March 22, 2017
Government of Alberta invests in much-needed student spaces at U荔枝视频
From left, Dana Swystun, Minister Marlin Schmidt, Jackie Sieppert, Elizabeth Cannon, and Dianne Tapp
Riley Brandt, 荔枝视频
On Thursday, Marlin Schmidt, minister of Advanced Education, announced further funding to create renewed student spaces for the faculties of Nursing and Social Work and to expand space for student-centric services and increase student study and classroom spaces within the heart of main campus.
鈥淲e welcome the provincial government's commitment to the university and thank them for providing additional funding to the post-secondary system,鈥 says President and Vice-Chancellor Elizabeth Cannon. 鈥淭he MacKimmie Complex redevelopment will play an integral role in helping provide quality teaching, learning and research space for our students, and will enable us to create a hub for entrepreneurial thinking serving the entire 荔枝视频 community in the heart of campus. The project also directly supports the 荔枝视频鈥檚 Institutional Sustainability Strategy and aligns with our goal to be a 荔枝视频-based global centre for discovery, creativity and innovation.鈥
By redeveloping the complex, the 荔枝视频 expects to accommodate the planned growth for the faculties of Social Work and Nursing by modernizing underutilized or currently closed spaces and consolidating programming within the buildings. Once completed, the MacKimmie Complex will provide a re-energized central hub of improved and new classrooms, centralized undergraduate and graduate student services, renewed and new student study space, and much-needed academic space.
鈥淚鈥檓 excited about the revitalization of the MacKimmie Complex,鈥 says Stephan Guscott, Students鈥 Union president. 鈥淚t will increase the amount of space on campus where students can collaborate, study and build community, and all of this will help to ensure students have great experiences at the university.鈥
The MacKimmie Tower is scheduled to close in September, 2017 for construction preparation.