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Renovations Completed at Asheville Satellite Campus

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Grayson Mendenhall
September 18, 2013


Karpen Hall
UNC Asheville’s Karpen Hall is home to most of the facilities used by the School’s Asheville satellite campus. Photo by Shad Marsh.

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  • Converted two outdated classrooms in Karpen Hall to form a single thirty-two-seat classroom (110 Karpen) and a new student commons space (108 Karpen)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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