A new school year often means changes to the campus and its facilities, whether they be upgrades to athletic facilities, classrooms, or residential buildings. One of the many upgraded facilities at Doane this year is the renovated cafeteria, equipped with new kitchen equipment, new seating arrangements for students and a new drainage system including new pipes.
In the process of upgrading the cafeteria, the Service Bureau was moved and is now temporarily located behind the front desk of the library. This has brought a unique change to the staff in both the Service Bureau and the library.
“Over the summer the plan was to renovate the cafeteria, over in the Perry Campus Center the Service Bureau was placed directly under the kitchen,” Quinn Stryker, director of the Service Bureau, said. “While they were reinventing with Fresh Ideas, Doane took the opportunity to replace pipes that caused flooding around the machinery. There was no way we could be functional during that renovation. So we spoke with the library staff and they said that they could help.”
The temporary move has its perks. Some staff at the Service Bureau report that students are picking up their packages at a more frequent rate than they were previously. Stryker also appreciates that the other department she works with, the Service Center, is very close by in the new location, thus leading to better communication. As expected, though, the change in location has its downsides as well.
“It was nice being in the Service Bureau especially with receiving packages,” Stryker said. “We had a loading dock and a backdoor that made it easy to pick up deliveries. Now, we need to go to the dock and bring the cart ourselves back to the bureau. It’s not perfect but for what we’ve needed it’s been awesome.”
Some students have reported difficulties getting letters and smaller packages that would normally be sent to their mailboxes, but the Service Bureau is expected to return to the Perry Campus Center in the future. No date has been listed for when construction will finish, however.
