Last month, Fresno State President Dr. Joseph Castro announced the university will invest $26 million dollars in campus infrastructure by the year 2019.
Fresno State students weighed in on what needs to be improved on campus.
The funds would include updates in the Grosse Industrial Technology Building, McLane Hall and Peters Business Building.
Mackenzie Woods, a sophomore animal science major who has a class in the Peters Business Building, said, there was not enough room to fit her class of almost 50 students at the beginning of the semester.
āThere wasn’t [enough seats] the first day,ā Woods said. āThere is now, but itās like every one to a seat. Thereās not an extra seat anywhere.āĀ
The room is currently used as a computer lab and classroom. Woods believes the class should be taught in a lecture hall.
āItās pretty cramped in there, I probably would like to expand that room quite a bit,ā Woods said.
Josie Woodcock, a junior animal science major, is concerned about the wireless internet issues that are in her class in McLane Hall. Her instructor uses an online program called Top Hat and is used for immediate student feedback through surveys and polls.
And the issues with technology typically become a burden.
āThe Wi-Fi, thatās the biggest thing,ā Woodcock said. āShe [the professor] uses Top Hat. If weāre not able to do the schoolwork in class, itās kind of hard when you’re supposed to be following along on your laptop, and you canāt get the internet to work.āĀ
Woodcock would like to see the classrooms with stronger internet capabilities that can handle a large class.
Across campus, in the Grosse Industrial Technology Building, some engineering students are seeing some issues and potential solutions.
Jennifer Lozano and Gabriela Cervantes, freshmen civil engineering majors, also have class in the Grosse Industrial Technology building.
āItās not very aesthetically pleasing. It doesnāt really look like something you would consider an industrial tech building,ā Lozano said. āWhen you think about industrial technology, you think about innovation, and [Grosse] looks like itās outdated.āĀ
Cervantes has class in the evening and fears the outdoor halls at night.
āThereās classes at night there so whenever you walk through there itās very creepy,ā Cervantes said.
Lozano and Cervantes said that the restrooms down the hall along with a lack of lighting make students vulnerable to experience safety issues.
āSomeone could be easily caught off guard,ā Lozano said.
And there is an interest for more artistic buildings. Lozano said many of the empty display cases should be filled.
āI want more examples of student work,ā Lozano said. āIt has to be something that represents how innovative Fresno State students are and how we have progressed.āĀ