SPOKANE,
The dedication ceremony, featuring WSU Provost Robert Bates, WSU Spokane Chancellor Brian Pitcher, Washington State Senate Majority Leader, Lisa Brown, and Associated Students of WSU Spokane President Carson Schultz, will be followed by a reception and tours of the building. A WSU faculty-student jazz trio will provide musical entertainment during the celebration. Featured musicians are graduate students Adam Donahue and John Gronberg and professor Dave Snider.
Located at the heart of the Riverpoint Campus, the
On Sept 25, “Light Reading” by Peter Reiquam, the newest piece of campus art, will be dedicated in a separate ceremony at 5 p.m.
Programs/Units Located in the Academic Center:
Associated Students of WSU Spokane
Chancellor, Office of the
Communications and Development Office
Criminal Justice
Governmental Studies and Services, Division of
Education
WSU Extension
Finance and Operations Office
Health Policy and Administration
Human Resource Services
Classroom IT support
Research, Office of
Riverpoint Campus Library
Spokane Cougar Club/Athletic Foundation
Student Affairs
WSICOP
(Washington State Institute for Community Oriented Policing)
WRICOPS
(Western Regional Institute for Community Oriented Public Safety)
Academic Center Project Status
Prime Consultant: Northwest Architectural Company
General Contractor/Construction Manager (GC/CM): Graham Construction, Inc.
Building Area: 106,000 gross square feet
Schedule
Groundbreaking: August 25, 2004
Construction Completion: July 2006
Occupancy: August 2006
Dedication: September 25, 2006
Total Project Cost: $33,850,000
About WSU Spokane
WSU Spokane is the urban campus of WSU, a land-grant research university founded in 1890. The campus features advanced studies and research in health sciences and health professions, the design disciplines, education, social and policy sciences, and science and technology. WSU is one of just 95 public and private research universities with very high research activity, according to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching classifications. In addition, U.S. News & World Report ranks WSU as one of the top public research universities in the nation.
Related Web sites:
Academic Center Dedication: https://www.event.spokane.wsu.edu/academic%5Fcenter/
“Light Reading”Art Dedication: https://wsunews.wsu.edu/detail.asp?StoryID=6024
Academic Center:https://www.spokane.wsu.edu/aboutWSUSpokane/
academic_center.asp
WSU Spokane: www.spokane.wsu.edu
