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8.27.07 UNIVERSITY CELEBRATES OPENING OF LONG-AWAITED STUDENT CENTER
As the University of Vermont community returned to campus for the start of a new academic year, the Dudley H. Davis Student Center, the $61 million campus centerpiece more than a decade in the making, celebrated its opening in a “green carpet” premiere — a nod to the building’s environmentally friendly design — on Sunday, August 26.
Designed to serve as a much-needed central gathering space for the campus, the 186,000-square-foot Davis Center is home to a variety of student organizations, from the Student Government Association to the student-run newspaper and radio station, The Cynic and WRUV; office space for the Department of Student Life; dining options, including local vendor New World Tortilla and music venue Brennan’s Pub and Bistro; vendor space for student-run, local product vendor Growing Vermont and a full-service Chittenden Bank branch; and meeting rooms, including a student game room and the fourth floor ballroom, just to name a few.
Though the building’s 4.3 acres of space, 1,500 tons of structural steel, 280,000 bricks, and 23,000 tons of concrete are a testament to its impressive size, its environmental footprint has been greatly reduced through efforts to obtain Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification in green design.