An Inside Look at Strong Hall

Story By: Dezirae Burnett



Since January, the area beside UM's Mass Communication building has transformed from an open lawn to the fenced off construction site of Strong Hall.

The building, once completed, will bring Mass Communication and Communication Studies under one roof.

Chain link fences and caution tape surround the Strong Hall
 construction site for maximum campus safety. 

Currently, Communication Studies courses are held in Reynolds Hall.

As Strong Hall slowly starts to take shape, students and faculty are beginning to see what the new building will have to offer.

Strong Hall will feature a new, state-of-the-art TV studio and control room, as well as all new, high definition equipment.

"And further down on the left, will be the computer lab and some state of the art bathrooms," jokes Department of Communication chair Dr. Randall Scott. "Gotta have those."

This summer, the existing building will be remodeled to include additional classrooms, a conference room and more faculty offices.

Strong Hall is set to open its doors in the Fall of 2017. The time
capsule will be dedicated at this time. 

"I'm excited. Its going to be great," Scott says.

As Communication Studies and Mass Communication come together, the Department of Communication is putting together a time capsule to commemorate the end of one era and the start of a new one.

Both current Mass Communication and Communication Studies students and alumni are encouraged to participate.

"When I started talking to Dr. Scott more about it, it really just pumped me up, and I decided to take it on," said Kit Martin, a Mass Communication student who is heading up the time capsule project.

"It will be like my fingerprint that I'm going to leave behind," she says. "And in 50, 100 years, people are going to see Kit Martin left something here. And that's cool."

Students and alumni interested in contributing to the time capsule can bring items to Olivia Ard in Bloch Hall, suite 201.

Donors should include with their items their name, major, graduation date or anticipated graduation date and a short reason why you are contributing.

For more information contact Kit Martin here: