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Co-Lin holds open house new Early Childhood Technology Education Building
WESSON – Copiah-Lincoln Community College recently held an open house for the latest addition on the Wesson campus, the new Early Childhood Technology Education building. The facility serves as the College’s laboratory school for early childhood education and was completed in November of 2015 at a cost of $2.4 million.
“We are very pleased to continue upgrading facilities at Co-Lin,” said Co-Lin President Dr. Ronnie Nettles. “This new building supports our mission to provide a quality instructional program for our students.”
The building, designed by Burris-Wagnon Architects in Jackson and constructed by Paul Jackson and Sons of Brookhaven, is 8,046 square feet and sits at the north end of campus. The masonry bearing wall buildingfeatures classrooms for infants, one-year olds, two-year olds, and preschoolers along with dining space, child-friendly restrooms, a commercial kitchen, and laundry. The building also includes office space for the program director Mary Price and early childhood technology instructor Amy Lewis, as well as a teacher workroom, student workroom, sick room/conference room, computer lab, and student classroom.
Students enrolled in the Early Childhood Education Technology Program are able to assist in the care of children who are enrolled in the full-time day care center, which operates five days per week during the academic year. The center also has a state of the art observation window system so students and staff can view child development classrooms in action to learn best practices for early childhood education. The building also features a child-friendly playground offering developmentally appropriate outdoor play stations located on a soft-surface and features a covered play area for rainy days and abundant storage for tricycles and outdoor play gear.
The center features a covered drop-off area designed with a cantilever-style roof. Considered a modern style design, the center has a combination pitched roof and flat roof system featuring colorful light wells to bring the outdoors into the building. The facility is considered one of the mostenergy efficient designs on the Wesson campus with automatic thermostatic controls, Variable Refrigerant Volume (VRV) cassette ceiling units for heating and cooling, and lighting that automatically dims and brightens based on the outdoor sun levels. It is also the building the first building on campus to feature all LED lighting and full-size plate glass windows throughout the building to allow constant supervision of children.
Students interested in enrolling in Co-Lin’s Early Childhood Education Technology
Program should contact Sonya Sims at 601.643.8324.
