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| Plano Campus Groundbreaking to be Held April 24 |
| (04-20-2009) |
Aurora — Waubonsee Community College will hold a ceremonial groundbreaking for its new Plano Campus on Friday, April 24, at Mio Amore Italian Steakhouse, 11 W. John Street in downtown Plano. The event, which is free and open to the public, will kick off with a meet-and-greet at 2 p.m. followed by the formal program at 2:15 p.m.
Scheduled speakers include Waubonsee President Dr. Christine Sobek, Waubonsee Board of Trustees Chairman Richard "Shorty" Dickson, Waubonsee Executive Vice President of Educational Affairs/Chief Learning Officer Dr. Deborah Lovingood, and Plano Mayor William Roberts. To RSVP for Waubonsee's Plano Campus groundbreaking or to get the latest news about the project, visit www.waubonsee.edu/plano.
The college's new 33,000-square-foot Plano campus will be located at 100 Waubonsee Drive, on Route 34 just west of Eldamain Road. It will be comprehensive, allowing students to earn their complete associate degrees at this one facility, and is expected to open for classes in spring 2011.
In addition to transfer degree programs and occupational programs, this campus will also offer developmental education, adult education, GED classes, English as a Second Language classes, community education programming, and workforce and professional development. These courses and programs will take place in the building’s 15 classrooms, which include nine general classrooms, two science labs for biology and earth science, two computer labs, an interactive television classroom, and a certified nurse assistant (CNA) lab.
Holabird and Root designed the building, JJR is the project’s landscape architect, and Turner Construction is providing construction management.
The Plano Campus development is part of Waubonsee’s 2020 College Master Plan , which would not have been possible without successful passage of college referenda in 2002 and 2003. This plan provides the roadmap for Waubonsee to meet the growing demand for education locally. In addition to this campus, other projects have included construction of four new buildings at the Sugar Grove Campus and the construction of a new campus in downtown Aurora that broke ground in January. Voters in the district overwhelmingly expressed their support of these projects. |
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