{"id":16049,"date":"2015-02-16T17:28:53","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T17:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baylorproud.wpengine.com\/?p=16049"},"modified":"2015-02-16T17:28:53","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T17:28:53","slug":"penland-memorial-updates-to-begin-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2015\/02\/penland-memorial-updates-to-begin-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Penland, Memorial updates to begin this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16050\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/memorial-feb15.jpg\" alt=\"Rendering of new Memorial Dining Hall\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/memorial-feb15.jpg 547w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/memorial-feb15-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/mediacommunications\/news.php?action=story&amp;story=152070&amp;_buref=1172-91940\" target=\"_blank\">Coming soon to Baylor<\/a>: a new doctoral degree in education, upgrades to\u00a0Penland Hall and Memorial Dining Hall, and an expanded Baylor Energy Complex, following approval by\u00a0Baylor Regents last week.<\/p>\n<p>The new Ed.D. in K-12 educational leadership offers a doctoral leadership program in education from a Christian perspective &#8212; a rarity nationwide. The innovative program will prepare future leaders for both public and private\u00a0pre-collegiate education.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wacotrib.com\/news\/higher_education\/baylor-regents-approve-m-in-facility-improvements-dorm-renovations\/article_da4698fe-fb65-522b-8a08-51892de001bf.html\" target=\"_blank\">Penland renovation<\/a> is part of an eight-year plan to restore 10 residence halls across campus. Like\u00a0North and South Russell before it,\u00a0Penland will be updated with new furniture and fixtures in the rooms; new study, social and spiritual spaces; apartments for faculty-in-residence and a resident chaplain; and new mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems. The hall will be closed for the 2015-16 school year while work is completed.<\/p>\n<p>Over the summer, Memorial Dining Hall will expand to 22,000 square feet with seating for 600 students. Memorial\u00a0(pictured\u00a0above after renovation) is <a href=\"https:\/\/baylor.campusdish.com\/EatWellContent\/ViewMenu.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">one of four primary\u00a0dining halls<\/a> on campus,\u00a0along with Brooks Great Hall, East Village Dining Commons and\u00a0Penland Crossroads (which will remain open during the hall&#8217;s renovation). At the same time, the Baylor Energy Complex and Electrical Substation will expand to meet the campus&#8217; growing energy needs.<\/p>\n<p>Sic\u00a0\u2019em, campus upgrades!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coming soon to Baylor: a new doctoral degree in education, upgrades to\u00a0Penland Hall and Memorial Dining Hall, and an expanded Baylor Energy Complex, following approval by\u00a0Baylor Regents last week. The new Ed.D. in K-12 educational leadership offers a doctoral leadership program in education from a Christian perspective &#8212; a rarity nationwide. The innovative program will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vision","category-student-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}