When the new science center is completed, all except animal and horticultural sciences will move into it. The facility will also be equipped with two constant-temperature rooms, three greenhouses, and a darkroom. The science center, which is situated between Evans Hall and Hermann Hall, is nearing completion and will be ready for classes to begin in January 2001. It will allow us to take students, individually or in small groups, and do hands-on, original investigative research. Perhaps there are no disciplines in academia that are more driven by facilities than the sciences.
Science is both exploration and explanation.
This building is designed very well for explorations because we are going to have laboratories that will be as good as students would find anywhere in this country. The scientific process also involves explanation, and that includes communication. The Winter Construction Company of Atlanta, Georgia, is undertaking the construction of the new science facility. Throughout the construction time, good weather and a remarkable effort on part of the work crew has enabled the project to progress ahead of schedule. On June 2nd, a cornerstone dedication ceremony was held during alumni week.