News Release

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June 6, 2005

Classes Start In New Academic Building on Boise State University - West Campus In Nampa

Students begin summer school classes today for the first time in the new academic building on the Boise State University-West campus in Nampa.

“We’re thrilled with the opening of the building,” said Dennis Griffin, executive director, Boise State-West. “With the incredible growth we’ve seen here, it can’t happen soon enough.”

The building will be home to Boise State’s academic offerings in Canyon County. Classes formerly offered at the Canyon County Center on Nampa-Caldwell Boulevard will be held in the new building, easing overcrowding at the center and freeing up space for expanded applied technology programs there. Classes offered at the new building include English, math, anthropology, chemistry, biology, physics and more.

The new 65,600-square-foot building is located on the 150-acre West campus north of the Idaho Center off Can-Ada Road. It includes: a lecture hall; 14 classrooms (including a computer classroom); two distance learning classrooms; three teaching laboratories; lab prep rooms for biology, chemistry and physics; a general computer lab; a branch library; faculty offices; limited administrative offices; two conference rooms; five student services offices; a self-service center; a branch bookstore and study lounges.

The building was designed to help meet the needs of a growing number of students in Canyon County and beyond. Students enrolled in academic programs offered in Canyon County nearly doubled between 1999 and 2004. More than 1,700 students were enrolled this past spring semester.
 

In addition, student enrollment in adult basic education is up 79 percent and applied technology programs also have grown. In all, the center served more than 5,500 students this past year in for-credit and non-credit programs.

The Idaho Legislature authorized the sale of long-term bonds by the State Building Authority to pay for a variety of state projects, including the Boise State-West campus building, in May 2003.
 

A formal ceremony will be held in August to celebrate the opening of the building.

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Contact: Dennis Griffin, Boise State West, (208) 426-4700, dgriffin@boisestate.edu

Media Contact: Sherry Squires, University Relations, (208) 426-1563, ssquires@boisestate.edu

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