Campus Tour

Science Building

Home to the college’s School of Natural and Social Sciences programs, the Science Building is currently undergoing major construction. Scheduled for completion in 2014, the newly named Science and Mathematics Complex will contain state-of-the-art research and teaching facilities.

Inside: Administrative offices, classrooms (Smart Classrooms 220, 272), greenhouse, incubation room, lounges, research laboratories, Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium.

Departments

• Biology Department
• Chemistry Department
• Earth Sciences and Science Education Department
• Physics Department

Facilities

• Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium

Occupancy Date: Building I, 1964; Building II, 1967
Square Feet: 171,510

History

Nobel prize-winning physicist Edward Teller dedicated the 50-seat planetarium in February 1966. The 25-foot-diameter sky theater presents shows for thousands of people each year.