Utah State opens new building in Brigham City

Utah State opened a new classroom and student services building for the Brigham City Campus on Monday.

The 50,000 square foot building features a 250 multi-purpose room, a 130 seat auditorium, a computer lab and a testing center in addition to a variety of classrooms.

The building has classrooms designed both for traditional classes and broadcast classes. A lot of the classrooms were built with broadcast classes in mind.

“The soundproofing, the lighting, the wall colors, all those things are so that students on the other end will be able to hear and see clearly, will be able to interact with the professor and so on,” said Brigham City Campus Dean Tom Lee.

Lee said the building was funded largely by a bond from Brigham City and the state legislature.

“This would not have happened without the combination of legislative support, community support, those of you who have been private donors helped make this happen,” said USU President Stan Albrecht at the ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday.

The new building will not completely take over university operations in Brigham City. The old facilities will still be used for certain classes. The building will also help the expansion and partnership with the Bridgerland Applied Technology College, as they will share some of the facilities and space at USU’s current Brigham City Campus.

“One thing we are excited about at all the regional campuses and at USU is collaborating with the applied technology colleges, so in Northern Utah that is Bridgerland Applied Technology College,” Lee said.

The new building is located on 989 South Main Street. Lee said it will be nice to have a building specifically for university operations rather than the borrowed spaces or buildings renovated for classes that they have used in the past.

“To have this new building that looks like an academic building and has these beautiful spaces inside is a really exciting milestone for USU,” Lee said.

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