The kind of dynamic growth that HBU is experiencing brings a new excitement and vitality, as the sounds of construction echo across the campus. Two major new buildings are currently under construction - a unique residence college, The Lake House, and the University Academic Center.  

The Lake House Residence College

When the day dawns on the first morning of classes this fall, more than 370 students will begin a new era in HBU housing…living on the lake! 

The Lake House is designed specifically for today's student with housing options that make it a great place for students to call home from freshman year through graduation. Housing options include both apartments and suite-style housing - six floors of community living open to men and women offering unique opportunities for academic, spiritual and social growth.

Loaded with amenities to fit the busy lifestyle of today's college student, the New Residence College offers an exciting new opportunity for on-campus living. Amenities include a devotional chapel, soundproofed music practice rooms, a parlor, fitness room, on-site laundry facilities, activity lounge, and a concert pavilion on the lake.

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The New University Academic Center

The University Academic Center will house the Departments of Art, Communication and Languages; The Collegian student newspaper; the Honors College; and offices for the deans of the College of Arts & Humanities and the Honors College. The building includes space for an art gallery for display of student, faculty, and community work; a large lecture hall; two art studios for painting and drawing; three art studios for sculpture, printmaking, and ceramics; a large lecture hall; a student lounge; a computer lab; and additional office and classroom space. It will be a single story building with an elevated section (similar to that in McNair Hall) which will provide natural light to the expansive exhibition space and art studios.

A walled outdoor courtyard will provide space for ceramics classes and a separate glazing area. The facility will give students and faculty access to both electric and gas-fired kilns.

The new facility is designed to support an apprentice-style teaching environment for members of the art faculty and their students. Each faculty artist will have an office as well as an adjoining personal studio in which he or she can meet with students, create art, demonstrate techniques, and share ideas. Senior students will be assigned personal studios as well.

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