Project Updates

The Shaw Center at Hillyer College

The University of Hartford broke ground on June 6, 2011 for a two-story, 10,000-square-foot addition to Hillyer Hall that will provide Hillyer College with much-needed faculty offices, state-of-the-art classrooms, a dedicated seminar classroom, a conference room, and a large common area. The project will cost a total of approximately $4 million, and it is expected to be completed in the spring of 2012.

Village Market Express

A new food service area has been opened between the Mali I and Mali II lecture halls in the lobby of Dana Hall. This new facility is a small-scale version of the Village Market (located in Konover), featuring "grab and go" sandwiches, salads, meals that can be heated on site, a full range of snacks, breakfast items, coffee and beverages, and more.

Wilde Auditorium Renovation

Wilde Auditorium got a facelift over the summer, including repainting, new flooring, improved lighting, new seating, and improvements to the projection booth in the back of the auditorium. 

KF Room

A new state-of-the-art seminar and conference room was constructed on the main floor of the Mortensen Library. This room, named the KF Room, will serve as a home for the Presidents' College and will also be available for other departments on campus to use on a case-by-case basis. The KF Room has full videoconferencing capability, allowing for the expansion of Presidents' College programming to off-site locations.

Mortensen Library

The Circulation Department was repainted and received new carpeting and new desks. In addition, three small classrooms on the upper level of Mortensen were also repainted, have new carpeting and improved lighting. 

Fuller Music Center (The Hartt School)

Twenty-four music practice rooms were renovated over the summer to improve both aesthetics and acoustics. Twenty-six practice rooms were previously renovated, so the University has now completed the renovation of all 50 of these rooms in the Fuller Music Center.

University Commons

During the summer, the entire roof of the University Commons was replaced.

Operations Building

The Operations Building, which houses Facilities and Public Safety, received a new walkway leading to the building's main entrance.

Residence Halls

The first phase of a systematic, multi-year project to update furniture in the residence halls took place this summer with the replacement of furniture in F Complex and Park River. The lounges and bedrooms in these two residence halls were outfitted with new sofas, tables, desks, beds and mattresses.

Looking Ahead to 2012

One of the big construction projects of 2012 will be the replacement of the bridge that spans between Lincoln Theater and The Hartt School. The project is currently in the permitting and designing phase, and construction is expected to begin next summer. The project will include the removal of the existing dam and construction of a new bridge.

The next phase of furniture replacement will be happening this summer. E Complex, Regents Park, and Village Quads 5 - 7 will be equipped with all new furniture.