May 4, 2005
INFORMATION: John McElwain or John Green, (661) 362-3494 or 3684
Media Advisory
GROUNDBREAKING EVENT FOR HIGH TECHNOLOGY BUILDING
Subject: Groundbreaking Ceremony
Time: 10 a.m. Thursday, May 5, 2004 (The event should take about 30 minutes)
Place: College of the Canyons, outdoors, West Side of “S” building
Contact: John McElwain, (661) 362-3494
Event: A groundbreaking ceremony for the 49,505-square-foot, $17.5 million, High-Technology Classroom Building. The building is being funded in part by the bond (Measure C) that was passed by voters in November 2001 and from a statewide bond measure. When it is completed, it will be the largest building on the College of the Canyons campus.
The building is scheduled to open in late 2006 and will house the business, cinema, computer information technology, computer science, communications studies, economics and journalism programs. It also will include offices and other support spaces required for the programs.
Speaking at the event will be Joan MacGregor, president of the college’s Board of Trustees; Dr. Nancy Smith, interim dean of instruction at the college; and Dr. Dianne Van Hook, superintendent-president.
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