2008 Woodie Awards
Rendezvous ribbon cutting a 'wonderful moment of ISU history'
Courtesy of University Relations
Issue date: 9/12/07 Section: News
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A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held in the structure's atrium area, and tours of the new $43.5 million building followed.
This state-of-the-art facility features more than 50 multipurpose classrooms, a 120-station computer laboratory, 80 three- and four-bedroom apartment suites housing 301 students, a food court, a convenience store, a "Spirit Shop" selling ISU apparel, an art gallery and more.
A number of officials spoke at the event, including John Masserini, D.M.A., chair of the ISU Faculty Senate, who praised the building's functionality and its "stunning sense of esthetics."
Also speaking at the event were Associated Students of ISU President Jennifer Brown, Pocatello City Councilman Richard Stallings, Chubbuck Mayor Steven England, Idaho State Board of Education member Blake Hall, and Vice President for Student Affairs Lee Krehbiel, Ph.D.
"This facility is terrific, and important, but ultimately it's the human relationships, the social and intellectual ferment, the celebrations of achievement and considerations of ideas that matter, that will make this a special place in the academy," Krehbiel said. "Welcome to the adventure."
The building is situated across Martin Luther King Jr. Way from ISU's Eli M. Oboler Library. Students began moving into the housing units on Aug. 22.
While Rendezvous' various rooms, large and small, get most of the public's attention, the five-story atrium may be the building's showpiece. Windows span the entire width of the east end and half the length of the west end so many plants can receive sunlight.
The building houses the Faculty Senate Offices and has a three-room suite for conferences.
Classrooms are all equipped with computerized "smart podiums" used to display information on drop-down projection screens. Classes from all disciplines will be taught at the center. Two of the classrooms are fully equipped computer classrooms with a computer at each desk. The building also features a 250-seat lecture hall with a domed planetarium. This multistory room will function only as a lecture hall until a donor for an approximately $2 million planetarium projection system can be found.
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