Constructing a better education: CWU breaks ground on Samuelson

  • June 29, 2016
Aerial shot of Ellensburg campus

Before the excitement of graduation could settle over campus and students could flee for a summer reprieve, Central’s latest renovation project roared into full-swing as they shifted focus from the recent completion of Science II to the renovation of the aging Samuelson building.

Projected to be completed by fall 2018, the renovation of Samuelson (the former student union building) will restore the building to a functioning academic building on campus.

Departments that are anticipated to move into the building following completion will fall under the STEM degree programs, including ITAM (Information Technology and Administrative Management), Mathematics, Computer Science, and Online learning.

Read the rest of the story by McKenzie Lakey in The Observer.

June 29, 2016

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