Rande Clarke, team leader at the front desk, says the students' needs are their focus. Nearby, at one of several stylish round tables, graduate student Marc Banks chats with Ene Fisher from graduate records. Banks says the new facility is a big improvement on the old one. This is much nicer. It makes a good first impression.
Sunlight dances through the leaves outside the many glass windows.
A small area with comfortable chairs and a coffee table complete with magazines offers graduate students a spot to wait for appointments . Much attention in the design of the space was also given to employee needs and comfort. Walking by sleek new file cabinets that line the admissions corridor, barely a sound can be heard from the adjacent cubicles. That's because a sound-masking system prevents you from overhearing conversations, explains Henkel. He also notes that the ceiling is somewhat higher in the cubicle area than in the corridor.