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Posted on Tuesday, August 04, 2009 - Arts & Events
WSU Vancouver Celebrates Progress with Groundbreaking/Grand Opening Event
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
8/4/2009
CONTACT:
- Brenda Alling, Office of Marketing and Communications, 360-546-9601, news@vancouver.wsu.edu
VANCOUVER, Wash. - Washington State University Vancouver will celebrate the growth and expansion of its campus with a groundbreaking and grand opening event at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 19. The groundbreaking will be for the Applied Technology Classroom building slated to open in fall of 2011. The grand opening is for the Undergraduate Classroom building which opens this fall. The event is free and open to the public. Guests are invited to gather outdoors near the Engineering Life Sciences building. This event is open to the public.
The new $43.5 million, 56,000-square-foot, four-story Applied Technology Classroom building will include hi-tech laboratories and classrooms. This teaching and research facility will prepare students to meet the employment needs of high-demand fields in Southwest Washington, such as computer science and engineering.
The Applied Technology classroom building was the only new building in the WSU system that was funded by the State Legislature for the 2009-2011 biennium. WSU Vancouver Chancellor Hal Dengerink, Washington State University President Elson Floyd, U.S. Congressman Brain Baird and Reps. Tim Probst and Jim Jacks will talk about the significance of this new resource at the event.
The Undergraduate Classroom building began construction in January 2008. Its 56,000 square-feet will house 13 general classrooms of various sizes, two computer labs and faculty and administrative support offices for the College of Education. The Undergraduate Classroom building is WSU Vancouver's first Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design-certified project, earning a LEED Silver level distinction under the Green Building Rating system. Guests at the event will have an opportunity to tour the new building.
WSU Vancouver is celebrating 20 years of bringing quality education, research and service to the citizens of Southwest Washington. The campus is located at 14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave., east of the 134th Street exit from either I-5 or I-205, or via C-Tran bus service. WSU Vancouver offers 16 bachelor's degrees, 10 master's degrees, one doctorate degree and more than 36 fields of study. Learn more at http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu.
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