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SAC
Holds Groundbreaking for New Construction
For
Immediate Release
December 14, 2006
Contact: John Hammond, Director of Public Relations,
San Antonio College
210/733-2147
jhammond@accd.edu
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Nursing-Allied
Health Building |
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Academic
Complex |
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Parking
Garage |
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Pictured:
[L to R] John Strybos, Director, ACCD Facilities Operations
& Construction Management; Gary Beitzel, ACCD
Board of Trustees; Bill Richardson, SAC Interim Dean
of Arts and Sciences; Dr. Bruce H. Leslie, ACCD Chancellor;
Dr. Robert E. Zeigler, SAC President; Roberto Zárate,
ACCD Board of Trustees Chairperson; David Mrizek,
SAC Director Planning and Budget, and college Capital
Improvements Project liaison; Dr. Kristine Ford Clark,
SAC Executive Vice President; Foster Gene Rutherford,
Vice President of 3D/Foster; and Dr. Lula Westrup
Pelayo, SAC Dean of Professional and Technical Education
Photo
by Leonard Ziegler
Today San
Antonio College and Alamo Community College District
officials held a Groundbreaking Ceremony near the
site of the construction on a new Nursing-Allied Health
Building, an Academic Complex, and a Parking Garage.
Speakers
included SAC President Robert Zeigler, ACCD Chancellor
Bruce Leslie, and ACCD Board Chair Roberto Zarate,
Vice President of 3DI/Foster Gene Rutherford, and
Director of ACCD Facilities Operations and Construction
Management John Strybos. The gathering included college
faculty, staff, students, administrators, college
user groups, architects, contractors, and community
oversight committees, Fifth grade students from neighboring
Travis Elementary School, and others. SAC Outstanding
Former Student Patsy Torres opened the event singing
the National Anthem.
The construction
project is a result of a $450 million ACCD Bond Issue
passed a year ago by Bexar County voters, $79 million
of which is earmarked for new construction at San
Antonio College, in addition to renovation of existing
buildings and enhancements to infrastructure.
“The
SAC Nursing-Allied Health Building will significantly
increase the number of our nursing graduates, helping
to fill a growing nation-wide need for well-trained
nurses,” said President Robert Zeigler.
He said,
“Taken together, this new construction will
make it possible to serve our community better, to
meet the demands of industry more effectively, and
to create more educational and career opportunities
for our students, which is our primary mission.”
Zeigler
added that the Parking Garage (1100 parking spaces)
is scheduled for completion in January 2008 and the
Nursing-Allied Health Building (over 120,000 sq. feet)
and Academic Complex (124,000 sq. feet) will be operational
by summer 2008.
For more
information about the construction, contact John Strybos
at 733-2235.
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