Walker Hall Content

Bells to Ring for Grand Opening of Graduate Center at Walker Hall April 8

Julia Ann Easley — March 29, 2022 - 12:19pm

The bell-ringing that normally celebrates a grad student’s degree completion, will instead mark the opening of the new Graduate Center.

Renovated Walker Hall Opens to Graduate Students, Undergraduates

Dave Jones — October 05, 2021 - 11:27am

The 85-year-old Walker Hall, one of the oldest buildings on campus, is bustling with student life again after a front-to-back renovation, including retrofits for accessibility and seismic safety.

Construction Projects Keep Crews Busy Over Summer

Cody Kitaura — July 24, 2018 - 9:00am

The colors have been chosen for the squat racks, windows are going in and soon a crane will lower a large container into the courtyard — a container that will not only be used for storage of outdoor fitness equipment, but is itself a piece of fitness equipment.

13 New and Coming Attractions

Julia Ann Easley — September 20, 2016 - 2:54pm

Well before members of the Class of 2020 graduate, they — and other students — will enjoy major new facilities on campus. Preview the new and coming attractions here:

Walker Renovation to Clear Path for Classroom, Promenade

IET WebDev — August 04, 2011 - 12:00am

Recent demolition work on the south side of Walker Hall gave new life to an old rumor — that one of the campus’s oldest buildings was being torn down.

The truth is, the recent demolition project took down a small structure known as the Walker Hall annex, as well as a stucco wall along Hutchison Drive. And in the future, when funding allows, the campus has a plan to take down and-or modify the Walker wings.

But that’s all, according to administrators who expressed excitement at what the campus would get in return:

Walker area plan seeks to unify campus

IET WebDev — April 09, 2004 - 12:00am

More is better, especially when it comes to bringing the campus together.

An upcoming remodeling of Walker Hall will be the first step toward connecting the traditional campus commons at the Main Quad with the emerging activities center around the Silo.

It's a unifying vision, both physically and intellectually, say campus planners.

Originally, the en-trance to Shields Library faced north to the Quad. Today, after many additions, the entrance faces west. The back side of Walker Hall blocks the library from the Silo.