Alex Potess has more reason than most students to be excited about the opening this year of the Royce and Pam Money Student Recreation and Wellness Center.
As the student worker in the Office of Campus Aesthetics, she has had a key role in selecting paint colors, furniture styles and even trash cans for Abilene Christian University’s new facility. It’s a job she’s used to by now; she did the same thing for the recently opened AT&T Learning Studio.
“Alex pushed us in the direction of things to consider” in the Learning Studio, said Mary Reyes, director of Campus Aesthetics, and as work heats up on the wellness center, “Alex will be heavily involved.”
Alex, senior interior design and pre-architecture major from Lubbock, picked out the bold, vibrant colors and trendy furnishings of the Learning Studio, and when it opened, she was able to see the results of her work on the walls and in front of the desks now used constantly by ACU students.
“It was really cool,” she said. “It’s the first time I’ve seen something I’ve worked on come to life. I can actually walk through and experience it for myself.”
Working on the wellness center has made her so excited, Alex said she pushed her last exercise science class into the fall semester so she could attend class in the new building. To read more about how Alex came to ACU and the vision she has for her life, visit her profile page on the ACU website.