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Show VERNAL CAMPUS TO BE COMPLETED JULY 2008 Construction to be underway on UBATC-USU facility . 43 :,"Sw I v S!Q .siT rt -St if, : SJ mrr-is f ; -ff4- I - - I ffte& If I I - -.i.4--r J . I. VXU s I BSSSSSS '(""! i I asssE( rjTCJi? I "i I I I I I I "'CialL I I r 1111 1 fJ 1 " - H M V . t-" -rjr.- -s J j ; pj-.-ji-pj jt j i I ff. 1 I j- j j 1 l 1 -4- Masaalla The two buildings on the new UBATC-USU UBATC-USU campus will house very different types of course offerings. The building on the right will be used almost exclusively by UBATC students for industrial, automotive, heavy equipment and petroleum technology courses. The building to the left will consist of two floors and house both ATC and USU offices, science labs, the media center and health science classrooms and the commons area. By Lezlee E. Whiting Those who spoke at the ground breaking ceremony for the $ 1 7 million Uintah Basin Applied Technology College Col-lege and Utah State University Uintah Basin facility in Vernal heralded the project as an historic effort that took immense perseverance and cooperation. coopera-tion. Elected officials, civic leaders and higher education leaders were congratulated congratu-lated for carrying the project, along with all of its challenges, throughout the 14 years it took to see it through to completion. "There were several times this project proj-ect could have been dropped but ... no one ever said, Vhat's the use, why do we try?' They simply said, Ve'U keep trying" said UBATC President Paul Hacking. Donors were thanked for their extreme ex-treme acts of generosity, no one more so than Vernal businessman Bob Williams Wil-liams who gave USU 138 acres valued at $5.3 million. The land is ideally located across the street from Uintah High School Those who planted the seeds for higher education opportunities in the Continued on page 9 An aerial view of the section of Maeser where the new UBATC-USU Uintah Basin buildings will be built. School officials must still decide on the best way to connect the Uintah High campus with the college buildings across the street. A sky walkway or underground tunnel are being considered. Anew road will also be constructed to allow for better access to the new college campus. |