Ribbon cut, new research building open
Cara Anthony
News Editor
Issue date: 3/29/07 Section: Campus News
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TSU officially opened the newly-constructed Research and Sponsored Programs building with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, March 27.
The building, which is located between Hubert B. Crouch and Jane Elliott halls, is the first building of its kind within the Tennessee Board of Regents system.
TSU President Melvin N. Johnson, Former TSU President James A. Hefner, Vice President for Research and Sponsored Programs Marcus W. Shute cut the ribbon to mark the opening of the building.
"I believe that we were very successful in what we have accomplished," Johnson said as he noted that the facilities will promote the growth of the university's doctoral programs and other research majors.
The construction of the building is expected to have cost $8 million, according to The Meter's archives.
"We deserved it," Hefner said referring to the advancements that TSU has made in research over the years as an HBCU. "We are out there by ourselves."
The newly-opened Research and Sponsored Programs building has only its first phase of completed. The 62,000 sq. ft. open portion will enhance research and innovation, according to Shute.
In August, the U.S. Department of Defense's Air Force Office of Scientific Research awarded $1 million grant to fund the project.
Three co-located research units in the building will include the Nanoscience and Biotechnology laboratories and research programs, the Center Excellence in Information Systems Engineering and Management and the Center of Excellence in Learning Sciences.
The units will provide state-of-the art instrumentation and expertise in molecular biology, biotechnology, nanoscience, computer science and robotics, computational sciences and mathematics astronomy, and learning sciences.
Inside the building are multiple conference rooms, two state-of-the-art seminar rooms, an administrative suite for the division of research and sponsored programs, and a 10,000 sq. ft. animal research facility is planned for the ground floor.
U.S. Army Major General Ronald L. Johnson, who served as keynote speaker at the University's Research Symposium, also noted the significance of the building opening.
"This facility represents the growth and development for TSU," General Johnson said.
Shute, however, said that the second phase of the building will be completed approximately 18 months after additional fund raising is completed. The second phase will provide an additional 21,000 sq. ft of research space that expands the animal research facility, the cell biology center, and house computational sciences.
James Bland, a freshman biology from Versailles, Ky., said he believes the building is an asset to the university and plans to use it for research during his junior and senior years.
"It's an advancement for black colleges in general," Bland said. "We are moving up."
The building, which is located between Hubert B. Crouch and Jane Elliott halls, is the first building of its kind within the Tennessee Board of Regents system.
TSU President Melvin N. Johnson, Former TSU President James A. Hefner, Vice President for Research and Sponsored Programs Marcus W. Shute cut the ribbon to mark the opening of the building.
"I believe that we were very successful in what we have accomplished," Johnson said as he noted that the facilities will promote the growth of the university's doctoral programs and other research majors.
The construction of the building is expected to have cost $8 million, according to The Meter's archives.
"We deserved it," Hefner said referring to the advancements that TSU has made in research over the years as an HBCU. "We are out there by ourselves."
The newly-opened Research and Sponsored Programs building has only its first phase of completed. The 62,000 sq. ft. open portion will enhance research and innovation, according to Shute.
In August, the U.S. Department of Defense's Air Force Office of Scientific Research awarded $1 million grant to fund the project.
Three co-located research units in the building will include the Nanoscience and Biotechnology laboratories and research programs, the Center Excellence in Information Systems Engineering and Management and the Center of Excellence in Learning Sciences.
The units will provide state-of-the art instrumentation and expertise in molecular biology, biotechnology, nanoscience, computer science and robotics, computational sciences and mathematics astronomy, and learning sciences.
Inside the building are multiple conference rooms, two state-of-the-art seminar rooms, an administrative suite for the division of research and sponsored programs, and a 10,000 sq. ft. animal research facility is planned for the ground floor.
U.S. Army Major General Ronald L. Johnson, who served as keynote speaker at the University's Research Symposium, also noted the significance of the building opening.
"This facility represents the growth and development for TSU," General Johnson said.
Shute, however, said that the second phase of the building will be completed approximately 18 months after additional fund raising is completed. The second phase will provide an additional 21,000 sq. ft of research space that expands the animal research facility, the cell biology center, and house computational sciences.
James Bland, a freshman biology from Versailles, Ky., said he believes the building is an asset to the university and plans to use it for research during his junior and senior years.
"It's an advancement for black colleges in general," Bland said. "We are moving up."
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