{"id":3262,"date":"2017-06-19T17:47:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T17:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkuxposure.com\/?p=3262"},"modified":"2021-06-30T13:05:37","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T13:05:37","slug":"ogden-hall-is-last-phase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wkuxposure.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/19\/ogden-hall-is-last-phase\/","title":{"rendered":"Ogden Hall is last phase"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Donovan Radford<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/span>Ballard High School<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Completion of the construction of the new Ogden College Hall is the last phase of a multi-year, multi-million dollar plan to upgrade some old buildings on campus spanning back to 2005.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bryan Russell, chief facilities officer at WKU, said Ogden College Hall, a $32.2 million project, is scheduled for completion in December. Classes begin in January of 2018. It is replacing Thompson Complex North Wing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u201cThey will have the latest and greatest technology to work with,\u201d Russell said.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The building, which will house the Ogden College of Science and Engineering, includes four stories with 36 laboratories for the departments of chemistry, physics and biology. It also has an auditorium that will seat 300.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a little over 80,000 square feet,\u201d Russell said. Students will also enjoy a student success center and student lounges. There will also be a Dean\u2019s Suite.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At a groundbreaking ceremony in April, Cheryl Stevens, the dean of Ogden College, talked about the impact of the new facility.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a very significant event for Ogden College,\u201d Stevens said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are so thrilled to have this kind of space and a state-of-the-art facility.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Russell said Ogden would offer a comfortable and environmentally friendly facility. Students will not have to worry about breathing in chemicals from lab work either, he said.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As for the construction of the building, it is made of cast and concrete. \u201cIt\u2019s a very robust building,\u201d Russell said.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to a press release by the Ogden College website, outgoing President Gary Ransdell said improving the sciences facilities has been a priority since he returned to campus in 1997.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m delighted this is now under way,\u201d Ransdell said.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kentucky House Speaker Pro Tem Jody Richards, who was also on hand for the groundbreaking, said in the newsletter he couldn\u2019t wait for it to open.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAn academic building is truly exciting,\u201d Richards said.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cIt\u2019s an exciting day, and we look forward to coming back for the opening.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Donovan Radford,\u00a0Ballard High School \u00a0Completion of the construction of the new Ogden College Hall is the last phase of a multi-year, multi-million dollar plan to upgrade some old buildings on campus spanning back to 2005. Bryan Russell, chief facilities officer at WKU, said Ogden College Hall, a $32.2 million project, is scheduled for completion…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,465],"tags":[],"staff_name":[],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-x17"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wkuxposure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wkuxposure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wkuxposure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wkuxposure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wkuxposure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wkuxposure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3300,"href":"https:\/\/wkuxposure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions\/3300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wkuxposure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wkuxposure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wkuxposure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wkuxposure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"staff_name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wkuxposure.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff_name?post=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}