Another reason WSU needs to expand its facilities and class offerings in Davis County is that the Ogden campus infrastructure does not have much room to accommodate growth, he said. Anyone who has ever tried to park on the Ogden campus can testify to that. Traffic on Harrison Boulevard gets downright ugly at certain times of the day. Judy Hurst, assistant dean of student affairs, said Davis County students would benefit from a more centralized campus than the one they have. Fewer than half the students who take classes in Davis County take them at the Davis campus, which has only five classrooms.
Many students take classes at area high schools in the evenings.
Many of those students do not know about the services, such as the computer lab and bookstore, available on the Davis campus, Hurst said. The new campus on the university s 105-acre property would bring students to a centralized location, where they could take advantage of services available to them. Todd Rose, WSU alumnus and the first Davis campus Student Senator, offered a simpler reason for a larger Davis campus. It seems to me it s kind of funny, Rose said. Layton is such a growing city.