Engineering Student Council received a $50,000 grant from the University of Virginia Alumni Association’s Jefferson Trust last week to help renovate the Thornton Stacks. The renovations, spearheaded by Engineering Council President Victoria Guarino, a fourth-year Engineering student, will begin this summer. They are intended to make the Thornton Stacks a more comfortable place for students to study and collaborate.
The study space on the second floor of Thornton Hall, known as the “Thornton Stacks” because it once housed the Engineering School library, currently has 120 workstations, printing and copying facilities, and desktop computers for student use.
Current workspaces will be replaced with areas more conducive to collaboration — including four group study station pods capable of seating six people with mounted LCD televisions and white boards. Other areas are planned to be more open and informal with chairs and couches. The Thornton Stacks will also get new window treatments, carpeting, furnishings and light fixtures.
The total cost of the renovations is estimated to be around $300,000 — of which $50,000 will come from the Jefferson Trust grant and $15,000 from the Engineering Student Council funds. The rest of the cost is expected to be covered by alumni donations.
Jefferson Trust grants are awarded based on a project’s ability to create broad positive impact for University students, Jefferson Trust Executive Director Wayne Cozart said. He said this renovation project will offer Engineering students a unique space to interact with one another and collaborate on projects.
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