{"id":20212,"date":"2017-08-22T11:29:40","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T16:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/?p=20212"},"modified":"2017-08-22T15:48:12","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T20:48:12","slug":"new-school-year-debuts-newly-renovated-martin-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2017\/08\/new-school-year-debuts-newly-renovated-martin-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"New school year debuts newly renovated Martin Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20213\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/martinhall-aug17.jpg\" alt=\"Martin Hall\" width=\"600\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/martinhall-aug17.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/martinhall-aug17-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/martinhall-aug17-768x478.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With the start of the new school year Monday also came the debut of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wacotrib.com\/news\/higher_education\/baylor-freshmen-arrive-with-of-dorm-renovations-complete\/article_c1dd0f2d-5b2a-5a20-a768-55c9173cbc27.html\">a newly renovated Martin Hall<\/a>, which had been closed for the past year as the Baylor residence hall received some serious upgrades. Among them: updated rooms with new furniture, lighting and fixtures; additional space for studying and socializing; a new apartment for the hall&#8217;s Faculty-in-Residence; and a drastically improved lobby, now featuring a two-story atrium, a community kitchen, and games (ping pong, shuffleboard and a vintage video game console).<\/p>\n<p>The $12-million renovation was part of a long-term master plan that began in 2013 to refurbish traditional residence halls across campus; <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2016\/08\/hankamercashion-complex-and-penland-hall-debut-new-looks\/\">Penland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/Baylor-University-61388081925\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=10153570781006926\">North<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2014\/09\/penland-dining-hall-south-russell-get-new-looks\/\">South Russell<\/a> have undergone similar updates, with Alexander, Allen-Dawson, Collins and Memorial to follow. (Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i_4RooMpvvw\">a tour of the new-look Martin<\/a> below, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/61388081925\/videos\/10155672991246926\/\">see a different look inside Martin from #Move2BU here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i_4RooMpvvw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Built in 1954, Martin Hall is now home to 260 male students (mostly freshmen), plus the hall director, a resident chaplain, and the hall&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/cll\/index.php?id=873978\">first Faculty-in-Residence<\/a>, Dr. Clay Butler, BA &#8217;88. Butler, a senior lecturer in the English department, is joined by his wife, Susan, BA &#8217;89; the couple has four children, including two current Baylor students. As Faculty-in-Residence, Butler will\u00a0live full-time on the hall, interacting regularly with the students who call it home. The idea of a faculty-in-residence position is to foster relationships that\u00a0help shape a strong social, educational, cultural and spiritual environment within the residential community, a position Martin Hall will benefit from now and in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, Martin Hall!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>You might also like:<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>* <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/Baylor-University-61388081925\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=10155683894356926\">Photos from Welcome Week 2017<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Bu-C3FEQXuA\"><span class=\"text\">Adventure Awaits: Three new Baylor families share their unique stories<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(Aug. 2017)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2016\/08\/who-was-martin-hall-named-for\/\">Who was Martin Hall named for?<\/a> (Aug. 2016)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the start of the new school year Monday also came the debut of a newly renovated Martin Hall, which had been closed for the past year as the Baylor residence hall received some serious upgrades. Among them: updated rooms with new furniture, lighting and fixtures; additional space for studying and socializing; a new apartment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,14,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photo-galleries","category-student-life","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20212","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=20212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20212\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}