Walker Hall has not seen any major physical changes since a fire damaged the newly rededicated building about eight months ago.

Director of facilities Jason Roubique said the university is expecting the building to be reopened in fall 2014.

“The design is still progressing as expected,” Roubique said.

Architects are hoping to begin construction around August.

After the fire forced the building to close, classes and offices that were once in Walker were relocated to other buildings around campus. Offices like the College of Arts and Sciences, the math and English departments, financial aid and others were moved to places like the Library and Coenen Hall.

“I thought it was inconvenient because I did not receive an email telling me where the class was moved to.” said Sophomore Psychology major Anna Cross. “The changes were not added to Moodle until the very last minute. My class ended up on the other side of campus.”

Cross was one of the many students the fire affected. At the beginning of the Fall 2012 semester, many students who were new to ULM’s campus were lost since most core classes, such as math and English, took place in Walker Hall. Offices are still being moved around to help students and office needs.

On June 12 of last year Walker Hall caught fire when a faulty motor in the mechanical room broke.

The fire disrupted the morning classes in Walker causing people to evacuate the building. The fire was brought down by the Monroe Fire Department less than an hour after the blaze had started.