When Algonquin’s Outdoor Adventure diploma program was brand new, students like Ben Shillington would spend up to seven days a week in kayaks or canoes, on skis or trail bikes, in snow and on mountains, in rain and on rivers. However, it wasn’t this rigorous adventure training that would make Shillington “the world’s most extreme expedition guide,” as men’s lifestyle magazine Sharp recently dubbed him. It was everything else he learned at Algonquin, he says. Read more >
The DARE District will not only change the face of campus, it will change the face of student services at Algonquin College.
While May 3 marks the new building’s grand opening, construction will continue on lower-level Student One Stop Space until the end of July. Services in the area will include the Registrar’s Office, a Test Centre, the PLAR and Pathways Office, the Centre for Academic Success, and the International Education Centre. Some services will begin moving in Aug. 1.
“This new service space is going to be open, bright, modern, and state-of-the-art,” says Todd Schonewille, Director of Physical Resources. “We have completely demolished the original space and will be rebuilding it entirely from scratch. Coordination of this project with the DARE District in the floors above has allowed us to make significant improvements to this space that would not have been possible otherwise. Most notable perhaps is increased final ceiling heights as well as the addition of windows to the exterior. Also, the design will be aligned with that of the DARE District, both in the aesthetics as atmosphere – as well as in the use of environmentally sustainable design and building materials.”
Right now, Algonquin College’s new Library looks like anything but a library, what with dangling wires, bare concrete, the roar of machinery, and lots of busy men and women in hard hats.
But not too many weeks from now – six weeks, in fact – the DARE District facility will be a realm of studious serenity, a high-ceilinged, sun-lit space where learners (along with faculty and employees) can enjoy high-tech learning aids, acres of study space, tutoring, and much more. Indeed, College students will have two full floors of services available to them, some of which will be available 24/7. Read more >
The DARE District will not only change the face of campus, it will change the face of student services at Algonquin College.