President of BSC s Student Government Association Amanda Dubois 01 addresses the gathering. Miguel Gomes, associate vice president for facilities management and planning, throws his arm around Louis Ricciardi 81, chairman of the Bridgewater State College Foundation, while BSC Trustee Terry Hart Cogan 51 looks on. African drumming ensemble Khakatay performs beyond the marker designating the new dining facility.
Spectators get a closer look at artist s renderings of the new buildings.
President Adrian Tinsley thanked the many individuals in attendance, including members of the State Legislature, representatives from the Board of Higher Education, the Division of Capital Asset Management, the Massachusetts State College Building Authority and the college s Board of Trustees, for the role each of them played in bringing these projects to fruition. Many groundbreakings have been celebrated during the college s 160-year history. But never before has the college embarked on a plan to construct four major buildings at the same time. The buildings will be located on the east side of campus in an area referred to during the 1960s as the desert. The once vast and vacant expanse of land now houses nine buildings and will soon be joined by four more.