WHAT: UCCS will begin a $17.5 million construction project to add space for 198 more students to live on campus with a special groundbreaking ceremony. The ceremony will feature campus and CU dignitaries. UCCS will construct two new towers named Echo and Copper at its Summit Village student housing area and will renovate space in existing UCCS student housing. The new student housing is expected to be ready for the fall 2014 semester.
WHY: For three years, demand for on-campus living spaces has exceeded space available. UCCS currently has 900 spaces for students to live on campus. About 600 students live in campus resident halls as part of the Summit Village and 300 live in apartment-style housing called Alpine Village.
HOW: Rent paid by students living in UCCS housing will repay bonds issued for construction. No tuition or state tax dollars will be used for the project.
WHO: Representatives from the Office of Student Residential Life, Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak and CU Regent Chair Kyle Hybl will lead the groundbreaking ceremony.
WHEN: 2 p.m. April 23
WHERE: Near the corner of Mountain Lion Way and Regent Circle on the western edge of the UCCS campus. For a campus map, visit www.uccs.edu/map.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Tom Hutton, Office of University Advancement, (719) 255-3439, (719) 351-6519, or [email protected]
MEDIA PARKING: Marked media vehicles do not need a parking pass and may park in any legal parking space at UCCS. Drivers of unmarked media vehicles should call Tom Hutton, (719) 351-6519 to make arrangements for parking.