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Name of Building: Instructional Technology Center

Built: 1915

Architects & Construction:

     Architects for the initial building was John V. Bennes

     Construction for the initial brick building was done by Snook and Traver

Present Uses:

     The building currently houses the university's computer and audio/visual centers in addition to classrooms, and office space for faculty

The Instructional Technology Center has additional wings on the East Side of the Main building that holds two computer classrooms along with Digital Production Services and University Computing programmers.

Past Uses:

• In 1915, the building that still stands today was constructed as Monmouth Training School, and then in 1949, the name was changed to Monmouth Training School.
• 1964 - Name changed to College Elementary School to avoid confusion with Monmouth Elementary School.
• 1986 - Building rededicated as the Instructional Technology Center after the college announced it would not renew the lease of the College Elementary School.

Extra Information:

• Before the ITC building was constructed, another building housed the Training School in the 1880's. It was Monmouth's only school until completion of Monmouth High School in 1911. A wooden structure was built to house the College Model School to provide training to future teachers. In 1911, after the high school was built, the model school only housed elementary students (K-8).
• Over the doors stands the quote, "He who dares to learn must never cease to learn" (by John Cotton Dana) was recommended by Mr. Thomas Gentle, the first director of the Training School.