Construction updates for student uptake
The presently abandoned art barn is the future home of the USU Museum of Anthropology. It has previously housed horses, an art museum, labs and offices.
The new RCDE building will house offices and state-of-the-art distance education classrooms. USU will be able to better fulfill its mission to serve the state’s diverse populations and communities with this new building, expected to be completed summer 2012.
Construction on the new Ag building passed the halfway mark in May. Wiring, elevators and other mechanical features are in progress. The building is set to be completed in January.
To allow easier access to the Ag building, Champ Drive was reconstructed. The project wrapped up 17 days earlier than expected and has created a better area for passenger pickup and dropoff.
The graduating class of 2011 donated more than $5,000 to revamp the area around the iconic ‘A’ by Old Main. It now sits on a concrete pad, which will stop it from sinking into the soft dirt near the Quad. Five feet of paver bricks surround the area to avoid it becoming muddy.
A 30-foot thermal energy tank is being put in the ground on the HPER Field. It will hold two million gallons of water that will be used to cool buildings all over campus. The project should be completed by December.