The newly renovated top floor of the Florestano building will open in September.
The fourth floor of the building, located on West Campus, will contain video and audio studios.
“We’ll be able to better serve students,” Melissa Beardmore, the vice president for learning resources management, said. “We’re going to … have the space reflect innovations in how we can serve students.”
Florestano closed for renovations in summer 2021.
The lower three floors of the building won’t open for “a couple years,” according to Beardmore, and will contain student services and enrollment offices.
“It will be a one-stop shop, if you will,” Beardmore said.
Student Government Association President Zack Buster said the newly renovated fourth floor will offer “a really good opportunity” to students.
Buster, a third-year communications student, added he is “really excited” about the new media studios.
“I have a really big passion for creating things,” Buster said. “I like to be able to have the tools to create those things, and … the video studios will give you that.”
Mason Hood, a second-year media production student, said working in the renovated space will be a good experience.
“It’d be good to have more space to experiment and more tools at our [disposal],” Hood said. “The more stuff that we have to get more experienced with different technology and equipment and such, I think, would benefit myself and a lot of other students in the same field of expertise.”