{"id":742,"date":"2019-04-23T16:47:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T16:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2019\/04\/23\/2019423president-olian-announces-new-improvements-to-quinnipiac-facilities\/"},"modified":"2020-09-05T19:31:45","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T19:31:45","slug":"2019423president-olian-announces-new-improvements-to-quinnipiac-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2019\/04\/23\/2019423president-olian-announces-new-improvements-to-quinnipiac-facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"President Olian announces new improvements to Quinnipiac facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          combination-animation-none\n          individual-animation-none\n          individual-text-animation-none\n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:2500.0px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n              \n                style=\"padding-bottom:55.08000183105469%;\"\n              \n              class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n                \n          \n        \n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  \n\n          ><br \/>\n            <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen%2BShot%2B2019-04-23%2Bat%2B12.08.09%2BPM.jpg\" alt=\"President Judy Olian in a recent video explaining what to look forward to in the coming months and years at Quinnipiac. Screenshot via Quinnipiac University.\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen%2BShot%2B2019-04-23%2Bat%2B12.08.09%2BPM.jpg\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen%2BShot%2B2019-04-23%2Bat%2B12.08.09%2BPM.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"2500x1377\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"President Judy Olian in a recent video explaining what to look forward to in the coming months and years at Quinnipiac. Screenshot via Quinnipiac University.\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5cbf3f3a53450a1e7cb2c7df\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n          <\/div><figcaption class=\"image-caption-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-caption\">\n<p class=\"\">President Judy Olian in a recent video explaining what to look forward to in the coming months and years at Quinnipiac. Screenshot via Quinnipiac University.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Students have complained about Quinnipiac\u2019s tuition and where their money goes throughout most of their years at the university. However, on April 16, President Judy Olian posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BwVZSU_Bwd_\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">video<\/span><\/a> to her personal Instagram and Twitter detailing new changes to residence halls and student center facilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201c(In) Mid-May, we\u2019ll begin updating our residence halls on Mount Carmel starting with Perlroth, Larson and Troupe and we will be adding air conditioning,\u201d Olian said in the video. \u201cWe plan to upgrade the remaining halls in the next few years.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Justin Ellis, a 20-year-old English major from King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, thinks this is some of the best news he has heard since coming to Quinnipiac two years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cThe lack of air conditioning in buildings has been one of the larger complaints of the student body and to see President Olian make strides to change that I\u2019m sure is just a part of what she has in store for us in the coming years,\u201d Ellis said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Other changes include refurbishing the Rocky Top Student Center with new furniture, a pool table, television and a full functioning bar with food services. The Student Government Association has worked on the Rocky Top pub initiative for about a year with senior class president Allison Kuhn and senior representative Joe Iasso drafting the proposal that received Olian\u2019s thumbs up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cI\u2019m thrilled that university administration took such quick action to add something students wanted on campus,\u201d Iasso said. \u201cI am so excited to come back as an alumnus and visit the campus pub, I think it will be a great place for us to draw connections to each other and our alma mater.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Although these future plans have most of the student body excited for the future of Quinnipiac, Matthew Forcino, a 20-year-old finance major from Cranston, Rhode Island, noted one important detail in Olian\u2019s announcement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cPresident Olian did add in the caveat that these plans are subject to trustee approval, indicating that they are not set in stone,\u201d Forcino said. \u201cI hope that this is just a cautious statement rather than an indication that these plans might not come to fruition.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">With the timeline for the improvements set to begin at the end of the semester and into the summer, students are hoping to see their large tuition bill going toward significant changes at Quinnipiac. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cThe residence hall updates are not so much a necessity as it is an expectation of a school where tuition is over $65,000,\u201d Forcino said. \u201cI\u2019m glad to see that administration has listened to what the student body wants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">New improvements to residence halls and the student centers are set to begin mid-May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[153,4],"class_list":["post-742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-quinnipiac","tag-judy-olian","tag-quinnipiac"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2025,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742\/revisions\/2025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}