Groundbreaking on the University’s new East Campus Residence Hall will officially take place Monday morning.
The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. in the Knight Law Library’s former parking lot at the southwest corner of 15th Avenue and Moss Street.
University of Oregon PresidentRichard Lariviere, Vice President for Student Affairs Robin Holmes and State Representatives Nancy Nathanson and Phil Barnhart will all be in attendance. Holmes will act as the event’s moderator and will give the welcoming remarks as well as introduce the University’s distinguished guest speakers, who will each talk briefly of their involvement in the project.
President Lariviere will then formally begin the construction process by upturning the first bucket-load of soil using a backhoe.
The 450-bed, 185,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art residence hall is slated for completion in July 2012, and will be a unique addition to the eight already existing complexes 16.9 percent of University students called home in 2009.
The residence hall is the first built since the Living Learning Center opened in 2006 and only the second in 40 years. The project is being financed through up to $75 million in bonds, as approved by the Oregon State Legislature this year.
Gregg Lobisser, head of the Campus Planning Committee, said the new building’s design will move away from conventional double-roomed corridor-style halls and will include a variety of living facilities, including multipurpose classrooms, a 300-seat performance center, lounges, and a 190-seat dining hall. This, Lobisser says, will make for a “more seamless transition between classroom, learning, and residential life.”
University officials involved with the project have used the hall’s construction to help meet several of the school’s long-term goals, including increasing the percentage of undergraduates housed on campus and boosting the University’s total enrollment from 22,400 to 24,000 students.
“This facility is important to the future of the university and our efforts to enhance the residential character of the campus,” Lariviere said in a University press release. “We’re building a community — a campus home that will support academic success and foster lifelong relationships.”
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Read next Monday’s Emerald to find out more about the new residence hall construction, and keep checking online for more coverage after the event.
The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. in the Knight Law Library’s former parking lot at the southwest corner of 15th Avenue and Moss Street.
University of Oregon PresidentRichard Lariviere, Vice President for Student Affairs Robin Holmes and State Representatives Nancy Nathanson and Phil Barnhart will all be in attendance. Holmes will act as the event’s moderator and will give the welcoming remarks as well as introduce the University’s distinguished guest speakers, who will each talk briefly of their involvement in the project.
President Lariviere will then formally begin the construction process by upturning the first bucket-load of soil using a backhoe.
The 450-bed, 185,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art residence hall is slated for completion in July 2012, and will be a unique addition to the eight already existing complexes 16.9 percent of University students called home in 2009.
The residence hall is the first built since the Living Learning Center opened in 2006 and only the second in 40 years. The project is being financed through up to $75 million in bonds, as approved by the Oregon State Legislature this year.
Gregg Lobisser, head of the Campus Planning Committee, said the new building’s design will move away from conventional double-roomed corridor-style halls and will include a variety of living facilities, including multipurpose classrooms, a 300-seat performance center, lounges, and a 190-seat dining hall. This, Lobisser says, will make for a “more seamless transition between classroom, learning, and residential life.”
University officials involved with the project have used the hall’s construction to help meet several of the school’s long-term goals, including increasing the percentage of undergraduates housed on campus and boosting the University’s total enrollment from 22,400 to 24,000 students.
“This facility is important to the future of the university and our efforts to enhance the residential character of the campus,” Lariviere said in a University press release. “We’re building a community — a campus home that will support academic success and foster lifelong relationships.”
[email protected]
Read next Monday’s Emerald to find out more about the new residence hall construction, and keep checking online for more coverage after the event.
