Tag: Cofrin Technology & Education Center
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Cofrin Library bids farewell to Phoenix Rising as UWGB campus transformation begins | Fox 11
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GREEN BAY (WLUK) — An iconic statue on the UW-Green Bay campus took flight to its new location. The 13-foot “Phoenix Rising” statue perched outside the Cofrin Library since 2019, migrated to its new, permanent home on campus Thursday. Crews lifted the statue made of steel and stainless steel using a crane and transported it across…
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UW-Green Bay kicks off $101 million library project with tribute to original inhabitants
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GREEN BAY (WLUK) — A special groundbreaking ceremony Thursday marked the start of a new library on the UW-Green Bay campus. Members of the First Nations community and UW-Green Bay celebrated the beginning of construction of the Cofrin Technology and Education Center (CTEC) with an Earth Honoring. The Earth Honoring intends to bring all people together to honor…
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UWGB begins work on new Cofrin Technology and Education Center
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – On Thursday, UW-Green Bay broke ground on a project that’s more than seven years in the making. Construction has begun for the new Cofrin Technology and Education Center. The university says the center will replace the Cofrin Library, which will remain open during the construction before being demolished. Those involved…
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University of Wisconsin-Green Bay honors inhabitants ahead of construction of new library | WFRV
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s (UWGB) newest library is set to begin construction soon, and members of the First Nations community gathered with school officials to celebrate specially. The Cofrin Technology and Education Center (CTEC) is a roughly $100 million project set to open in 2027 as the new library…
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UW Green Bay Cofrin Technology & Education Center receives approval
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – This week, UW Green Bay received approval to construct the new Cofrin Technology & Education Center to replace its aging library. A 2020 study done on the UW Green Bay library building concluded it would cost less to replace the building than to repair it. UWGB officials say once complete,…
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UW-Green Bay gets approval to start $101M Cofrin Library replacement
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GREEN BAY – The construction of the new library at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has been given the green light after the State Building Commission this week approved approximately $262 million in key projects across Wisconsin. UWGB will construct a new five-story Cofrin Technology and Education Center, according to the news release from Gov. Tony Evers. The…
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UW-Green Bay’s Cofrin Technology and Education Center receives state approval
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GREEN BAY (WLUK) — The green light has been given to replace the 52-year-old Cofrin Library at UW-Green Bay. Ground will be broken next spring on the Cofrin Technology and Education Center— a five-story, $101 million replacement approved recently by the state’s building commission. It will drastically change the landscape for the state’s fastest growing university, as the current…
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State Building Commission approves over $250 million for projects, including DOC facility upgrades
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Among the projects approved were several for University of Wisconsin campuses, including the construction of the new five-story Cofrin Technology and Education Center at UW-Green Bay. The building will house a library, the campus administration, and the Student Success and First Nations Education departments, and will be outfitted with a green roof, solar panels, and…
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Architect selected for the Cofrin Technology and Education Center
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Engberg Anderson Architects in association with Shepley Bulfinch has been selected by the Department of Administration Secretary to provide a proposal for professional design services for the Cofrin Technology and Education Center. The design process for demolition and construction of a new building of this size and scale will take place over the course of…
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Wisconsin State Legislature approves funding for replacement of Cofrin Library
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On June 8, 2021, the Committee on Joint Finance of the Wisconsin State Legislature approved $96,297,000 in funding for the removal of the current Cofrin Library to be replaced with the new Cofrin Technology and Education Center. This is the first state-funded UW-Green Bay major academic capital project to proceed to this point in the budgeting process…