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10 Cool Things about the New Pray-Harrold


by Leah Shutes


Pray-Harrold is one of the largest classroom buildings in Michigan. With more than 10,000 students, professors and visitors treading the hallways each day, it’s also the busiest. You might say it is the face of EMU. And after 41 years of wear-and-tear, Pray-Harrold has finally received a long-needed makeover. Though we can’t cover everything, here is a list of ten improvements:


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Modernized classrooms. Think projecting computers for the PowerPoints, interactive whiteboards, and media carts with all the hook-ups. Dude.


An ivy greenwall. Two kinds of ivy—deciduous and evergreen—will be planted on the building’s southern wall at different times during the year. Aside from just looking


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cool, the ivy will help with cooling by keeping sun off the building.


Climate control. The well- known phenomenon of walking through temps fit for both summer and winter while moving from class to class in Pray-Harrold is history. A new heating and ventilation system provides comfort and better energy management, and will ultimately save EMU tons in energy costs.


No more platforms. The stages on which the professors used to stand have been leveled. Though the proscenium-style classroom may be exciting for freshmen (giving a “University” feeling), the raised platform approach is now considered outdated.


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