CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Construction crews recently topped out the new Martin Luther King Jr. School in Cambridge, Mass. The 169,000-square-foot school has been designed to target Net Zero energy consumption, and will serve an estimated 740 students.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A dedication of the new 30,000-square-foot College of Health Sciences (CHS) building at Jacksonville University was held on Sept. 4.
TUCSON, Ariz. — The University of Arizona has announced its selection of GLHN Architects & Engineers, Inc. of Tucson and national design firm Gould Evans to complete a $3 million addition to McClelland Hall. The addition will require infilling two levels of the hall’s existing courtyard, creating a new space that will house the Eller College Professional Development Center.
PIQUA, Ohio — Construction on both new Springcreek and Washington primary schools (K-3) in Piqua is almost 87 percent complete, while construction on the new Piqua Central Intermediate School (4-6) is about 53 percent complete. The consolidation of Piqua City School District schools into the three facilities will help save the district money in electrical, plumbing, heat and air-conditioning costs.
Following a nationwide search, Concordia University Portland announced the addition of Jilma Meneses as chief operating officer (COO). Meneses has served as Portland State University’s chief diversity officer since 2010, serving on the president’s executive committee at the vice presidential level. She has over twenty years of administrative, legal, and business experience, including ten years at Oregon Health & Science University and eight years at Tri-Met.
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