Many of the workers will be bused to campus and others may park on a new, temporary gravel lot on McKinley across from the Burkhardt Building. One is on the northwest corner of Bracken Library and the other on the southeast corner of Ball Communication Building. The west pedestrian walkway , commonly called the cow path, will be open to students in late August. The area was closed this summer to allow grading and utility work associated with the Art and Journalism Building. Students will need to walk around a construction staging area on the east side of the Fine Arts Building as it is renovated for use by the geology and social work departments and the expanded Ball State Museum of Art.
Renovations continue to the West Quad academic building.
Improvements include a new stair tower, restrooms, air conditioning and lighting systems, as well as several upgrades for the natural resources and environmental management department. Renovations continue to about 30 laboratories within the Cooper Science Building. The labs are being upgraded with the addition of fixed computer workstations and wireless laptop computers. New exhaust hoods will provide better protection for students during experiments.