Buildings and Sites
'An audacious imagining:' UWEC breaks ground on new Science and Health Science Building
13 Jun 2024
Eau Claire, News
UW-Eau Claire Chancellor Jim Schmidt spoke to the crowd while standing at the site of what will become the Science and Health Science Building.
“Not so long ago, this day seemed like a far-off dream,” he said.
As a five-story, 330,000-square-foot and $340.3 million building, Thursday’s ceremony marked the beginning of construction on the project, a venture that has generated an immense amount of enthusiasm within the University.
“This building began as an audacious imagining, but will grow from today forward into an incubator for the next great advancements in science thanks to the collaborative efforts of this community over the course of many, many years,” Schmidt said.
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