Ivy Tech Community College will invest $43 million to renovate and expand facilities on two campuses. The $17.2 million Downtown North Building in Muncie will be constructed to accommodate the Culinary Arts program, which will feature a chocolates laboratory, a café, testing and assessment rooms, and student services. A $12.7 million upgrade of the Fisher Building will build out the fourth floor to house the School of Nursing and the School of Health Sciences, with teaching labs sited on a renovated basement level. A new south entrance will also be created. The $13.1 million School of Advanced Manufacturing and Technology Engineering will be built on the Cowan Road campus to support programs in robotics, welding, construction, and manufacturing. Work will begin on all three projects in May of 2018 with completion expected by January of 2020.
