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Grayson MendenhallSeptember 18, 2013
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The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy recently completed a $400,000 renovation of the facilities at its Asheville satellite campus based at the University of North Carolina at Asheville.
The Mission Healthcare Foundation provided $200,000 for the for the renovation thanks to a matching grant from the North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation. The project also received $100,000 in support from the Golden LEAF Foundation to help complete the work that comprises the following projects in Karpen and Zeis Halls:
- Modified and equipped two laboratory spaces in Zeis Hall (131 and 333 Zeis) for use as eighteen-seat classrooms to support pharmaceutical care lab and other courses in the PharmD curriculum
- Converted six offices in Karpen Hall to form two new eighteen-seat classrooms to support in the curriculum.
- Converted two outdated classrooms in Karpen Hall to form a single thirty-two-seat classroom (110 Karpen) and a new student commons space (108 Karpen)
- Built and equipped two mobile videoconference units to support four classrooms in Karpen Hall
- Combined separate office areas in Karpen Hall to form an office suite (114 Karpen) with nine offices for administration and faculty
- Renovated a sixteen-seat conference room (126 Karpen Hall) as a faculty conference center and board room (now 115 Karpen Hall)
- Renovated the existing lobby area (100 Karpen Hall) to serve as student study space
- Added supplemental cooling for the videoconference support center, 107 Karpen Hall
- Replaced the fire-alarm control system serving all of Karpen Hall
- Added two restrooms serving all of Karpen Hall
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