Campus Construction Update
Timothy J. Hyland Hall will be home to the College of Business and Economics. This nearly 180,000-square-foot facility will begin holding classes there in September 2009. There will be 35 tiered and flat classrooms (the majority will either be 66 or 55 seats), four computer labs with one of them set up to accommodate collaborative learning groups, the Anchor Bank and Virchow Krause 150-seat lecture halls, and the Barbara and Douglas Timmerman 400-seat auditorium.
Hyland Hall will be a wireless facility with all classrooms equipped with a computer and ceiling-mounted projector and there will be many formal and informal study spaces for students. The International Education Programs office as well as the entire Department of Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health will be relocated to Hyland Hall. The International Education Programs staff, Wisconsin Innovation Service Center, Small Business Development Center, Global Business Resource Center, Fiscal and Economics Research Center, the Center for Economic Education, and other outreach centers will be housed in the Kachel Center for Innovation and Business services. Hyland Hall will also feature the Deloitte Café, an investment/trading center with live data feeds, nine student organization office spaces, four interview rooms, and four student project collaboration/workrooms.
New Suite-Style Residence Hall
UW-Whitewater is constructing its first new residence hall in more than 40 years. This new 446-bed residence hall will be unlike any other residence hall on campus, and in many ways unlike any residence hall anywhere.
After months of concern last spring and summer about the economy and the implications for the project cost, the campus administration was very pleased to receive a favorable financial construction bid. The estimated cost of the residence hall is $35 million, paid with student-user fees. The recipient of the construction contract was J.P. Cullen and Sons, Inc., of Janesville. Feel free to visit their Web site at http://www.jpcullen.com.
A formal groundbreaking ceremony was held in November 2008. In spite of some extraordinary snowfall amounts and sub-zero temperatures this winter, the contractors continue on schedule toward a grand opening in fall 2010.
Here are a few highlights of the project:
- Building design - 109 four-bedroom suites, each with kitchenette, living room and bathroom
- Primary themes:
- Universal design/accessibility - twice the amount the Americans with Disabilities Act requires for students with disabilities
- Sustainability - the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED -possibly gold) certified residence hall owned by the state and only the second LEED-certified building of any kind
- Academic support - in close proximity to the campus academic core
- Building common space - Lounge on every wing; main desk/mail room; staff offices; faculty space; seminar rooms; co-laboratories; computer lab; unisex accessible bathroom; laundry; multi-purpose room; student governance room; kitchen
