CAMPUS EXPANDING PHYSICAL FOOTPRINT TO MEET STUDENT NEED

To accommodate the growing student body, Utah Tech University received a $5 million challenge grant this fall to go toward updating the institution’s student center.

“The Marc C. & Deborah H. Bingham Family Foundation has generously pledged $5 million of the $10 million needed to help us kick off our fundraising campaign to update the student center,” President Richard “Biff” Williams said. “We appreciate Marc and Debbie, their family, and the foundation board members for their commitment to higher education, our students, and the Southern Utah community.”

The matching grant includes benchmarks and milestones the University needs to meet, and the foundation board has committed to help Utah Tech secure the other $5 million.

In another effort to meet the needs of the University’s expanding student body, UT is adding its third on-campus housing facility in eight years. Set to open in fall 2024, Campus View Suites III will be home to 563 students and feature suite-style apartments and close access to campus resources.

Additionally, campus is set to gain a General Classroom Building with 45 classrooms, 105 faculty offices, and 20 study rooms in fall 2025.

As campus eagerly awaits the addition of these new facilities, it celebrated the addition of others this year. This fall, the University transformed the former Science Building into the Education Building, which now includes traditional classrooms and active learning spaces necessary for the college’s increased enrollment. Also this fall during Homecoming Week, Utah Tech dedicated the renovated westside grandstands of Greater Zion Stadium. The new space includes a state-of-the-art football locker room, press boxes, event space, and box seating.

Expanding UT’s reach beyond the campus’s physical footprint, the University added an education center to Water Canyon High School this summer and is currently working on the Panguitch Education Center to offer concurrent enrollment and collegelevel classes in these rural communities.

Most recently, Utah Tech University unveiled the Zonos Business Classroom in the Udvar-Hazy Business Building this January. The graduate studies classroom will serve students in the Masters of Accountancy program. Zonos has also partnered with Vasion to renovate Smith’s Computer Center to include study rooms and a more collaborative learning and presentation space.

“I deeply appreciate the continued dedication and support of our students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community that make our continued growth possible,” Williams said.