An update on the Engineering Initiative

If you haven’t been to campus recently, you will be amazed to see the new engineering building being constructed next to O’Grady Library. Anticipation is high as we see the new building, Fr. Richard Cebula, O.S.B. Hall, nearing completion. In November the finishing touches will be made and the grand opening will be held in February 2013.

Amount raised so far

To date, 92% has been raised toward the cost of Cebula Hall. This includes a $600,000 finishing grant that has been approved by MJ Murdock Charitable Trust of Vancouver, Washington. After the remaining amount has been raised of the $7,400,000 budget for Cebula, Murdock will issue the grant. The next phase of the Engineering Initiative will be to raise funds for an industrial lab to complement the new engineering building. The industrial lab, nicknamed the “Lab in the Woods,” will have laboratories for robotics, fluids, soils/materials and testing, fabrication, a wind tunnel, project work space, and senior project display space.