospital in order to see the new facility and its features. One night, a student arrived out of breath, with a broken arm and without his trousers. The dedicated health center workers braced his arm, but did not offer him any clothing. This structure served as the Health Center (1939-1961) and then as the Music Building (1961-1984). From 1984-2003, the building housed payroll and other important financial services for the university.
Eastern's enrollment grew rapidly in the post-World War II years, resulting in high demand for more on campus housing. Goddard Residence Hall opened in 1955, and construction began almost immediately on a new housing complex. This time, plans called for four buildings surrounding a central dining facility. When completed, the new housing would contain space for approximately 1,200 students in the geographical heart of campus. Buell was constructed in in 1958. Buell and Downing could each house approximately 300 students. The building was named for Bertha Buell, who served the Normal College as a professor of History, English, and Political Science from 1899-1937. Currently, Buell is open for upperclassmen and transfer student residence.
President John Munson placed a gymnasium on his list of priority buildings for construction in the early 1930s. Munson found little support from the Michigan Legislature to fund such a project during the Depression. Munson turned to his personal friend and Ypsilanti native, Walter O. Briggs, Sr. for funding. Briggs, then owner of the Detroit Tigers, was deeply interested in physical education and willing to financially support the construction of the facility. The new field house, which opened in 1937, faced the back of McKenny Union at the heart of the social center of campus. Inside it contained lockers, showers, training rooms, and offices of officials. A large practice room with a dirt floor provided space for vaulting and other winter activities. It also acted as a gateway to Briggs Field which housed a 300 seat stand for football and another for baseball.
Today, Mark Jefferson Hall, Strong Hall, and the parking lot cover the athletic park. With the need for additional classroom space on campus in the early to mid 1960s, Briggs Hall was repurposed, initially for the Mathematics Department and then for the Art Department. Athletics were moved out of the center of campus with the construction of Rynearson Stadium in 1969 and the baseball Stadium in 1971.
Bowen was the second field house built on Eastern's campus. It was constructed in 1955 during a period of growth for the university. Briggs Fieldhouse was simply too small to accommodate the needs of the growing campus population. Bowen Fieldhouse was built as the first stage of a full-scale physical education facility. Later additions to the building would include a gymnasium, swimming pool, additional locker rooms and classrooms (See Warner Gymnasium and Olds-Robb Rec/IM). The 88,000 square foot building cost $1.25 million to construct. When Bowen was built, it was one of the largest facilities in the country including basketball, track, and baseball practice areas, also included facilities for outdoor activities like tennis and badminton. It also has indoor classrooms. There was permanent seating for 1,200 spectators and theoretically, additional seating capacity for 6,000. The building also included an 8-laps-to-the-mile track, a hard surfaced infield, a lounge, and a physical therapy room. Bowen Field House saw 351 wins in its 43 years as the home of Eastern's basketball team. Cheering and applause echoed from the steel beams of the building leading a radio announcer on WEMU to refer to the building as "The Old Barn" and the name stuck. Originally, the basketball court was located in front of the balcony and the baskets were at the east and west ends of the court. The floor later switched to north/south direction in 1960. "The Old Barn" still serves as an exercise facility for the EMU community.
Boone hall was constructed in 1914 on the site of the former Conservatory. The building was originally called the Administration Building, but served as a multipurpose space. Administrative offices were housed on the first floor which was shared with the Modern Language Department, drawing classes and studios were upstairs, and the Manual Training Department and the YMCA had spaces in the basement. By the 1950s, administration moved out of Boone, and it became the Arts Building, a name it held until 1968 when it was renamed for Richard Gause Boone who served as the ninth president of the Michigan State Normal College (1893-99). In 1992, the Art Department moved to Sherzer, and Boone became the home of Continuing Education courses and other offices, which continues to be the function of the building today.
Construction was finished on the Alexander Music Building in 1980, and was named for Frederick M. Alexander who was the head of the Music Department from 1909-1941. The entire building was designed with the needs of the music department in mind, consisting of 86,000 sqft. with practice rooms, an organ recital room, and a large recital hall containing a stage and seating for 150 people.
Unique features of the building include instrument repair rooms containing equipment to re-plate brass instruments. Special resilient caulking and sealant were used in place of a traditional mortar to ensure that sound would not be transmitted throughout the structure. Since solid walls tend to transmit sound vibrations like a tuning fork, solid walls were broken up, and practice and recital rooms were designed with non-parallel walls.
Eastern's enrollment grew rapidly in the post-World War II years, resulting in high demand for on-campus housing. After Goddard Residence Hall opened in 1955 construction began almost immediately on a new housing complex. This time, plans called for four buildings surrounding a central dining facility. When completed, the new complex would contain space for approximately 1,200 students in the geographical heart of campus. Best opened for student residence in the 1960s. The residence hall is named for Martha Best who was a professor of Biology and Bacteriology from 1924-1952.
Brown Residence Hall, constructed in 1948, was named for James M. "Bingo" Brown, football and baseball coach 1923-1929 and first dean of men 1925-1962. The adjacent residence hall, Munson, contained 200 student rooms when it was built and Brown contained 250. Brown also had a kitchen and dining room attached. As of 2024, Brown and Munson have been demolished and are set to be turned into green space.
Welch Hall, named after the first president of the school, Adonijah S. Welch, was constructed in 1896 to serve as the new training school building on the Michigan State Normal School (MSNS) campus. The building held classroom space for grades K-8, offices, and an assembly room that could accommodate 400 children. After the MSNS reached collegiate status in 1899, attendance greatly increased, resulting in east and west wings being added to Welch in 1900, and a north-west wing being added in 1909, to create more classroom space for the growing student population. The training school moved to the Roosevelt building when it was constructed in the 1920s, and for the next forty years Welch Hall served as the home for many different academic departments. In the 1960s, Welch was converted into office space and it began being used as the main administrative building on-campus, which is still the purpose it serves today.
Welch was nearly demolished in the 1980s, as decades of poor maintenance caused the building to significantly deteriorate. Dr. Andrew Nazzarro, the man who established the Historic Preservation program at EMU 1979, started the “Don’t Squelch Welch” button campaign to promote support to save the building. This campaign was a success, because in 1985 a $2.5 million federal grant was awarded to EMU to renovate Welch Hall and ensure that the building could continue to serve the EMU community.
