A new study lounge in the Business Building (BB 3.04.16) gives students a place to collaborate and focus on learning.
(Sept. 3, 2019) -- Students, faculty and staff will notice a variety of enhancements to the facilities on UTSA’s campuses this semester. Over the summer and throughout 2019, the UTSA Facilities team has been busy completing more than two dozen renovation and improvement projects around the Main and Downtown Campuses. The projects were completed to foster student success, create a positive and vibrant campus environment for the entire UTSA community, and to support UTSA’s growing student population.
Several UTSA lecture halls have been renovated recently to enhance the student learning experience.
Renovation projects were completed to enhance collaboration, inclusiveness, and functionality:
Additionally, UTSA civil and structural engineering students are now conducting research in the Large Scale Testing Laboratory. Located on the northwest side of the Main Campus, adjacent to Loop 1604, the building features a laboratory with two cranes that each have a 30-ton capacity for loading, unloading and transporting heavy specimens. Students, faculty and staff are conducting research in the building that simulates a wide range of building- and bridge-related structural challenges, including high cycle fatigue, earthquakes and blast loads.
At the Downtown Campus, a new Health Clinic in the Buena Vista Building (BVB 1.308) is providing medical services to students. Fiscal Services has a new location in the Frio Building (FS 2.402) and the Downtown Campus Police and Public Safety Office has relocated to the Frio Building (FS 1.528).
A bicycle and pedestrian pathway was added to parking lots BK1 and BK2 to improve safety and access for students.
To enhance safety, mobility and parking on campus, several projects have recently been completed:
Several indoor and outdoor lighting projects will improve safety and sustainability:
Over the summer, several maintenance projects were completed:
“Our Facilities team has worked very hard this summer to upgrade our Main and Downtown campus facilities and to create an environment that supports the success of our students, faculty and staff,” said Veronica Mendez, UTSA senior vice president for Business Affairs.
To foster success and the student experience, the UTSA Office of Facilities team has now turned its attention to new projects including construction of the Student Success Center. The complex, between the McKinney Humanities Building and North Paseo Building, will consolidate the university’s undergraduate advising services and select support programs into one area on campus to make it easier for students to access academic support programs and student success resources. The facility is expected to be complete by spring 2020.
A new Downtown Campus Recreation Center, complete with fitness machines, weights, and a separate exercise room is under construction in the Frio Building (FS 1.504) and will be ready for students to use later this fall.
Crews are also expected to break ground this fall on Guadalupe Hall, UTSA’s newest living and learning community. It is expected to be ready for freshman who will move in for the fall 2021 semester.
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