Names

‘Neighborhoods’ to split campus into four parts


Three signs reflect Sandy Creek Parking Deck's name change to Shenandoah Parking Deck. The change was made as part of a new neighborhood system for dividing campus. (Jake McLernon)

New terminology is being used to describe areas of campus and to help get people where they need to go, according to the chair of the University Naming Committee.

Student Activities gets new name, student centers still SUB I and SUB II

New and returning GMU students know the names SUB I and SUB II -- maybe because they needed to pick up their mail in SUB II, or perhaps because they had to visit the Health Office in SUB I.

Both of the more than 25-year-old buildings, currently under renovation, represent two active student centers on campus and now also represent a debate over naming.