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Measure E Bond Program

Science Community Center and Great Valley Museum

MJC Science Community CenterProject: Science Community Center and Great Valley Museum

General Use: Science Instruction and Museum

Square Feet: 109,000 gsf

Status: COMPLETE

Architect: Lionakis

Contractor: Brown Construction

Budgeted Cost: $59,650,000

Construction Start: May 2010

Opening: May 2013

Project Goal

Expansion to reduce wait lists for anatomy, biology, chemistry, microbiology, and physiology. The project will include the SME division office, science labs, prep rooms, lecture classrooms, and faculty offices. The Great Valley Museum will have natural history exhibits, a lecture room, museum store, and outdoor exhibits.

Overview

This proposal provides for a new Science Community Center, to be constructed at Modesto Junior College West Campus. This facility will include the Great Valley Museum (GVM), instructional labs and lecture rooms supporting Geology, Astronomy, Earth Science, Botany, Zoology, and Biology with a planetarium and observatory. The MJC Science Community Center will fulfill multiple purposes in that it will serve as an instructional facility for our students, while also meeting the growing need for science education and science literacy in our community. This new Science Center will allow MJC to provide leadership in science education, literacy, and outreach.

Additional classroom space will accommodate the growth that life sciences have encountered, promote new partnerships within the local educational community, and allow for greater student success and provide experiences not now available to MJC students. Additionally, bringing programs to state-of-the-art capabilities only further enhances community outreach, fosters new educational experiences for the entire community, and documents the college's commitment in providing the best possible product for both its students and the community it serves.

The community looks to MJC to be a leader in science education, literacy, and outreach. The New Science Community Center, consisting of new laboratories, classrooms, the Great Valley Museum, will allow MJC to provide that leadership. This facility, with its additional classroom space will provide for the growth the Science, Mathematics, and Engineering (SME) division has encountered, promote new partnerships within the local educational community, and allow for greater student success and provide experiences not now available to MJC students. This facility will bring a much-needed facility to the region and will have the potential for revenue generation.

News

The project has been completed

Project Status Updates

Current Bulletin: 5/29/2013

Previous Bulletin: 5/7/2013

Earlier updates have been archived. Please contact the webmaster for access.

Links of Interest

MJC Science & GVM Presentation (4.4MB)

MJC West Campus Plaza Design, July 2009 (2MB)

MJC Science Community Center, May 2010 (1.9MB)