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[Spartan]

Very cool. Does anyone know what the status is of the DuPre house? I recall VCOM was going to look at buying it...

[roads-scholar]

Spartan, on 03 November 2011 - 11:05 AM, said:

Very cool. Does anyone know what the status is of the DuPre house? I recall VCOM was going to look at buying it...

A few days ago the H-J quoted a VCOM spokesperson as saying something like they [VCOM] had yet to decide how to utilize the Dupre House but were still planning to renovate it and make it part of their campus.

[Spartan]

That's great news. Thanks for the update!

[spartanburgh]

Workers were starting construction on the Dupree house exterior today as I passed by. This is going to be a really nice addition to the VCOM campus.

[Evan Carr]

On a somewhat related note, VCOM is looking to pay Standardized Patients (or "Patient Actors") to help their students medical training.  For more information, visit the link below:

http://upstateevan.b...artanburg.html.

[westsider28]

If anyone's interested, here's a photo gallery of the finished VCOM campus (exterior and interior shots).

http://www.trianglec..._4_12/index.htm

I've been wanting to take a stroll on the walking path around campus at some point, but the gates are often closed when I've driven by.  I would hope the campus would be open to the public (pedestrians) during the day.  I'll have to check again sometime.

[westsider28]

Work on the DuPre House is ramping up.  Contractors are currently securing the exterior (roof, foundation, etc) to make it waterproof, so they can then start working on the interior.  They also sent the original doors and windows to a restoration company.  Good to hear!

Herald-Journal article

[Spartan]

The VCOM campus looks very nice. I hope that college continues to grow it's campus.

I'm also glad to hear that work on the DuPre house is finally moving forward. That will be a huge releif to a lot of poeple.

[drexel]

westsider28, on 10 January 2012 - 10:05 PM, said:

If anyone's interested, here's a photo gallery of the finished VCOM campus (exterior and interior shots).

http://www.trianglec..._4_12/index.htm

I've been wanting to take a stroll on the walking path around campus at some point, but the gates are often closed when I've driven by.  I would hope the campus would be open to the public (pedestrians) during the day.  I'll have to check again sometime.

Gates were open today. Rode my bike around trail and parking lot. Looks great!

[Sparkleman]

I was actually on the roof at VCOM the other day looking at there A/C units so we could quote on their filter business. When we finished, the facilities engineer gave me a tour of the whole facility. It is so state of the art its crazy. LG 48" flat panels in every nook and cranny. Microphones and cameras in every teaching room where lectures and seminars can be reviewed later or streamed at any time. They have a conference room upstairs that they are encouraging the public to ask to use for any type meeting someone might have. The guy said that a group of baseball coaches recently asked if they could hold their spring player draft there and it was approved. He said they really want to reach out and help the community where they can and not just the north side where they are but everywhere. It was a pretty cool visit.

[westsider28]

After visiting the Farmers' Market and the Railroad Museum on Saturday morning, I walked over to check out the DuPre House.  It looks like masonry work on the chimneys is complete.