Fifteen months after closing for renovation, the doors of Missouri State University’s Siceluff Hall are again open to students, faculty and staff this fall. The building will be re-dedicated at 3:15 p.m. Aug. 28 as part of Legacy Day activities.
Speakers at the re-dedication include Missouri Sen. Norma Champion (R-30), Missouri State President Michael T. Nietzel, former Missouri State President Duane Meyer, and College of Arts and Letters Dean Carey Adams. A reception and open house will follow.
Total cost of the project was $9,939,355, with funds coming from the Lewis and Clark Discovery Initiative, which was appropriated by the General Assembly and approved by the governor. The facility now contains 67 faculty offices, two open spaces, 19 general classrooms, five computer classrooms and one high-technology classroom and will house the modern and classical languages department and the English department. Renovations to the building started at the close of the school year in 2008.
“We are delighted that Siceluff Hall has been reopened,” said Ken McClure, vice president for administrative and information services. “Siceluff, constructed in the 1920s, has been totally renovated and now includes state-of-the-art infrastructure and technology. Equally important, we were able to maintain the traditional character of Siceluff Hall. I believe that faculty, students, staff and alumni will be very proud of this facility.”
Construction of Siceluff Hall, originally Science Hall, started on Oct. 21, 1924. The cornerstone was laid on May 1, 1925, with construction reaching completion in 1930. It was the third facility built on campus and housed the departments of science, agriculture, mathematics, foreign languages and home economics. The building was named for long-time educator Dr. Harry Siceluff in 1975.
The renovation of Siceluff Hall was part of the university’s Facilities Reutilization Plan (FREUP) Phase I. Architectural and engineering consultants for the project were The Clark Enersen Partners; general contractors were Carson-Mitchell, Inc. Ken Boatright (project manager) and Brad Kielhofner (superintendent of design and construction) led the efforts of Missouri State’s design and construction department. Doug Sampson was the university architect.
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