The
Mall
The Mall
is located across from the Information Technology Building and between
Crosby Hall and Pearl River Hall. The Mall consists of three main
buildings: The Olivia Bender cafeteria, built in 1994; The Enoch
Seal, Jr. Academic Building, built in 1968; and The Garvin H. Johnston
Library, built in 1968.
Olivia
Bender Cafeteria (left), a part of the Crosby Hall Student Life Center
is a spacious building designed to meet PRCC's growing needs. With
19,797 square feet it has the capacity for seating 600 in a spacious dining
hall. It also contains a board room, a stage for programs, two private
dining rooms, kitchen area, storage area, two offices. The newly
added area (finished in 2003) features a Great Hall with a TV lounge area,
expanded grill facilities, conference room, study room, student activities
office, and a new conference center was added to the north end of Bender
cafeteria.
Seal
Hall (right), was named for the Dean of Academic Affairs, who spent a total
of 35 years in service to PRCC. This one story building contains
twelve classrooms and nineteen offices and primarily serves the Department
of English and Social Sciences.
The
Garvin H. Johnston Library (left) is one of three components that make
up the the Learning Resource Center. The other two components, the
learning assistance laboratory (learning lab) and media services reside
in the Johnston Library Building. With a collection of 45,000 books
and 5,200 bound periodicals that can be retrieved through the on-line public
access catalog and a collection of 300 current periodicals available for
student use, the library provides access to research and study materials.
The learning assistance laboratory (below).
contains computers with internet access, tutorials and study aids, and
word processing programs; video cassette tutorials and learning aids; and
multi-media instructional materials. The media services component
provides multi-media instructional materials including still photography
and video production, layout and design, and computer assisted publication
services.
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