Help Desk in Information Technology Services. Photo by Peter Bailley
Alejandro Varela (left) and Levi Woodbury were among the Knox College students who worked at the Information Technology Services Help Desk in the Umbeck Science-Mathematics Center over the summer.
Sidewalk finishing at Cherry and Berrien. Photo by John Williams
Facilities services staff Max Getz, left, and an assistant finish a section of sidewalk at the campus entryway at Cherry and Berrien streets. The new entryway features curb cuts for easier access and a new campus map, shown at right.
A worker welds together two pieces of the railing of the new accessibility ramp at the Ingersoll House on Tuesday, Aug. 21. Photo by John Williams
Workers were out Tuesday and Wednesday finishing off the accessibility ramp at the Ingersoll House, which is the last major project for the summer at the home of the college president.
Workers install large windows on the northwest section of the future home of the Knox College Office of Communications. Photo by John Williams.
A large sign to welcome students back to Knox is unraveled on Friday, Aug. 10 across the east side of Old Main. Photo by John Williams
As students begin to return to campus for fall sports, the preparation for new students has begun with the setup of the ‘Welcome to Knox’ banner on the east side of Old Main, which is the location of the welcome address on the first day all new students return to campus on Sept. 5.
Sod replacement at Ingersoll House. Photo by John Williams.
Following up on an earlier blog post about the removal of sod from Ingersoll House:
Workers have been installing new sod to replace the damaged material in the yard at Ingersoll House.
Check out the photo gallery on Knox College’s Flickr page for more images.
Painting the Old Main bell tower. Photo by John Williams
Workers are tethered to the roof of Old Main for safety while they climb ladders to reach all the wood that needed painting on the bell tower on Thursday, Aug. 9.
To see more images from their bell tower painting, check out the Flickr set.
Julia Sievert '12 works to clean a trail on Tuesday, Aug. 7. Sievert is one of three summer stewards at Green Oaks this year. Photos by John Williams
The stewards at Green Oaks have been working hard this summer keeping the trails clear as part of their duties around Green Oaks to maintain the field station. During the week, the stewards wake up around sunrise to begin their duties before the summer heat sets in.
(Right: Emily Young ’12, paints a white stripe on a tree while trailblazing on Tuesday, Aug. 7.)
On Tuesday, Julia Sievert ’12, and Emily Young ’12, were out before 7 a.m. cleaning and trailblazing the Little John Nature Trail. The pair cleared some overgrowth, raked the path, remarked the path on the trees and worked to make the hilly parts of of the trail easier to navigate.
To see more photos of Sievert and Young hard at work in the early morning hours, go to the Flickr set.
(Right: Julia Sievert ’12 digs a shelf into the hillside to make hiking easier on the trail during maintenance work on Tuesday, Aug. 7. Below: The sun creeps over the trees on the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 7. The stewards are often up by daybreak to beat the summer heat.)
Maintenance worker removes sod at Ingersoll House. Photo by John Williams.
Knox College maintenance staff and student workers removed damaged sod at Ingersoll House on Monday. Other construction projects there this summer, in tandem with the lengthy dry spell, took their toll on the existing sod.
New sod is scheduled to be installed later in the week.
Workers install new doors around Alumni Hall on August 2. Photo by John Williams
Renovation continues at Knox College’s historic Alumni Hall. New doors are being installed at all four corners, after the stone-flanked steps and porches were rebuilt. An architect’s drawing from prior to construction in 1890, below, shows at most six steps up to the corner doors, rather than the present ten. After the plans were drawn, trustees ordered the building raised several feet, so the basement would be taller.
