University Architect Barbara Shergalis and Assistant Director for University Design and Construction Brian Swope spoke to the Undergraduate Student Government regarding summer construction.

“Those who are staying here this summer [are] going to be confronted with a lot of construction,” Swope said at USG’s Monday meeting.

Shergalis said construction of Greek housing is on time. The team working on the new fraternity and sorority housing, she said, is “100 percent behind [it].”

Swope said 41 classrooms scattered throughout the Business Administration building, Eppler and the Math Science bulding will be “refreshed.”

“Learning space upgrades are huge,” Shergalis said. “Hopefully you’ll have chairs that are actually comfortable to sit in.”

This will consist of new paint, flooring and new furniture. Additionally, the cooling systems in several buildings will be consolidated to increase efficiency.

The access road by East Hall will be widened.

Infrastructure around the Centrex building will also take place, resulting in portions of the sidewalk in the area being destroyed temporarily.

Classrooms in the Education building will be consolidated to created active learning environments. Learning technology and furniture within these spaces will also be upgraded.

“By the time you come back [next fall], you’re going to see a different campus,” Swope said.

A resolution was presented to restructure USG senate committees, specifically to change the auxiliary affairs committee in the Undergraduate Student Affairs committee. The restructure will implement subcommittees under the Undergrad Student Affairs committee for specific needs on campus.

For example, if diversity is deemed to be a particularly important issue one semester, a diversity subcommittee may be created for the semester to address the concern.

USG Internal Affairs Chair Jeff Devereaux said the creation of the subcommittees will “come down to the discretion of the speaker.”

Senator Ebonee Johnson said she agrees with the resolution, saying how the committees are structured now results in “vague” work being done.

“It will allow us to be a lot more efficient,” she said.

Devereaux in his report said he is meeting with Steve Krakoff of University Capital Planning to discuss gender neutral bathrooms on campus.

“That is an initiative that I will be working on,” Devereaux said. “This has the potential to be a really big deal.”