In May 2004, Phase I of the Science Center construction was "97 percent finished" according to assistant director of construction Bill Huggins. Two months later, professors moved into their new offices, and summer science research students were busy at work in the new laboratories, bringing Phase I to an unofficial close. With the first half of the Science Center construction finished, what is next for the $56 million dollar project? The answer: deconstruction.

Before renovating the original 1925 building, construction workers tore down the Dana Wing, the 1965 addition to the original Science Building.

During the fall 2004 semester, science classes will be held in the Phase I section of the new Science Center (especially biology, chemistry and physics) and the Saunders Hall of Chemistry (primarily geology and psychology). The Science Center is scheduled to be completed by late summer 2005.

-- by Emily Lemanczyk '05