FACILITIES PLANNING & SERVICES

April 2010

Humanities Mall Grand Opening

Our brand new Humanities Mall project celebrated a lively grand opening ceremony April 19, 2010 with sunny skies and students, faculty, staff, administrators and our board president in attendance. The festivities were held in the newly landscaped area, featuring Café Camino, a new addition to our offerings of campus food service options.

Located in the area bounded by the MCS Building on the north, the Library Building on the south, the Humanities Building on the east, and the main north/south walkway on the west, the $2.424 million Humanities Mall project and numerous other facilities improvements on campus were made possible with funds from Measure E, the college’s facilities bond, which voters approved in 2002.

Students are already taking advantage of the great Humanities Mall environment, perfect for studying and relaxing between classes. Free WiFi access and electrical outlets are useful features of the new space, one of many aspects of our overall technology plan.

June 2009

We Have Parking!

The grand opening celebrating our new parking structure on June 15, 2009 opened up plenty of new parking opportunities to our campus. This $25.175 million, five-level parking structure at the intersection of Stadium Way and Redondo Beach Boulevard offers 1,230 parking spaces for our college community. The parking lot is equipped with security cameras and a monitoring system that counts the spaces available and posts the information on electronic sign boards at the two entrances.

Learning Resource Center Grand Opening

Our new Learning Resources Center is now open and ready to serve our community. A well-attended grand opening celebration featuring an inspiring speech and a book signing opportunity by authors Ray Bradbury and Eva Brown highlighted the event.

The Eva Brown Peace and Tolerance Collection was also unveiled at the event, with Mrs. Brown available to sign copies of her book, “If You Save One Life.” Mrs. Brown, a survivor of the Holocaust and a distinguished speaker and author, presented a $10,000 check for the Eva Brown fund, to be used for Holocaust and tolerance educational materials including books, videos as well as for guest speakers.

The new $13 million Learning Resources Center was funded with monies from measure E - $5 million and state funds - $8 million. It includes a basic skills lab, campus archives, the Ella Rose Madden Nursing Collection, and a digital processing center. In addition, it houses the Distance Education/Incubator Conference Center, designed to foster innovative approaches to the educational process by enabling faculty to experiment with flexible learning environments and technologies.

Humanities Building Opens

We are proud to present - the new Humanities Building.

Our brand new Humanities Building opened just in time for the Spring 2008 semester with a grand opening celebration complete with an open house, reception and tours.

The $30.9 million project is the first completely new instructional building on the El Camino College campus in nearly 40 years. The building replaces the last of the original “barracks-type” structures on campus, trucked up more than 60 years ago from the old Santa Ana Army Air Base in Orange County.

The three-story building is constructed of brick, concrete and glass, with energy-efficient features and utilizing recycled and eco-friendly materials wherever possible. All classrooms have podiums and projectors and are designed to let in plenty of natural light. An energy-saving computerized heating system will eventually be controlled by our Central Plant. Hallway floors are covered in thick vinyl, eliminating noise from passing students.

Surrounded by the Natural Sciences Complex, the Schauerman Library and the Administration Building, the Humanities Building is designed to serve as the “front door” to the campus from Crenshaw Boulevard. All are invited to tour the new building!

Thank to all who supported Measure E, which made the Humanities Building and numerous other facilities improvements on campus possible.

Humanities Building Facts

Building Size

• 83,900 square feet of Landscaping
• 35,000 square feet of drought-tolerant landscaping

State-of-the-art services

• Internet
• Computer labs
• Energy efficient – designed to provide abundant natural lighting

Building features

• Classrooms
• 13 computer labs
• 49 offices
• 560 computers
• More than 47 miles of fiber optic and other cable