Preparations are under way for the staff and services of the University Centers to move to the new W. R. Davies Student Center that is under construction. Saturday, May 19, is the last day dining service will be offered in the current Davies Center. The building will be closed to the public beginning Saturday, May 26. Due to campus construction projects and moving to the new student center, the Summer Events program (including the Music
on the Mall and Jazz at Noon series) will be on hiatus for 2012.
The following services will continue in temporary locations:
Blugold Card Services
- Beginning May 30, Blugold Card Services will operate in its temporary location,
Haas Fine Arts Center 168. Standard hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday.
University Bookstore
- Spring semester rental textbooks are due Friday May 18, and must be returned no later than Friday, May 25. There will be no after-hours drop box available for rental textbook return.
- Summer session rental textbooks must be picked up at the University Bookstore no later than Friday, May 25. The store will close at 4:30 p.m. on that day, and the process of moving the entire Instructional Resource Rental inventory to the new Davies Center will begin. More than 93,000 rental textbooks will be moved to the new University Bookstore.
- On June 4 the University Bookstore will reopen in its temporary location in McIntyre Library 2023, where traditional spirit clothing and school supplies will be available. Standard hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Blugold Dining
- Saturday, May 19 is the last day dining service will be offered in the current Davies Center.
- Beginning Monday, May 21, Library Grounds will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
- Dining service will be offered in Riverview Cafe of Hilltop Center; hours of operation can be found on the Blugold Dining website.
Printing Services
- University Printing Services will continue to operate in its new permanent location, Schofield Hall 18. Standard summer hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Service Center
- Although its full range of services will be suspended until it reopens in the new Davies Center, the Service Center will continue to be the central source of campus information by telephone. Call 715-836-INFO (4636) or toll free 800-949-UWEC (8932).
Surplus furniture and equipment will be sold in a special three-day sale in Davies Center Wednesday, May 30–Friday, June 1, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. File cabinets, office furniture, tables, chairs, lounge furniture, miscellaneous dining service equipment, bookcases and shelving will be priced to sell. Individuals are responsible for moving items themselves on the day of purchase.
Restaurant equipment and other major appliances will be sold in an online auction through Surplus with a Purpose, a redistribution program run by UW-Madison. Davies Center’s surplus equipment includes ovens, fryers, coolers and a pizza oven.
We plan to re-open in our new facility in July.
