Post by Logan on Feb 16, 2016 18:51:12 GMT -6
Bowdoin to use $10 million gift to build center for environmental study
Bowdoin College plans to build a new center for studying the environment, made possible by a $10 million gift from a college trustee and his wife, the parents of a recent graduate.
Teachers and students from various disciplines will come together at the center, which will be at the corner of Harpswell Road and College Street on the Brunswick campus, according to a press release from the college.
Construction of the building, tentatively named the Roux Center for the Environment for donors David and Barbara Roux, is scheduled to begin in May of 2017, pending regulatory approvals, and be completed by the fall of 2018.
The building will house classrooms, laboratories, faculty offices and an auditorium. Students from the science, social science and humanities fields will collaborate to study policy and research local and worldwide environmental problems
Read more: www.pressherald.com/2016/02/16/bowdoin-to-build-new-center-for-environmental-study/
Bowdoin College plans to build a new center for studying the environment, made possible by a $10 million gift from a college trustee and his wife, the parents of a recent graduate.
Teachers and students from various disciplines will come together at the center, which will be at the corner of Harpswell Road and College Street on the Brunswick campus, according to a press release from the college.
Construction of the building, tentatively named the Roux Center for the Environment for donors David and Barbara Roux, is scheduled to begin in May of 2017, pending regulatory approvals, and be completed by the fall of 2018.
The building will house classrooms, laboratories, faculty offices and an auditorium. Students from the science, social science and humanities fields will collaborate to study policy and research local and worldwide environmental problems
Read more: www.pressherald.com/2016/02/16/bowdoin-to-build-new-center-for-environmental-study/