More Hub/Robeson Project Forums Set

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University Park, Pa. -- The public is invited to attend an open forum on the planned HUB/Robeson Center complex. The forum will take place Thursday, April 17 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the HUB Gallery Lounge.

There will be a current status report and planning timelines. Members of the HUB/Robeson Center Building Design Committee and a representative from the architectural firm Williams Trebilcock Whitehead will be available to discuss the project. Attendees will be able to ask questions.

The Penn State Board of Trustees recently approved the final plans for a single complex that jointly will expand the Hetzel Union Building and house the new Paul Robeson Cultural Center at the University Park campus.

Designed by Williams Trebilcock Whitehead Architects of Pittsburgh, the HUB/Robeson project will add 91,000 gross square feet to the existing 154,000 gross square feet comprising the HUB. The construction will expand and renovate portions of the HUB, and add a new Paul Robeson Cultural Center.

Sitework is slated to begin in May with building construction starting in July. Completion is targeted for the beginning of fall semester 1999.

For more information, contact 865-7661.

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