Commerce, Texas
Texas A&M University will begin relocating departments in fall of 2005 to its new $28-million Science & Technology Center in Commerce, Texas. The 110,000-sf facility will be fully occupied and open for classes in January 2006. The three-story center will house the departments of chemistry, physics, and environmental and biological sciences, as well as pre-med and pre-dental professional programs, the Science and Math Research and Teaching Program, and a tutoring center. The building also includes an 85-seat planetarium and laboratories for faculty, students, and computers.