A bunch of rubble, obnoxious noise and talk of the future is all that’s immediately evident thus far on campus.
But what goes down, must come up – er – right?
With the emergence of the Liberal Arts and Disabled Students Services building, inch-by-inch does the completion of the grand construction plan come to be.
The new building now serves as a benchmark for all other future buildings.
The following is what’s next in line for the construction on campus.
- The Child Development Center is the next to be completed, with the completion of the structure set for the end of this semester – in December.
- The Culinary Arts kitchen is slated for completion that same month, filling the void that Oh No Tokyo! left behind in the Student Center.
- The renovation of the Learning Resources Center will be worked on during this time, as well. Excess equipment during this time will be placed in the Multipurpose building.
- Along with these plans in mind also came the groundbreaking of the warehouse building last August, paving the way for the Fine Arts complex, set to be completed January 2016.
- January 2016 will also see the Computer Information Systems and Math building finished, lurking where the current Technology building stands.
Board of Trustee President Carmen Avalos said, “Having been a student here, I think it’s phenomenal to see this college come up to the standard that I know we’re known for.
“To be able to offer facilities that are state of the art, where students can continue and achieve their goals; to be a part of those successes, that’s what we’re looking forward to.”
All the construction fits into the Facilities Master Plan established in 2011.
In accordance with the plan are these guidelines:
- Maximize functional space.
- Eliminate non-functional space.
- Improve efficiency and utilization of site and facilities.
- Right-size the campus to address program needs.
- Develop a collegial learning environment.
- Improve campus identity, connections and circulation.
- Simplify implementation.
Whether or not the new structures fit these presented molds, the goal has always been to be in accordance with the well-being and the future of the student.
Trustee Shin Liu said, “I’m actually jealous of these students. We did a great job to plan all this, so students would be able to have these state-of-the-art buildings; for their children, and maybe even for their children, too. It’ll stay for awhile.”
