The design for the new building is awesome. Another great asset for our
wonderful university that we are blessed is in our community.
Paula
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Here's one of the projects I've been working on for the last two years. You
have to press ctrl and click on the video to see it.
Gene
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February 25, 2021
Dear Members of Our Campus Community,
During a pandemic that has required much attention and focus on the immediate,
we are excited to share a piece of good news regarding our campus’s future.
As you may remember, in May 2019 the UC Regents approved construction of our
Classroom Building, our first building dedicated to classroom space since 1967.
The building will increase our campus’s classroom seating capacity by 2,000
seats, or 35 percent, and will not only help us meet our current and projected
enrollment growth, but also provide innovative teaching facilities. We have
already broken ground on the four-story building, with completion anticipated
for Spring 2023, and have formulated a plan for bicycle traffic and more than
1,800 bicycle parking spaces. This state-funded project is being supported by
appropriations from the 2019-20 State Budget Act earmarked specifically for
construction of the Classroom Building. The 2019-20 state budget was enacted in
June 2019.
The idea for this project was borne out of a series of lunch meetings that I
held with some of our faculty colleagues four years ago. These conversations,
along with input from our students, parents, faculty, and staff, made it clear
that our greatest need was state-of-the-art classroom space. Today, I am
delighted to share with you an
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Classroom Building, which offers modernized lecture halls and classrooms with
interactive learning and new instructional technology at the heart of our
campus.
Many thanks to our New Classroom Building Committee, chaired by former
Executive Vice Chancellor Gene Lucas, for its guidance and oversight of the
project, and to all of our faculty, staff, and students who contribute to our
academic mission every day. While in many ways the pandemic has dominated the
past year, this project reminds us that our commitment to advancing teaching
and research cannot be overshadowed.
Sincerely,
Henry T. Yang
Chancellor
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New Classroom Building Committee
Gene Lucas, Chair; Executive Vice Chancellor Emeritus
Leesa Beck, Director, Summer Sessions
Henning Bohn, Professor, Economics; Former Chair, Academic Senate
Alison Brysk, Chair and Mellichamp Professor, Global Studies
Rolf Christoffersen, Associate Professor, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental
Biology
Amr El Abbadi, Professor, Computer Science
Kathy Foltz, Professor, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Kathryn Foster, Undergraduate student representative
George Michaels, Executive Director, Instructional Development
Michael Miller, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Services, Student
Affairs
Audrey Nolan, Graduate Student Association representative
Jennifer Peiffer, Staff representative
Erika Rappaport, Professor, History
Andy Satomi, Director, Space Planning and Management
Catherine Scanlon, Graduate Student Association representative
Jeffrey Stopple, Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean of Undergraduate Education
Marc Vukcevich, Associated Students representative
Ex Officio:
Chuck Haines, Associate Chancellor, Finance and Resource Management
Julie Hendricks, Director, Design and Construction Services
Mark Nocciolo, Director, Capital Development
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