Despite the construction on McKinley Avenue, the Ball State University Office of Orientation is taking all necessary precautions to ensure that the freshmen Summer Orientation program will run about the same this year as it has in the past.
"Other than the routes we walk, nothing about this program has changed," Lisa Horst, director of orientation, said.?
Planning for each Summer Orientation begins at the end of the previous year's program, and this year, with all the changes around campus, Horst said she did a lot of walking through campus after the construction began to prepare. In addition, the orientation staff has been trained over the last two weeks.
"This is my second year as an orientation leader, [and] coming into this year was a bit overwhelming, but I feel that we have been thoroughly trained," Beth Harsany, senior telecommunications student, said.
Horst also stated that current Ball State students should not have any more concerns than usual.
"Students on campus this summer should expect the Atrium and Cardinal Crossing [food courts] to be busy between the hours of 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.," she said.
Currently, the only designated area for crossing McKinley Avenue is a gravel path between the Art and Journalism Building and Bracken Library.
"Within a couple of weeks, McKinley will start to come together and more crossing areas will appear," Jim Lowe, director of facilities assessment and engineering, said. "The worst part is over, [McKinley] is the most disrupted that it is going to be."
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