Fast Facts about the New Academic Center
- The $48 million project is one of the largest single construction projects in the history of northeastern Wisconsin’s New North and is expected to generate more than 2,000 construction-related jobs over the next three years.
- The four-story, 191,000-square-foot building will contain 27 state-of-the-art classrooms, two lecture halls, 23 labs and dozens of breakout, study and project rooms.
- The building will be home to administrative, faculty and program offices of the College of Business along with five departments and five programs of the College of Letters and Science.
- By incorporating renewable energy sources and sustainable principles, the project, designed for a gold LEED rating from the U.S. Green Building Council, is expected to save the University more than $182,000 annually.
- VOA of Chicago, in association with Berners-Schober Associates Inc. of Green Bay, designed the building.
- Construction is estimated to take 22 months, with the grand opening planned for fall 2011.
- UW Oshkosh’s more than 13,000 current students and tens of thousands of future students will be impacted by what is sure to be one of the Midwest’s most distinctive academic buildings.
In Action
"The campus educates people who we have an opportunity to hire. I was a business student there before I went into this business. Some students work part-time for us, and several of our employees have attended UW Oshkosh. There are many businesses that wouldn't be here if it weren’t for the University."
Tom Schuster, Vice President Muza Sheet Metal Co.