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The new building was designed with two particular functions in mind. It has a large meeting room to carry out activities with elementary and secondary grade school children, and it also provides housing for primarily undergraduate students participating in the Center's work-study program. In addition, the large meeting room will serve as a meeting place for workshops for local science teachers, adult environmental education classes, and environmentally concerned civic groups.

Because of the educational role prescribed to this building it is most appropriate that it bear the name of a particularly dynamic individual involved with environmental education. Jean Schmidt, during her short tenure at the CBCES, was a vital and moving force in the development of an environmental awareness program for fourth grade children. Ms. Schmidt's untimely death at age 22 prevented the further development of her program, but in large part the new education building will be used to carry out the ideas that she had. It is therefore suggested that it be named the Jean C. Schmidt Environmental Education Building:

The Board of Regents then adopted the following motion:

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the designation of the education building at the Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies as the Jean C. Schmidt Environmental Education Building.