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Fine and Performing Arts Center

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 A project providing a new home for the Art Department, with space for 300 plus students and faculty in classrooms, offices, studios, galleries, and workspace. This facility will also contain a 1,000-seat auditorium equipped for music, theatrical, and dance performances that will be one of the finest of its kind in the southeastern U.S. The project is supported by monies provided for planning by the N.C. State Assembly and a $24,300,000 allocation from the Bond Funds. We anticipate a first-rate facility that will help us serve the people of North Carolina and beyond through the fine and performing arts. Anticipated completion date: December 2003
McKee Building Renovation

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 After extensive renovation McKee Building had its ribbon-cutting ceremony on November 21, attended by representatives of the N.C. Legislature, members of the Board of Trustees, and Chancellor Bardo. As of August 2003 it is occupied by four departments in Arts and Sciences: Anthropology and Sociology, History, Modern Foreign Languages, and Social Work. It provides up-to-date, technology-enhanced classrooms for these departments as well as others in the college. Departmental and faculty offices for the three departments mentioned above as well as a modern language laboratory/electronic classroom are located in McKee. An allocation of $5,289,700 from the Bond Funds undergirded the McKee renovation project.
Regional Labor Force Development Center

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 The Labor Force Development Center is making progress toward its completion in early 2003. This facility will provide state-of-the-art equipment that will support the preparation of careers in audio and video production. Programs in the Departments of Music and Communication and Theatre Arts will benefit greatly from these new facilities. This is a project developed priimarily from federal funds. Anticipated completion date: April 2003
Stillwell Building Renovation

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 Stillwell Building currently houses, in part or in whole, the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, Communication and Theatre Arts, Geosciences and Natural Resources Management, Mathematics and Computer Science, Philosophy and Religion, and Political Science and Public Affairs. Offices of the Dean of the College or Arts and Sciences are also located in Stillwell. It is one of the largest, most complex, over-crowded, and intensively-used buildings on the WCU campus. The Bond Funds made available $15,057,500 to provide badly needed renovation to this facility. The project is entering the planning stage under architectural guidance, construction will begin in 2004, and completion is anticipated in 2005.
Breese Building Renovation

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 Breese Building, a stately stone construction located across the street from Stillwell, was at one time a principal gymnasium for WCU. An allocation of $1,161,300 from the Bond Funds will provide conversion of this building for academic purposes. The Department of Communcation and Theatre Arts will house its new dance program in Breese. A modern heating and cooling system is included in the project.

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