Robert S. Nelsen recalled his first visit to Sequoia Hall shortly after becoming 萨克拉门托州’s president two years ago.
“The Bunsen burners didn’t work, so they were using hair dryers from Target to heat the chemicals,” he said at the formal groundbreaking ceremony for 囊状态’s new Science Complex on Monday, Sept. 18. “That's when I knew we needed a new science building.”
萨克拉门托 Mayor Darrell Steinberg, who followed Nelsen to the podium, joked: “Today is a bad day for the hair dryer industry.”
在奠基仪式结束后，总统罗伯特·s·尼尔森和赫基一起欢呼“竖起毒刺！” （博彩平台/Jessica Vernone） 更多的照片超过三百五十名学生、教职员、政要和大学的其他朋友到场欢呼，为耗资九千一百万元的科学馆揭幕。 It’s scheduled for completion in 2019年6月. 建筑工地位于盖伊西桥以南，紧挨着大黄蜂书店。
这座占地96,631平方英尺的建筑俯瞰着美国河，将有玻璃墙的研究和教学实验室，向外界展示科学。 It will be the first new classroom building erected since Mariposa Hall in 2000 and will set a standard for educating tomorrow’s scientists and engaging the greater 萨克拉门托 community.
最先进的综合设施将拥有30个配备最新仪器的尖端生物和化学实验室； a 2,500-square-foot planetarium with 120 seats for full-dome, high-definition “sky shows”; and a roll-back rooftop observatory housing 囊状态’s two telescopes for viewing the night sky.
除尼尔森和斯坦伯格外，在奠基仪式上挥舞着金锹的还有女众议员桃瑞丝·松井、众议员凯文·麦卡蒂、州参议员理查德·潘、博彩平台教务长王庆华。
“With this groundbreaking,” Matsui said, “囊状态 is taking a bold step for the future, planting the flag as a hub for STEM education, and letting everyone know that innovation happens here. … I can’t wait to come back for the ribbon-cutting two years from now.”
Pan called 萨克拉门托州 “a huge leader for the 萨克拉门托 region.” McCarty, who was “Made at 囊状态,” noted that the Science Complex will help students graduate in four years. And Steinberg said that the “building is a signal to young people that they matter, and if they’re interested in a career in science, choose 囊状态, because you can’t do any better than this.”
And Mia Kagianas, president of Associated Students, Inc. (ASI), and the ceremony’s emcee, likened the groundbreaking to a 1950s photograph of Walt Disney – a man with a dream – standing on the bare ground that would become “the Happiest Place on Earth.”
“The Science Complex is our Disneyland,” she said.
五层楼高的科学综合大楼的特色包括：
- It will meet the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED 去ld certification standards.
- A 235-pound polished cast brass Foucault pendulum will hang from the lobby ceiling and mark the Earth’s 24-hour rotation. 它也将作为建筑的一件艺术品。 The pendulum was the gift of the late Chien Yuan Hu, a 囊状态 professor of astronomy from 1966 to ’92.
- 科学广场将以学生和萨克州立社区感兴趣的教育展览为特色。
- Visitors to the second-floor rooftop “green terrace” will be able to see the pendulum’s movement through a skylight.
- 露台是一个可持续发展的迷你公园，将有助于隔离建筑的一部分，并收集雨水径流。
- Outdoor benches and tables, and cladding in the lobby and student alcoves, will be made from campus trees that were removed for PG&E’s gas pipeline upgrade.
- 集群实验室空间将增加不同学科之间的合作。
- 共享学习空间将允许学生在课堂外相互交流。
- 90 percent of 萨克拉门托州’s students, no matter their major, will be able to take classes in the Science Complex.
博彩平台（CSU）为科学综合大楼拨款7050万美元。 博彩平台正在从私人渠道筹集2000万美元用于设备和家具。
松井和她的丈夫，已故国会议员罗伯特·t·松井（Robert T. Matsui），为科学综合大楼的早期版本争取到了近150万美元的国会专项拨款。
在21世纪初，Sac州立大学为后来被称为科学与空间中心的东西起草了初步的计划和概念。 该项目经历了额外的规划阶段，2004年，罗伯特·松井（Robert Matsui）为该建筑获得了50万美元的联邦资金。 一年后，国会女议员松井为天文馆筹集了95万美元。 经济衰退推迟了国家拨款，该中心从未建成。
捐助者有机会在科学综合大楼和未来科学家的成功上留下自己的印记。 命名机会包括两个演讲厅（每个50万美元）、绿色露台（100万美元）、广场（200万美元）、天文台（250万美元）和天文馆（500万美元）。 礼品级别从1万美元起。 – 迪克西•里德
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博彩平台耗资九千万美元的综合科学大楼破土动工，萨克拉门托蜜蜂报
“Darrell Steinberg，萨克拉门托州立官员破土动工，耗资9000万美元的科学综合体，”萨克拉门托蜜蜂
“萨克拉门托州立科学大楼终于看到了突破性的进展，”CBS 13
“萨克州立大学将在新的科学综合大楼建造天文馆，”KCRA 3