Dedicated in October 2001, the William & Mary Keck Environmental Field Laboratory is an academic facility that provides instructional and research support for environmental programs at William & Mary and at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS). Throughout the academic year, lectures, seminars, and laboratory courses across various disciplines are taught at the lab. The Keck Lab is currently home to the Environmental Science and Policy program and the Keck Environmental Field Laboratory.
Located on the shore of Lake Matoaka on the William & Mary campus, the Keck Lab has easy access to a lake and surrounding watershed that are model systems for multidisciplinary examination of environmental interconnections from local to global scales. In addition, the facility houses a 24-seat teaching lab, a mud room for processing field-collected samples, a dry lab equipped with chemical hoods for analytical work, a walk-in cold room for sample storage, a GIS computer room for student and faculty use, a seminar/videoconference room, and administrative offices.
]]>The Campus Center, located at 104 Jamestown Road, is an L-shaped building situated between the Reves Center and Taliaferro Hall. It is the home of a number of administrative offices, including the Center for Student Diversity and the Dean of Students, as well as student-run organizations, such as the Flat Hat News and Alma Mater Productions (AMP). Notably, the Campus Center contains the Marketplace, one of the three main dining halls operated by William & Mary's Dining Services.
The building itself was originally opened under the name Trinkle Hall in 1926, a replacement to the Dining Hall that opening in 1914 and was destroyed by fire in 1925. The Wigwam, which operated from 1942-1986, served as a bookstore, soda shop and coffee shop and was located where the Marketplace stands today. In 1983, a $1.2 million renovation of Trinkle Hall was proposed to transform the building into a student activities center and to alleviate overcrowding at the Commons Dining Hall. The 23,000-square-foot complex was renamed the Campus Center with the Great Hall (the former large dining hall) being renamed Trinkle Hall. Today, Trinkle Hall is a large, multipurpose space that can be accessed through the Campus Center.
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