Concordia University plans to hold a groundbreaking ceremony for a 13,000-square-foot, two-story Concordia Center for Environmental Stewardship building.
Concordia University Wisconsin, located in Mequon, plans to hold a groundbreaking ceremony on July 14 for a $3.5 million, 13,000-square-foot, two-story Concordia Center for Environmental Stewardship building that will be constructed on the bluff overlooking Lake Michigan. The university recently restored the bluff. Concordia is hoping to obtain a LEED gold certification for the building.
The building will have laboratories, classrooms and a seminar room that can accommodate up to 200 people for presentations.
With its lakefront exposure, Concordia officials say the building will be a center for study of the Great Lakes and other environmental issues.
"When completed , the center will offer many educational programs and research in water stewardship and other sustainability education topics for Concordia University students as well as visiting area schools and the greater community," said Bruce Bessert, director of the Concordia Center for Environmental Stewardship Program.
Concordia has added new degrees because of the new Environmental Center, a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies, a bachelor’s in education with a minor in environmental students and a master’s degree in education with an emphasis on environmental education.
Construction is expected to be complete in time for the start of the 2010 academic year.
