A Season of Growth: A Look at Campus Improvements

LEAVING THEIR MARK

In early March, Westminster students and regional government representatives, including state Rep. Mark Longietti ’85, second from right, and Rep. Chris Sainato, third from right, sign a steel girder that will provide the framework for the new addition to Hoyt Science Center.

Season of GROWTH

The buildings and grounds of Westminster College have been largely empty since mid-March, but things blossoming on the south side of campus. With construction projects permitted to resume in Pennsylvania, Westminster is wasting no time. The Hoyt Science Center expansion is well under way and construction of the new athletic fields is in full swing.

The $11.2 million Hoyt Science Center renovation will add 27,000 square feet to the existing science building in the form of a new three-story wing. Six teaching laboratories, three research laboratories, 10 faculty offices and several student collaboration spaces will benefit the growing number of STEM majors on Westminster’s campus. Currently students enrolled in STEM-related majors account for one-third of the student body.

Hoyt is expected to be completed in 2021.

The new athletic fields being constructed include new softball and baseball fields and the UPMC Sports Complex, which will serve as home to the men’s and women’s lacrosse and soccer programs. The UPMC Sports Complex will also include the west-end existing tennis courts, which will be expanded and refurbished at a later date. The construction is all part of the Titan Corridor plan.

All of the fields are scheduled for early 2020-21 fall completion.

Scenes of the ongoing construction to Hoyt Science Center, the future UPMC Sports Complex and the future softball field.