The Office of Graduate Admissions and the Office of Graduate Alumni completed their move from Stanhope and Nassau Hall to Clio Hall over Fall Break.
Graduate school administrators welcomed the move, originally planned in 2003, as an opportunity to centralize.
"It's very good to be together in our own space designed for our means," Dean of the Graduate School William Russel said, though he added that the move puts him farther away from the University's top administrators.
"There are certainly advantages to being just upstairs from provost, dean of faculty, president," he added. "No longer being in Nassau Hall is a modest downside."
The new location may boost the alumni relations office's profile among the graduate community, though, Director of Graduate Alumni Relations Alyssa Miksis said in an email.
"Part of this is perception, for our alumni, knowing that GAR [Graduate Alumni Relations] shares space with the dean and associate deans underscores the fact that alumni outreach is a priority for Dean Russel and the Graduate School as a whole," Miksis added.
Janice Huang, director of graduate admissions, said the move will not impact admissions in any way.
"The move will not affect our office at all," she said in an email, though she added that she is looking forward to the extra space. "We feel that we have more space at our new location than we had over at Nassau Hall. We are very excited about starting the admissions season in our new space."
Graduate students said the move would not affect them much, but might be good for the graduate school.
"I guess that I will miss going up the stone stairway that leads to the second floor of Nassau Hall or any other of the charms of a historical building," Guillaume Sabouret GS said. "But to be honest, I am sure that this will be a major improvement for the staff of the graduate school."
Susan Robison GS, the press secretary of the Graduate Student Government, said the decision was purely administrative.
"Although the centralization is great, it probably won't directly affect the lives of too many graduate students," she said. "The move was done to facilitate the operations of the graduate school administration."
Clio Hall, which has housed the offices of human services, career services and various academic departments in recent years, underwent major renovations in preparation for the move.
New construction, planned by University Architect Jay Belli, included an elevator, stairs and restrooms. The air conditioning, heating and ventilation systems were upgraded, and more windows and a wheelchair ramp were also added to the 112-year-old marble building.
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