New signs mark campus

Rose-Hulman is trying to improve its image, literally. Over the course of the past couple years, Rose-Hulman has expanded and improved it’s signage around campus in an effort to simplify the navigation of the campus. “The signs identifying each building are again an attempt to provide ease in finding a building for those individuals not familiar with the campus,” according to Wayne Spary, Vice President for Facilities Operations.

The new signs are among other aesthetic improvements being made, including the resurfacing of the roads around the academic buildings.

The plan to replace and expand the signage has been in the making for a little while. “The signage on campus was determined to be inadequate going back to our Master Planning a number of years ago. The new and replacement signs were included in the budget process the last two years. The first major signs installed are the two limestone/lighted gateway signs at the main entrance,” commented Spary.

More recently was the replacement of the old wooden directional signs, originally erected by the Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity many years ago. In addition to replacing the old signs, additional signs were installed in front of buildings that did not already have adequate indication of the name of the building.

Sophomore mechanical engineering major Jana Binkerd, commented that “they are very helpful for visitors and new students around campus. The signs outside of the dorms are very nice. Beforehand, you did not know the name of the dorm unless you were right next to it. The colors are a bit boring, but they go along with the rest of the campus.”

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Correction

In the April 25, 2008 edition of The Rose Thorn, there existed an error in the article entitled “New signs mark campus.” In this article, it was said the Alpha Phi Omega constructed the previous wooden signs in front of various buildings, whereas it should have been the Pi Kappa Alpha Colony.