Business After Hours at Presentation College
? What: Presentation College is hosting a networking mixer sponsored by the Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce. Attendees can tour the facilities at the new wellness center.
? When: 5:15-7 p.m. Aug. 8.
? Where: Strode Center at Presentation College, 1500 N. Main St.
? RSVP: Call 605-225-2860 or email info@aberdeen-chamber.com by Aug. 7.
? Cost: $12 with an RSVP and $14 the day of the event.
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?Presentation College's marketing slogan is "Stand Out" and the school is doing that as it works to raise its profile in Aberdeen and beyond.
?New suites for a growing student population are being built on campus. Half will be done before the fall semester begins, said Presentation marketing and public relations director Tim Beckham.
?The other half will be completed later in the fall. The suites will be able to house an additional 158 students, which will more than double housing capacity. Suites at the northwest end of campus can house 144 students.
?Another change to campus will be the conversion of the Strode Activity Center parking lot into a central campus green with benches and other features.
?At the Strode, a new Wellness Center is being completed. Machines and other weightlifiting equipment were installed last week. The center is for athletic training, as well as for use by faculty, staff and students.
?Beckham and administrators such as athletic director Brian Spielbauer and admissions director Adam Jenkins are working to increase visibility of the school.
?"We're on the north side of town, so people might not regularly see what's going on," Beckham said.
?The Aberdeen campus isn't the only one changing. The PC site in Sioux Falls recently moved into a new facility.
? There are other changes as well. Longtime vice president for enrollment JoEllen Lindner resigned from her post in January to take a job as president of the Aberdeen Catholic School System.
?"Any time you lose someone at PC, especially someone with a lot of experience who has helped expand the institution, it's not easy to replace them," Beckham said.
?Jenkins joined the staff a few weeks ago to fill the admissions director position.
?"I was really impressed when I saw they were progressing in this way," Jenkins said of the college.
?Jenkins was previously the interim director of admissions at Minnesota State University Moorhead. He also worked at University of Mary.
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