Old school opens with new, airy view
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On the seventh floor of the new LDS Business College in downtown Salt Lake City, Lyndi Hepworth sits in a student lounge/study area with a note pad in front of her. Spread out through large picture windows is a clear view of the spires of the Salt Lake Temple above the green trees of late summer. Lyndi, an interior design student in her second year, is sketching the temple and trees. There is nothing to obstruct her view — and most certainly there is plenty of light.
That is one of the first things you notice when you enter the 10-story building now housing the 120-year-old Church-owned school. Everywhere you turn, there are windows and natural light — in classrooms, in faculty offices, in student areas, in the two-floor library.
"I live here now," Lyndi said, looking up from her ink drawing. She loved the Wall Mansion several blocks to the east, where LDS Business College was housed from 1961 until this July, but is quick to see the benefits in moving the school to its eighth home since its founding in 1886. "I love (the new site) because there is more room."
More room is just one advantage LDS Business College President Stephen K. Woodhouse sees for the 1,325 students he oversees. There are new, state-of-the-art computers and equipment, students are closer to downtown Salt Lake City, and have easy access to light rail and bus stops. And he doesn't mind the natural light that fills his office on the 10th floor of the building, which is part of the Triad Center between North Temple and South Temple, west of Temple Square.
"This is a good place for the students," he added.
LDS Business College, which opened its doors at its new home on Aug. 28, now occupies all 10 floors of Triad 4 at the Triad Center. The new site, which includes 150,110 square feet, some three times the square footage of the previous site, was dedicated by President Gordon B. Hinckley on Sept. 13.
Located within view of the Salt Lake Temple, the new site is situated in the central business district of the city and has 24 classrooms and four institute classrooms. The main floor includes a bookstore, information desk and student lounge/auditorium which can open to one large auditorium for devotionals. Student housing is available at the nearby Plaza Hotel, where four floors are used for female students; a Male Residence Hall is located nearby.
At this new site, said President Woodhouse, there is also room for growth. However, he said, the college will maintain its 5 percent growth rate to retain the small college atmosphere that has been the hallmark of LDS Business College.
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