Elder Anderson to visit BYU-Idaho to dedicate new facility
Elder Neil L. Anderson, of the Quorum of the Twelve, will visit BYU-Idaho on February 14th to dedicate the new Science and Technology Center and the Central Energy Facility on the campus.Anderson is a ranking member of church leadership for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who owns and operates the school. Anderson will dedicate the facility early in the day in a ceremony that will be held. Attendance to the dedication will be limited to only those with tickets. Later in the day the school with host an open house and tour of the facility. More details about the dedication can be found in the full press release which is included below:
Brigham Young University-Idaho invites students, employees, and the public to tour two of its newly completed facilities on Tuesday, February 14 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. The Science and Technology Center and the Central Energy Facility will open their doors to share how these new buildings are improving the student experience at BYU-Idaho.
Earlier in the day, Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will dedicate three recently constructed facilities on campus. The buildings to be dedicated include, the Science and Technology Center, the Central Energy Facility and the Agricultural Science Center. Due to space limitations, only those with tickets will be admitted to the dedication.
Located on the southern edge of campus on Sage Street, between Center Street and 1st West, the Science and Technology Center (STC) provides multifunctional labs, classrooms, open study areas, and faculty office space for the Departments of Animal and Food Science, Applied Plant Science, Computer Information Technology, and Computer Science and Electrical Engineering.
State-of-the-art laboratories and equipment in the STC provide students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences an applied learning environment that increases student engagement. The new workspace also enables Computer Science and Electrical Engineering students to engage in a wide range of collaborative projects. Within the STC, The CIT Department showcases current cyber-security monitoring, server and network management, coding, as well as innovative teaching and student mentoring. These new facilities will better prepare students for their careers as successful leaders and innovators.
Construction of the Central Energy Facility was completed in the summer of 2016. The natural gas power plant replaced the coal-fired boilers from the previous building with new, more efficient equipment. The facility was recognized by Rocky Mountain Power Company in August of 2016 for taking steps to increase energy efficiency across campus.
The Agricultural Science Center, formerly known as the Livestock Center, was acquired by BYU-Idaho in 1978 and is located about five miles west of the BYU-Idaho campus. Reconstruction on several buildings and construction of 13 new structures took place from 2015-2017. Sitting on 140 acres, the Agricultural Science Center has an indoor arena and classrooms used for instruction, along with structures that house livestock, providing students with hands-on experience in the field of agriculture and animal science. The new and remodeled facilities enable students to experience learning opportunities that were never before possible at BYU-Idaho. A separate open house will be held for the Agricultural Science Center in the spring.
