Newest renderings of the Halbert-Walling Research Center show a lecture hall dominating a glassed-in lobby, reminiscent of other on-campus facilities, such as Williams Performing Arts Center and Hunter Welcome Center. A rendering of Onstead Science Center, formerly Foster Science Building, stands to the right.
The campus transformation begun 13 months ago under the Vision in Action initiative continues next week, as crews break ground on the new Halbert-Walling Research Center. The groundbreaking ceremony will take place at 11 a.m. next Tuesday, March 31, after which crews will begin constructing the 54,000-square-foot classroom and laboratory facility serving ACU’s biology, chemistry and biochemistry, and pre-health professions programs.
Halbert-Walling Research Center is named for David (’78) and Kathy (Gay ’78) Halbert, whose $15 million gift through their Caris Foundation was one of the three major contributions that will transform the ACU campus in a way not seen for 50 years, and for David Halbert’s grandfather, Dean Walling (’30), a former ACU trustee and chair of the Design for Development Campaign that led to the construction of numerous buildings in the 1960s and ’70s. An aerial rendering looking southeast shows Halbert-Walling Research Center situated south of Phillips Education Building and north of Nelson Hall, with Onstead Science Center at right and Gardner Hall in the background. The rendering includes a look at a reimagined quad for the campus’ south side.
Halbert-Walling is one of three science facilities to be built through the $75 million Vision in Action initiative. The Engineering and Physics Laboratories at Bennett Gymnasium have been completed, and crews continue to work on transforming Foster Science Building into Onstead Science Center. Across campus, the new Elmer Gray Stadium for soccer and track and field is on pace for an April 10 grand opening and Wildcat Stadium will be the first on-campus ACU football facility since World War II.
The groundbreaking for Halbert-Walling follows the demolition of Chambers Hall, the former residence hall, library, dining hall and academic facility whose piecemeal destruction can be seen via time-lapse video here. Halbert-Walling is scheduled for completion in Fall 2016.
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