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The Quad: Spruce, Woodland and Ware

Next fall, the completed Quad will boast three Houses, each with its own courtyard, lobby, mailroom, exercise room, library, seminar rooms, computer labs and refurbished student rooms. "The Quad's system of courtyards naturally supports a division of three--the architects and the planning committee of students, faculty and staff saw that right away when they looked closely at the Quad," noted Dr. David Brownlee, director of the College Houses.

The present four Houses in the Quadrangle--Community, Goldberg, Spruce and Ware--will be replaced beginning in the fall 2002 by three newly-defined Houses, identified by their own color schemes for interior decoration, furnishings and distinctive signage. The easternmost House, encircling the two small courtyards that many call the Baby Quad and the Clock Court, will be called Spruce College House, echoing the name of the adjacent street.

This "city street approach" to naming is repeated in the new westernmost House that embraces the Upper Quad; it will be called Woodland College House in recognition of the adjacent Woodland Walk. The central House in the new configuration, with buildings on three sides of the Lower Quad, will be called Ware College House. College House staff conferred with the student-run Residential Advisory Board who supported the naming plan.

Dr. Brownlee has confirmed that the Faculty Masters of the three new Houses will be Dr. Arnold Rosoff, Dr. Mark Liberman, and Dr. Linda Brown, whose current terms of appointment as the Faculty Masters of Goldberg, Ware and Community will be transferred to the new Woodland, Ware, and Spruce College Houses. This, he emphasizes, will reinforce the continuity of programs and staffing.

"Moving to the name Woodland College House will connect the physical structure with its historic geographic environment," noted Goldberg Faculty Master Dr. Arnold Rosoff. He went on to explain that the new House would "maintain a vigorous program in Media and Communications, one of Goldberg College House's major themes."

Dr. Linda Brown, Community Faculty Master, pledges to work with Faculty Master Dr. Helen Davies, who has already announced her intention to step down after her term as the Faculty Master of the present Spruce College House expires at the end of the year.

Next fall, the completed Quad will boast three Houses, each with its own courtyard, lobby, mailroom, exercise room, library, seminar rooms, computer labs and refurbished student rooms. "The Quad's system of courtyards naturally supports a division of three--the architects and the planning committee of students, faculty and staff saw that right away when they looked closely at the Quad," noted Dr. David Brownlee, director of the College Houses.

The present four Houses in the Quadrangle--Community, Goldberg, Spruce and Ware--will be replaced beginning in the fall 2002 by three newly-defined Houses, identified by their own color schemes for interior decoration, furnishings and distinctive signage. The easternmost House, encircling the two small courtyards that many call the Baby Quad and the Clock Court, will be called Spruce College House, echoing the name of the adjacent street.

This "city street approach" to naming is repeated in the new westernmost House that embraces the Upper Quad; it will be called Woodland College House in recognition of the adjacent Woodland Walk. The central House in the new configuration, with buildings on three sides of the Lower Quad, will be called Ware College House. College House staff conferred with the student-run Residential Advisory Board who supported the naming plan.

Dr. Brownlee has confirmed that the Faculty Masters of the three new Houses will be Dr. Arnold Rosoff, Dr. Mark Liberman, and Dr. Linda Brown, whose current terms of appointment as the Faculty Masters of Goldberg, Ware and Community will be transferred to the new Woodland, Ware, and Spruce College Houses. This, he emphasizes, will reinforce the continuity of programs and staffing.

"Moving to the name Woodland College House will connect the physical structure with its historic geographic environment," noted Goldberg Faculty Master Dr. Arnold Rosoff. He went on to explain that the new House would "maintain a vigorous program in Media and Communications, one of Goldberg College House's major themes."

Dr. Linda Brown, Community Faculty Master, pledges to work with Faculty Master Dr. Helen Davies, who has already announced her intention to step down after her term as the Faculty Master of the present Spruce College House expires at the end of the year.


Almanac, Vol. 48, No. 8, October 16, 2001

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS:

Tuesday,
October 16, 2001
Volume 48 Number8
www.upenn.edu/almanac/

The grand old Quad will have three new College Houses when renovations are complete next fall.
Getting around University City will be easier for pedestrians and motorists thanks to new signage.
A $6.7 million NIH grant has been awarded to the Institute for Medicine and Engineering.
President Rodin will receive the Beacon Award at the upcoming celebration of 125 Years of Women at Penn.
Professor Peter Stallybrass will receive the MLA's Lowell Prize for most outstanding literary or linguistic study.
La Casa Latina: the Center for Hispanic Excellence has a new director.
The ICA has a new director of marketing and communications.
A new Entrepreneur in Residence program gives students a chance to meet and mingle with experienced entrepreneurs.
Research in the social and behavioral sciences involving human subjects must be reviewed by Penn's Institutional Review Board.