BLINN COLLEGE TO COMMEMORATE OPENING OF STEI BUILDING AT CEREMONY FRIDAY
Blinn College will officially open its new Science, Technology, Engineering and Innovation Building on the Brenham Campus tomorrow (Friday).
The grand opening ceremony for the 72,000-square-foot facility will be held at 10 a.m.
The three-story building is located at the corner of College Avenue and Prairie Lea Street. It features 17,000 square feet of laboratory space and a 3,000-square-foot innovation center that includes a 3D printing lab, soldering space, robotics area and a space where students can work with interrelated computing devices.
The innovation lab comes equipped with a virtual reality space and a high-tech fabrication shop where students can use laser cutters to make precisely fitted materials.
The facility will also provide expanded spaces for Blinn’s science, engineering and health science programs, along with a weather station on the roof where students can monitor and gauge local weather.
The ceremony will feature words from College representatives and local dignitaries. The College will livestream the event on its YouTube channel.