Warm
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call home.” Ernestine Winfrey, a D.
Min student and another one of the first Erdman
guests, was surprised by how nice it was.
“It’s modern, up-to-date; everything I
would need is there—a phone, a computer
outlet, my own bathroom! Even the bed was
comfortable!” she effuses. She admits to one
complaint though. “There was water leaking
from the toilet tank, but as soon as I reported
it to the desk, it was fixed!”
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airy, and gracious
environment,” she observes. “It is a
lovely place to be.” Phase Two, construction of
a new cottage-style brick building to the west of
Erdman, began with groundbreaking on November 4.
This new building will create a comfortable,
state-of-the-art meeting space for continuing
education events. Also planned is a
theater-style, “smart” classroom that
will seat up to 100 people. This audio-visually
advanced classroom will open the way for a
variety of forms of distance
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for people who are attending planned continuing
education events, for other group meetings and
conferences held on the PTS campus, and for
guests of people who have direct connections with
the Seminary. According to Tucker, the
continuing education staff are thrilled with
their new office space that allows them to do
their jobs more efficiently. David Wall, program
coordinator for continuing education, concurs.
“What has been so wonderful about the
process is that we were involved in designing our
space from ground zero,” he says, “so I
have everything I need at my touch to do my job
more quickly
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learning. In addition, the annex
will house a lounge with a fireplace to provide a
place for informal conversation outside the
classroom. The new building will also have a
basement complete with art studio and a kiln
where, Tucker says, “we will be able to host
events that stimulate people’s artistic
sensibilities.”
Both phases have
involved the firm of Ewing Cole Cherry Brott of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which is providing
the architects, engineers, interior designers,
and planners for the project. Princeton Junction
Engineering, P.C., has served as the civil
engineering consultant, and Irwin and Leighton,
Inc., is the general
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contractor. Audiovisual
and acoustical consulting is being provided by
Acentech Inc., of Cambridge, Massachusetts. The projected date for the
completion of
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Wall cites the addition of a staff conference
room and voice mail as especially helpful. Mary Grace Royal,
operations coordinator for continuing education,
is equally enthusiastic about the new space.
“It is a light,
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Phase Two is the summer of
1999. The continuing education staff hopes
the new space will enable their visitors to
“go away refreshed, with their spirits
rekindled.”  Amy Salmon is a
second-year student in the M.Div. program and a
student assistant in the Office of
Communications/Publications.
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"My first stay was
delightful! I especially enjoyed the updated, private
bathroom and the in-room phone from which I could make a
credit card call home."
-Julia Osborne Christensen ('78)
"The thing that struck
me was the friendly atmosphere - both in the decor and
the staff."
-Dan Little ('59 and a member of the AAEC)
"I love the exterior.
It immediatly establishes that this is a good place to
retreat and sets these accomodations apart from dorm
rooms."
- Karen Brostrom-O'Brien
('75 and a member of the AAEC)
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