Updated With Video: Gatton Academy Students to Benefit from Lecture, Lab Facilities in New Snell Hall

The following is a story from the WKU Office of Media Relations.

The transformation of Western Kentucky University’s science campus is continuing as snellconstruction of the new Snell Hall nears completion.

The five-story, $24 million facility will open next month for fall 2009 semester classes. Snell Hall will house classrooms, lecture rooms, instructional labs and research labs for chemistry, biology and computer science departments.

“We’re a few weeks away from students entering these labs and classrooms,” said Dr. Blaine Ferrell, dean of WKU’s Ogden College of Science and Engineering. “Everyone is excited about moving in.”

Ogden College has more than 2,000 students in its programs plus hundreds of other WKU students taking general education classes, Dr. Ferrell said. He expects enrollments to increase thanks to the state-of-the-art facilities.

“This building will provide a great working environment. We like our students to get hands-on experience and become professional scientists,” Dr. Ferrell said. “We want to get more students excited about science, technology, engineering and math and this building will help that.”

The building was designed by Taylor Whitney Architects; the contractor is Abel Construction.

The new Snell Hall also has display cases built in where memorabilia and photographs from the original Ogden College campus and Snell Hall will be exhibited. The first floor will include a student lounge and DaVinci’s, a cafe open for breakfast and lunch.

Members of WKU’s Board of Regents will tour the building as part of their meeting on July 31.
Snell Hall is connected to Thompson Complex Central Wing, which will allow faculty and students to easily move between the two buildings.

“I don’t think I can convey what a shot in the arm this facility is for Ogden College and WKU,” Dr. Ferrell said.
With Snell Hall and the Complex for Engineering and Biological Sciences (which was completed in 2004), “we’ve changed the face of the Ogden campus,” Dr. Ferrell said.

But those aren’t the only changes. Renovation of Science and Technology Hall is progressing and should be complete by 2010. STH will house the mathematics department and the Ogden College dean’s office.
Additional renovation projects are planned for Thompson Complex Central Wing and Thompson Complex North Wing.

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