UWP is planning to renovate Boebel Hall, which was built in
1977.The current labs in Boebel Hall do
not have enough capacity for the growing student population and the changing
teaching pedagogy.A more modern
teaching and learning environment is needed for the hand-on learning approach
that instructors are using.
Upon completion, it will look much the same on the outside
as it does now, but the inside will be completely different.There are two construction phases included in
the project.Phase I of the construction
project is set to begin during the fall 2009 semester.IT includes half of the first floor and much
of the space will be converted from multi-purpose classrooms to labs.Eventually, zoology, biology, and ecology
will all have labs on the first floor.With a cost of $2.2 million, Phase I is expected to take approximately
one year.
Phase II start date will be determined as Phase I nears completion.Phase II will cover much more square footage
and is expected to cost approximately $ 15 million.It includes renovating the remaining half of
the first floor, the basement and all of the second and third floors.Originally intended only for storage, the
Boebel Hall basement has very tall ceilings and will be renovated as space for
the geology and biology departments.The
second floor will house space for geology, geography, biogeography, geomorphology,
and GIS locating and mapping.Designated
space and facilities for courses in anatomy and physiology, microbiology,
genetics, cell and molecular biology and botany will be located on the third
floor.
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