<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=41YdHV_0vkxoc9n00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=41YdHV_0vkxoc9n00" width="1662" height="1247" ><figcaption>Flowers bud and bloom on trees outside Twente Hall. Nichola McDowell / The Kansan</figcaption></figure>The KU School of Social Welfare will be moving base to Green Hall in spring 2025. The School of Social Welfare’s move stems from needed repairs to Twente Hall, which include future rehabilitation and repair as planned by the 2024 KU Campus Plan. The renovation project requires that the building remain unoccupied as restrooms, corridors and stairways are updated. Michelle Mohr Carney, the dean of the school of social welfare, gave her thoughts about the move to Green Hall and how it will help the department in the future.“Twente Hall was originally built in 1931 to be the student hospital, Watkins Memorial Hospital,” Carney said. “It was never designed for academic programs.”Carney agreed that Twente Hall is due for a complete makeover.“While the school of social welfare has loved our time in Twente Hall, the building currently needs critical renovations,” she said. “As an academic home we were looking for more collaborative space for faculty, staff and students and dedicated classrooms.”The school of social welfare will share Green Hall with the KU School of Law, taking the newly renovated third floor. The move to Green Hall will provide additional resources and advantages that are not currently available at Twente Hall.“We will have two classrooms, a student lounge, a computer lab, and a variety of study, gathering and hoteling spaces,” Carney said.” Carney also shared her colleagues and students' excitement about the upcoming move.“People are very excited about the move,” she said. “I have heard some sadness about leaving Twente Hall where the school of social welfare has been for 50 years. But even in those cases, they are very happy and support our needs as a school to move and start a new phase.”Vanessa Sanburn, associate director of practicum education, said her office at Twente Hall is perfect at the moment and she will miss the views, but is excited to transition to a brand-new office.“I think folks are excited about the move and the benefits it will offer to our students,” Sanburn said. “Though, I do think there are folks that will miss this historic little building a lot.”The school of social welfare will host a community open house to bid farewell to Twente Hall. Students, alumni, faculty and community members are invited to the open house during homecoming weekend on, Friday, Oct. 18 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.</div></body>

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KU School of Social Welfare to move to Green Hall amid renovations

The KU School of Social Welfare will be moving base to Green Hall in spring 2025. The School of Social Welfare’s move stems from needed repairs to Twente Hall, which include future rehabilitation and repair as planned by the 2024 KU Campus Plan. The renovation project requires that the building remain unoccupied as restrooms, corridors and stairways are updated.