The
future
of
STEM
education
in
Northeast
Ohio
is
taking
shape
at
Baldwin
Wallace
University
and
the
finishing
touches
are
right
on
time
for
a
January
2021
opening.
The Austin E. Knowlton Center is ready to welcome students, faculty and staff from the inviting exterior portico to the dramatic forum staircase that doubles as an indoor amphitheater space.
The inspiring space also features a soaring elevator shaft wrapped in wood panels crafted from reclaimed campus trees and two-story windows that offer a sweeping view of BW's North Quad.
The innovative spaces for STEM learning also set the center apart.
"BW is meeting the growing demand in burgeoning fields like data science and applied mathematics, computer and network security, and engineering," says Dr. James McCargar, associate dean of BW's School of Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Computing.
"We are equipping students for careers that are reshaping our future and empowering graduates to lead in ways we can only begin to imagine today."
McCargar adds that the Knowlton Center was designed with industry input and talent development in mind.
"The
building's
advanced
labs
will
encourage
collaboration
between
the
sciences
with
students,
faculty
and
regional
partners
from
a
range
of
disciplines
working
together
to
solve
unscripted
problems."
Among the highlights featured in McCargar's recent hard-hat, video tour (embedded below) are spaces that will be steeped in opportunity for hands-on, experiential learning and real-world collaboration with industry:
McCargar
concludes,
"The
Knowlton
Center
will
be
a
hive
of
essential
and
exciting
academic,
industrial
and
social
activity
for
Northeast
Ohio."