Facilities renovate Scott Hall with care, says CCE employee

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In the past year, the Center for Civic Engagement benefitted greatly from the work of Pacific’s facilities engineers and we want to thank our fabulous engineers for all of their hard work on our behalf. In 2011, facilities engineers built a wall to enclose our office space, painted our walls to brighten our environment and hand-crafted entryway signs to welcome our guests.

As we have thanked individual facilities engineers for going the extra mile and they have noted that their extra efforts are made possible by their supervisor Cindy Schuppert, who gives them leeway to take a little extra time to do the job right. Members of “Cindy’s crew” said her flexibility and openness to their ideas makes coming to work a pleasure.

The CCE is particularly proud of our entryway signs, which are the product of collaboration between facilities engineer Fred Schrader, and mailroom clerk Justin McRobert. Fred handcrafted the wooden frames for the signs and Justin designed the artwork that beautifully captures the mission of the CCE.

Justin has a long history of civic engagement. He has served on five alternative spring break trips. Recently, he joined a group that obtains fallen trees from municipalities and homeowners, then cuts and splits firewood from those trees for those needing assistance heating their homes.

When Justin designed the signage for the CCE, he wanted to display both a creative edge and a meaningful design. The phrase he created to describe the mission of the CCE and which is on the sign inside our office is: “Providing the tools to break down walls and to build paths for a better tomorrow.” According to Justin, he wanted the signs to represent the idea that civic engagement is more than destruction of former ideas, concepts and beliefs; rather, civic engagement is a re-purposing and active building that moves people to work towards the betterment of society.

Once again, a big thank you to Cindy’s crew: Mark Brist of general maintenance, Chuck Carpenter (HVAC), electrician Glen Chapman, plumber Dave Cookman, locksmith Jean Dobbels, Wade Ferris who worked on roofing and general maintenance, lead engineer Scott Gobel, Gary Godsil who worked as a woodworker and with concrete, Travis Gregory who worked in construction and painting, motor pool employee and machinist Bruce Hepler, Greg Keller who worked with boilers, Fred Schrader who specialized in sheetrock and paint, Joe Sepulveda who worked in the woodshop, with concrete and in general maintenance, Dogaberto Flores who works with event set up and general maintenance and to Justin McRobert.

–Carla Ingrando
Center for Civic Engagement

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