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Monmouth University has commissioned Philadelphia-based Ewing Cole Cherry Brott to design a new athletic center and mulitpurpose activity facility that will include a 5,000-seat multipurpose gymnasium, a 200-meter indoor track, a new university bookstore, coaches offices, locker rooms, luxury boxes, booster club, and a Hall of Fame. The existing athletic facilities in Boylan Gym will be renovated to expand opportunities for student and community recreation. The project is underway with construction scheduled to begin in early 2002.

Arizona State University (ASU) completed in November 2000 the $5.7 million restoration of Old Main, a cherished 30,000-sf landmark building constructed in 1895 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Old Main now serves as the activity hub for the 200,000-member ASU Alumni Association. The project includes a new entrance, new lobby and oak stair; the restoration of the 3,400-sf historic ballroom on the third floor along with a new boardroom, library, archives, and offices.

The College of St. Catherine in St. Paul has selected Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbot to renovate and design a new Student Center and Learning Commons. The 100,000-sf Student Center will be documented and constructed by Opus A&E Northwest of Minnetonka, Minn., and the 107,000-sf Learning Commons by McGough Construction and HGA Architects of Minneapolis.

Wittenberg University has selected Holabird & Root of Chicago to design the Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center and renovate the existing building. The first phase of a two phase project includes a 47,000-sf expansion of the original 96,000-sf facility to primarily house classroom, laboratory, and office space with state-of-the-art mechanical and electrical systems.

University of California, San Diego, plans to break ground in 2002 on the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology. The $66,647 million, 127,000-asf structure will house approximately 23,802 nsf of lab and lab support space for the Departments of Materials and Devices and Network Infrastructure. The facility includes SEM, AES, SIMS, FEMTOSECOND Laser suites with MOCVD and XRD labs. Class 1000 and 100 cleanrooms will house lithography, e-beam lithography, thermal processing, wet processing, metallization and thin film.