{"id":14194,"date":"2014-09-20T12:46:59","date_gmt":"2014-09-20T16:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/?post_type=news&#038;p=14194"},"modified":"2014-09-23T12:40:19","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T16:40:19","slug":"dedication-academic-center","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/news\/dedication-academic-center\/","title":{"rendered":"University Celebrates &#8216;Crown Jewel&#8217; Academic Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive leadPhoto alignnone wp-image-14345 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/academic-center-dedication-group.jpg\" alt=\"Academic Center Dedication - Group Photo During Warrior Weekend 2014\" width=\"850\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/academic-center-dedication-group.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/academic-center-dedication-group-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/>A crowd of alumni, students, faculty, staff, and supporters of Indiana Tech gathered in the Academic Center\u2019s rotunda to dedicate the building that has been dubbed the \u201ccrown jewel\u201d of the campus.<\/p>\n<p>Janet Chrzan, chair of the Board of Trustees, welcomed everyone and described many of the building\u2019s features, which include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Classrooms, labs, offices and study spaces for Indiana Tech\u2019s growing College of General Studies (which includes the Center for Criminal Sciences and School of Education)<\/li>\n<li>An enhanced and enlarged space for McMillen Library, designed for the digital information age<\/li>\n<li>A multi-flex auditorium and theater<\/li>\n<li>The Ravi and Eleanor Talwar Leadership Center<\/li>\n<li>The Franco D\u2019Agostino Art Gallery, which will feature the work of local, regional and national artists on a rotating basis<\/li>\n<li>The Center for Creative Collaboration<\/li>\n<li>A contemporary art collection displayed throughout the building<\/li>\n<li>A caf\u00e9 offering sandwiches, salads, soups, and a variety of beverages including Starbucks coffees and teas<\/li>\n<li>A lounge for commuter students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Standing here in this wonderful space, it\u2019s plain to see how beautiful the Academic Center is. But what is far more important to all of us is what will happen in these spaces,&#8221; Chrzan said. &#8220;We created this place to be a center for student discovery, inspiration and growth. A place where students, faculty and staff can collaborate and do their best work together. They are building their futures here at Indiana Tech and building our future as a university along the way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chrzan then introduced President Arthur Snyder to discuss the time capsule being placed in the building for the future Indiana Tech community to open in 2064. Items in the time capsule include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A map of campus<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pull-right imgRight img-responsive alignnone wp-image-14193 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/time_capsule.jpg\" alt=\"Time Capsule\" width=\"400\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/time_capsule.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/time_capsule-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>The Warrior Legend<\/li>\n<li>Academic catalog<\/li>\n<li>Dining hall menu<\/li>\n<li>Printout of a final exam<\/li>\n<li>List of building donors<\/li>\n<li>Photos of students, the campus, Fort Wayne, and the \u00a0president, deans, and trustees<\/li>\n<li>Photos of building construction<\/li>\n<li>Photos submitted by students via Instagram<\/li>\n<li>Letters from the president and chair of the board<\/li>\n<li>Notes from the deans and faculty members<\/li>\n<li>Notes from students on daily life here, why they came to Indiana Tech, what they will be doing next<\/li>\n<li>Note from Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry<\/li>\n<li>Notes from building contractors<\/li>\n<li>A CD\/USB drive with president\u2019s videos, videos of students, athletic footage<\/li>\n<li>Indiana Tech flag<\/li>\n<li>Indiana Tech T-shirt<\/li>\n<li>Sample student ID<\/li>\n<li>2014 tassel from graduation cap<\/li>\n<li>Maximus bobblehead<\/li>\n<li>Tech hockey puck<\/li>\n<li>Mini flags for each country represented among Tech students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cI got kind of sentimental thinking about this time capsule,\u201d Snyder said. \u201cI got to wondering\u00a0. . .\u00a0when they open this in 2064, who the heck is going to be there?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He found an answer in his own office, intern Ashley Benvenuti.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s promised me she\u2019ll come back here when they open this capsule in 2064, and share with those Hoosiers and others who might be at this great university, what it was like to be here on this day,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>He then asked everyone to smile and say \u201cIndiana Tech\u201d as a photographer snapped shots of the crowd as the last item to be added to the time capsule before it is finally sealed.<\/p>\n<p>In closing, Snyder echoed Chrzan\u2019s comments on the feel of the building as lively place for student and faculty collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you walk in this building, when you feel the building, if you\u2019re here when students are going to class, this place makes you smile. It makes you happy,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s what we wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-14194","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>University Celebrates &#039;Crown Jewel&#039; Academic Center - Indiana Tech<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A crowd gathered in the Indiana Tech Academic Center rotunda to dedicate the building that has been dubbed the \u201ccrown jewel\u201d of the campus.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/news\/dedication-academic-center\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/news\/dedication-academic-center\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/news\/dedication-academic-center\/\",\"name\":\"University Celebrates 'Crown Jewel' Academic Center - Indiana Tech\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/news\/dedication-academic-center\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/news\/dedication-academic-center\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/academic-center-dedication-group.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-09-20T16:46:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-09-23T16:40:19+00:00\",\"description\":\"A crowd gathered in the Indiana Tech Academic Center rotunda to dedicate the building that has been dubbed the \u201ccrown jewel\u201d of the campus.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/news\/dedication-academic-center\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/news\/dedication-academic-center\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/news\/dedication-academic-center\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/academic-center-dedication-group.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/academic-center-dedication-group.jpg\",\"width\":850,\"height\":413,\"caption\":\"Academic Center Dedication - Group Photo During Warrior Weekend 2014\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/news\/dedication-academic-center\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"University Celebrates &#8216;Crown Jewel&#8217; 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