Gettysburg Campus Dean, Jennifer Weaver, Velma Redmond, Chair of HACC's Board of Trustees, and Thomas Weaver, Adams County Commissioner, joined HACC President, Dr. Edna Baehre in the dedication ceremony. Remarks were also given by Larry Boltansky, of the Gettysburg Address Partnership, Diane Bittle, Computer Information Systems Instructor, and Tamara Mummert, President of the Student Advisory Council at the Gettysburg Campus. An open house and tours of the campus followed the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
With the largest expansion after a series of moves and renovations to accommodate increasing enrollment, the Gettysburg Campus is now double in size, with an enrollment of more than 1000 for the fall 2002 semester.
"This is an exciting step for the College and for the Adams-Hanover region," says Gettysburg Campus Dean, Jennifer Weaver. "Now more than ever, we are in a position to offer more flexibility in academic programs, expand our partnerships, and provide solutions in workforce training. The fact that learning opportunities are available here in a real college environment is an added bonus."
One effort to enhance the college environment is a project to add "green space" to the front of the campus. HACC recently was awarded a $13,750 Growing Greener Grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to fund a stormwater management project at the Gettysburg Campus. The outcome will provide an outside area for students in front and behind the campus.
With enrollment this fall, the Gettysburg Campus had a 27% increase over fall 2001. Noncredit programs have grown as well. Community education classes including those at Southwestern School District and Gettysburg Area High School, plus online courses, customized business training, career-track programs in health care, information technology and management enrolled nearly 3000 last year.
"As we dedicate a bigger and better Gettysburg Campus, the College reaffirms its commitment to the Gettysburg region, and our students," says HACC President, Dr. Edna V. Baehre. "The College looks forward to working with the Gettysburg community to make this campus a showpiece for the vitality and progressiveness of the Adams-Hanover region. We are excited about the program developments here at the Gettysburg Campus. Before long weÕll be bringing news of these new developments."
Visitors at the open house were able to tour the campus, which now includes a comprehensive Library/Learning Resource Center; a sizable Student Commons area with a SUBWAY restaurant; a new 24-station Science Lab for courses in anatomy and physiology, mcrobiology and human biology; a new multi-purpose community room; and 22 classrooms, five computer labs and faculty offices. The Library/Learning Resource Center will be open to residents as well as students, and now includes Saturday hours.