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Facility Services at the University of Montana has temporarily closed a gallery in the Art Building while awaiting test results of possible asbestos exposure.
Faculty and some graduate students entered McGill Hall March 4 after receiving permission from University of Montana officials. They are first to have access to the building in over a month.
The University of Montana announced Feb. 28 that McGill Hall will reopen for faculty and staff March 9, while computers will be back online March 11.
In McGill Hall, down the center hallway to the left, is a large space used for classes and rehearsals by students who act, dance and perform. Generally speaking, students in the School of Theatre and Dance learn in the PARTV building, but some of those students go to McGill 125.
Collaboration across campus helped move all of the classes out of McGill Hall after the building was shut down due to unsafe levels of asbestos. The building’s shuttering displaced both students and their professors.
The cast and crew of UM Theatre and Dance’s most recent studio show struggled to get to their costumes, props and set pieces from McGill Hall when it closed unexpectedly Jan. 31. The department retrieved the materials two days before the shows opened Feb. 6.
Peeling strips of masking tape no longer cover the holes in the ceiling tiles of the Charles H. Clapp Building — a dark joke among faculty and students working on the lower three floors of the asbestos-laden building.
Officials at the University of Montana set March 1 as the tentative reopening of McGill Hall following asbestos abatement and repairs.
Parents of children exposed to asbestos in McGill Hall’s childcare area met with two attorneys Feb. 7 after grilling University of Montana officials at multiple on-campus meetings about its response to the contamination.
An asbestos expert told a group of about 50 concerned parents that there was no “measurable” amount of asbestos in the air at McGill Hall, but children still could have been exposed to the toxic material. He predicted that UM employees would be able to return to McGill Hall in a week, after …
University of Montana officials took questions Friday from students, faculty and parents affected by the closure of McGill Hall after tests results over the past month showed elevated levels of asbestos throughout the building.
Parents confronted University of Montana staff and technicians with concerns over high levels of asbestos found in the campus daycare center at a presentation at the UC Ballroom on Thursday, Jan. 31.
Asbestos shuttered McGill Hall to all staff and students on Jan. 31 after tests showed particles are present in several parts of the building.
Asbestos found in the ceiling tiles of McGill Hall contaminated classrooms used for the childcare programs at the University of Montana, in addition to three offices.
Asbestos found in the ceiling tiles of McGill Hall contaminated classrooms used for the childcare programs at the University of Montana, in addition to three offices.
