Katz Move-In Day 1
Dickinson School of Law Academic Affairs staff assistant Sherri Prosser, right, helps staff assistant Mary Beth Aber register for faculty/staff parking outside of the Lewis Katz Building. The building is the new home of the Dickinson School of Law at University Park. Faculty and staff reported for work Monday, Dec. 22, at the building for the first time.
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Kit Kinports, professor of law, unpacks her office's contents in her new office in the Lewis Katz Building. The building opened for faculty and staff on Monday, Dec. 22.
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Professor of Law Jamison Colburn sorts and stacks his personal library in his new office in the Lewis Katz Building.
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Packing boxes await sorting in the stacks of the Lewis Katz Building's law library on Monday, Dec. 22. Faculty and staff reported for work at the brand new facility on Monday morning. Students will arrive on Jan. 5, 2009, with classes beginning on Jan. 9.
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Matt Gardner, assistant dean of technology for the Dickinson School of Law, unpacks his office in the newly-opened Lewis Katz Building on Monday, Dec. 22. While the building does not formally open for academic operations until Jan. 5, 2009, when students arrive, faculty and staff such as Webster reported for work at the new building for the first time on Monday. Law students begin classes starting on Jan. 9.
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Boxes, full and empty, show the unpacking progress of Ross H. Pifer. Pifer, director of the Dickinson School of Law Agricultural Law Resource and Reference Center, was able to move into his new office space in the Lewis Katz Law Building on the University Park campus beginning on Monday, Dec. 22.
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Seth McGeorge, ITS technician, readies computer systems for their installation in the Lewis Katz Building, the new home of the Dickinson School of Law at University Park, on Monday, Dec. 22. The building has been acknowledged by the American Bar Association for its national leadership in technology used in the law education system, particularly with its extensive video conferencing capabilities.
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Denise Kowalski, administrative assistant for the Dickinson School of Law's Center for Mergers and Acquisitions, makes herself at home in the newly-opened Lewis Katz Building, the new home of the law school at University Park.
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Parts of the Lewis Katz Building are still undergoing final preparations, including heating, ventilation and air conditioning, networking and trim work, although faculty and staff were permitted to occupy the building beginning on Monday, Dec. 22. Here, a workman is busy in an access hatch in the building's law library.
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At home in his new office in the Lewis Katz Building, visiting professor of law Richard Mendales opens the shipping boxes containing the contents of his office, moved from the Dickinson School of Law's previous University Park location in the Beam Building.
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With the move of the Dickinson School of Law at University Park from Beam Building to the brand new Lewis Katz Building came the transfer of the Dickinson School of Law library, including the computer systems being installed here by ITS technician Mark Webster.
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Ray Brown, left, assistant director of student services, and administrative assistant Sue Butterworth, right, clear out the Student Services office suite in the new Lewis Katz Building. The building became the new home of the Dickinson School of Law at University Park on Monday, Dec. 22, with the arrival of faculty and staff. Law students will arrive on Jan. 5, 2009, with classes commencing on Jan. 9.
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