The frame should be completed in the next month and the interior construction should begin after the first of the year. The facility is scheduled to open August 2001. Two hundred additional parking places will be added on campus this summer. The university established a freshman honors program for this year's entering class. It is a pilot program that builds on opportunities juniors and seniors have to join Alpha Chi, the main university honor society and for those juniors and seniors to do undergraduate research with faculty.
Students attend weekly seminars and have the opportunity to hear outstanding guest speakers.
As an on-going effort to enhance the opportunities for new students to join the Capital community, Vice President Steve Beller appointed Sarah Balas as director of freshman residential programming. In addition to Sarah's responsibility of overseeing Saylor-Ackermann residence hall, she is developing programs for all new students to assist in their transition to Capital University. The goal of first-year programs is to build confidence in freshman students so they have a strong foundation to learn, develop and grow throughout their years at Capital. Specifically, Sarah is developing events that encourage academic achievement and campus involvement and is developing strategies to help identify students who need additional assistance. Weekend programming expanded The Student Activities Office, in conjunction with Residence Life, is working hard to ensure there are a variety of social activities for students on the weekends.