WHAT'S NEW WITH WOLD
Benjamin Engle
Issue date: 5/28/09 Section: News
In the coming weeks, physical construction will commence on Union College's Peter Irving Wold Science and Engineering Center, an $18 million, 35,000 square foot state-of-the-art addition to house the College's science and interdisciplinary programs.
The Center will house Biochemistry, Environmental Science and Engineering, a high performance computer lab, state-of-the-art laboratories and classrooms, and flexible incubator labs for Electrical Engineering & Music research.
Additionally, the three-story building will house a rooftop renewable energy lab dedicated display areas to showcase student and faculty research.
The Wold Center, which will be located in the area between Science and Engineering, the F.W. Olin Center, Schaffer Library, and Social Sciences (the future Lippman Hall), will be using a portion of a gift by John Wold '38 and his wife Jane in 2002, the largest alumni gift in Union history.
Wold is a former U.S. Congressman and is a geologist and the president of Wold Minerals Company. The building will be named for his father, Peter Wold, who was a professor at Union in the physics department.
The first signs of construction will begin after ReUnion weekend during the week of June 1 with the erection of a fence around the construction site. According to Doug Klein, Dean of Interdisciplinary Studies, the fence will close the entire area between Schaffer Library and the Olin Center, including the walkway to Alumni Gymnasium.
The entrances to Science and Engineering that face the Library and Gym will be closed to the public; however, the main entrance to the Gym will continue to be accessible.
Additionally, the tunnel connecting the Olin Building to the Science and Engineering Building will continue to open and Klein believes it will become the main thru-way to Science and Engineering.
Construction trailers and the staging area for supplies will be located on the grassy area behind the Gym at the intersection of Alexander Lane and South Lane. While trucks will be using Alexander Lane for access to the construction site, the road will be open throughout the building process.
The Center will house Biochemistry, Environmental Science and Engineering, a high performance computer lab, state-of-the-art laboratories and classrooms, and flexible incubator labs for Electrical Engineering & Music research.
Additionally, the three-story building will house a rooftop renewable energy lab dedicated display areas to showcase student and faculty research.
The Wold Center, which will be located in the area between Science and Engineering, the F.W. Olin Center, Schaffer Library, and Social Sciences (the future Lippman Hall), will be using a portion of a gift by John Wold '38 and his wife Jane in 2002, the largest alumni gift in Union history.
Wold is a former U.S. Congressman and is a geologist and the president of Wold Minerals Company. The building will be named for his father, Peter Wold, who was a professor at Union in the physics department.
The first signs of construction will begin after ReUnion weekend during the week of June 1 with the erection of a fence around the construction site. According to Doug Klein, Dean of Interdisciplinary Studies, the fence will close the entire area between Schaffer Library and the Olin Center, including the walkway to Alumni Gymnasium.
The entrances to Science and Engineering that face the Library and Gym will be closed to the public; however, the main entrance to the Gym will continue to be accessible.
Additionally, the tunnel connecting the Olin Building to the Science and Engineering Building will continue to open and Klein believes it will become the main thru-way to Science and Engineering.
Construction trailers and the staging area for supplies will be located on the grassy area behind the Gym at the intersection of Alexander Lane and South Lane. While trucks will be using Alexander Lane for access to the construction site, the road will be open throughout the building process.
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