MEDIA ALERT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Please Note: Due to anticipated rain, the groundbreaking ceremony for California State University Channel Islands’ new Santa Cruz Village student housing will be held indoors at the University Recreation Center located in Arroyo Hall located just north of Anacapa Student Housing. Weather permitting, participants will walk across to the site of the new Santa Cruz Village student housing at the conclusion of the ceremony.
California State University Channel Islands to Hold
Student Housing Groundbreaking Indoors Due to Rain
WHO: CSUCI Community
►Richard Rush, president
► Wm. Gregory Sawyer, vice president, Student Affairs
► Joanne Coville, vice president, Finance & Administration
► Anneka Busse, president, Student Government
► Deborah Wylie, associate vice president, Operations, Planning
and Construction
► Terry Ballman, chair, Academic Senate, professor of Spanish
► Sarah Toner Hawkins, student residence director
Dignitaries
► Deborah Farrar, CSU trustee
► Conrad Sick, senior vice president, Valeo Companies
► David Hight, president, HMH Construction
WHEN: Tuesday, February 28, 10:30 a.m.
WHAT: At the above date and time, California State University Channel Islands invites members of the community to join students, faculty, and staff for a groundbreaking ceremony for its second phase of student housing, Santa Cruz Village. The project, on a fast track for completion by the 2007 fall semester, will provide an additional 450 beds for students. Last year, more than 200 students were placed on a waiting list for student housing. Ventura County’s housing costs are among the highest in the country, and this additional student housing will allow more students to attend the growing University. The 112,000 square foot Santa Cruz Village complex, a mix of new and refurbished construction, will include study rooms, a game room, a multi-purpose room, lounges, a computer lab, a fitness room, a music room, and outdoor patio space. In addition, a time capsule for the John Spoor Broome Library, now under construction, will be on display. Julie Tumamait-Stenslie, a member of the local Chumash tribe, will offer a blessing.
