January 14, 2008
What happened: The Academic Senate held its first meeting of the new calendar year last Monday. Faculty and administration representatives deliberated over appointments to the committee overseeing the design and planned construction of a new Mediated Learning Center at De Anza. The proposed site for the building is directly south of the Flint Center parking structure in the vicinity of the California History Center.
Why this matters: The project, at an estimated $13 million cost, will involve a significant re-routing of De Anza’s perimeter road on the northwestern area of campus and may also require the demolition of nearby buildings and the elimination of up to 80 staff parking spaces.
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