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Ample natural lighting will exist throughout the building in open spaces, halls and stairways.
Building Updates
Click here to view the 3-D fly-through tour of the new CMU Education building, or click on a thumbnail image below to view conceptual designs and proposed layouts.
At nearly 135,000 square feet, the new Education Building will be featured prominently in the heart of CMU's 800-acre campus.
The dark exterior slate of the new facility was selected as a reminder of the slate blackboards commonly found in classrooms when the CMU teacher education program was founded in 1892.
A technology-rich environment that includes wireless internet access throughout the building will allow any open space or classroom to become a computer lab.
A technology-rich environment that includes wireless internet access throughout the building will allow any open space or classroom to become a computer lab.
An innovative computer lab will encourage students to explore new learning technologies in a 'sandbox' environment.
A 200-seat auditorium with advanced multimedia technologies offers an exciting learning environment for students, alumni, in-service teachers and more through seminars, lectures, conferences and presentations.
An exterior view of the 200-seat auditorium.
The new building will house a number of programs for young children, including the reading clinic and child development center.
Ample natural lighting will exist throughout the building in open spaces, halls and stairways.
An artist rendering of the building's exterior, viewed from the northwest side of the facility.
