Cedarville Magazine, Fall 2020

to be consistent with the Caring Well. Staying Well. campaign graphics,” he said. “Everywhere you look on campus, you'll see a reminder of COVID-19 best practices.” SAFELY SANITIZED AND SHIELDED For Wrigglesworth, this meant the mammoth task of making sure that hand towels and hand towel dispensers were placed in every residence hall restroom. And then there was finding hand sanitizer and dispenser stations to place in every building. There are now 60 touch-free dispensers with an alcohol- based hand sanitizer at building entrances and another 90 hand sanitizer stations across campus. Large buckets of alcohol-based wipes were distributed to computer-based classrooms and computer labs, and faculty members have been equipped with 1,300 small packages of alcohol wipes for use in classrooms. “Every summer for the past eight years, my role, along with the rest of the physical plant, has been to prepare the campus for the students and staff to return in August,” Wrigglesworth said. “In the past, my focus has been largely on furniture and new building projects. This year it was on COVID-19-related items. “The purchases may have been different this year, but the desired outcome was the same. Our goal is always to provide a safe, comfortable, and welcoming environment for all who come to campus.” For Rick Richardson, Director of Facility Management, and his team of 15 maintenance technicians, the focus during summer is normally on building maintenance — from electrical to plumbing, heating and cooling, general maintenance, windows and woodwork. “If it happens in buildings or is related to a building, other than new construction, that comes from my office,” he said. But this summer, it was almost exclusively COVID-19. His team installed 184 free-standing acrylic shields in computer labs or other locations with tightly grouped work stations, such as the student newsroom in the Public Relations office. They also custom-built 64 shields for places such as the Centennial Library checkout and the bookstore cash registers in the Stevens Student Center. “The response on campus has been positive,” Richardson said. “Each department selected what they needed, and we’ve been responding with shield placement to support the plan they created.” CHANGED CHAPEL COVID-19 considerations have impacted the way Cedarville presents chapel, from the 500-participant limit in Jeremiah Chapel to outdoor worship up to three times a week on a stage that did not exist before this summer. “Our chapel production is more live-audience focused, but when the decision was made to limit inside attendance to 500 students, that meant that there potentially could be significantly more people who would be watching chapel online,” noted Brandon Waltz ’87, Director of Production Services Group, which is responsible for the technical production of chapel each day. “As a result, the chapel stage and lighting design were changed to better serve the online viewer.” To provide a setting where more of the student body could enjoy chapel together while observing physical distancing, the University opted for a completely outdoor Fall Bible Conference to begin the year. The chapel plan also initially Our goal is always to provide a safe, comfortable, and welcoming environment for all who come to campus. Dedra Wrigglesworth Cedarville Magazine | 9