The College of Business is at it again.
   
After last year’s renovations to Old Main, Paul Sears, Ph.D., dean of the College of Business, has made new efforts to rejuvenate the oldest building on campus.
   
These additions include a College of Business library, a student assessment center and new offices for John Wolper, Ed.D., associate professor of hospitality management and chair of the business administration programs, and Maria Gamba, associate professor of business and chair of the quantitative programs.
   
The library, located in Old Main 304, contains books, journals and other reference materials to help students in their business studies. The room was renovated through the efforts of Patricia Abels, D.B.A., assistant professor of business.
   
Sears says the library is meant to be a place where students can further enhance their knowledge and also find some peace and quiet.
   
“We wanted to create a reflective environment,” he said.
   
The assessment center is also located on the third floor, and will be a place where students’ progress and achievements will be catalogued. Each COB student will create a portfolio with eight categories, which will serve as an accumulation of all the work a student has completed upon graduation.
   
This room will also become a featured stop for students visiting The University of Findlay who are considering a major in the College of Business.
   
“It will impress students and parents,” said Sears. “We take the progress of students very seriously.”
   
The final space, located in room 301, will become a “one-stop shop” for students, according to Sears. Several members of the faculty will have space in the room, which, according to Sears, will make life easier on everyone.
   
“It will make things so much easier and more accessible,” he said.
   
All of the new spaces for the college are expected to be completed by the end of this semester.
   
With all of the new changes currently occurring and yet to come, Sears sees extreme potential for the College of Business.
   
“We practice a philosophy of continuous improvement,” he said. “We have infinite possibilities here.”
   
By Paige Aten, senior communication major, Napoleon, Ohio