This past year, when NBBJ, an architectural firm with a luminous lineage that spans the globe, was faced with a design challenge at Alfred University’s New York State College of Ceramics (NYSCC).
The 65,000-square-foot Mission College Student Engagement Center, phase two of the Main Building replacement project, serves as the institution’s new front door. Centria’s Formawall and EcoScreen transform the building into an energy-efficient gateway to the college itself.
Simpson Strong-Tie, a company in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, hosted more than 30 college students awarded with a Simpson Strong-Tie Student Scholarship for the 2018–2019 academic year.
Construction trades had the largest percentage increase in enrollment at four-year institutions between spring 2016 and spring 2017 – 26.4 percent – according to a recent report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.