BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Central Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Central Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Quite recently\, campus announced a major gift for a new buildi ng to house a campus-wide Design Center. Much work has gone into this proj ect over the course of the past year—with participation from the College o f Education. Campus now is offering us an extraordinary window of opportun ity to provide collective input on this new facility.The new Design Center —which will break ground very soon—is particularly significant to the Coll ege of Education for a number of reasons.First\, the iconic center itself will be built in our immediate neighborhood: right across 6th Street in th e green field between Krannert Art Museum and the Business Instructional F acility.Second\, the Design Center will serve as a hub for a close-by "Des ign Complex\," which will include College of Education space.Third\, the c enter will provide substantial and exciting opportunities to engage our un dergraduate and graduate students\, as well as our staff and faculty membe rs\, in design-based programs\, learning\, thinking\, and problem solving. The campus is moving at an accelerated rate toward beginning construction\ , so NOW is our opportunity to participate\, vocally\, in the design of th e building and associated programs of study. We are inviting you to partic ipate in a College of Education Town Meeting dedicated to soliciting and c ommunicating your input to campus on the new Design Center. We strongly en courage you to attend!We look forward to seeing and hearing from you.Fouad Abd-El-KhalickAssociate Dean for ResearchMember\, Design Center Program W orking Group\nCost:Free and open to the publicSponsor:Bureau of Educationa l Research DTEND:20151111T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260906T204732Z DTSTART:20151111T210000Z LOCATION:IL\,USA\,Champaign SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:College of Education Town Hall Meeting for the new Campus-wide Desi gn Center UID:RFCALITEM639243064527992099 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Quite recently\, campus announced a major g ift for a new building to house a campus-wide Design Center. Much work has gone into this project over the course of the past year—with participatio n from the College of Education. Campus now is offering us an extraordinar y window of opportunity to provide collective input on this new facility.< br>
The new Design Center—which will break ground very soon—is particul arly significant to the College of Education for a number of reasons.

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  • First\, the iconic center itself will be built in our immediate nei ghborhood: right across 6th Street in the green field between Krannert Art Museum and the Business Instructional Facility.
  • Second\, the Desi gn Center will serve as a hub for a close-by "Design Complex\," which will include College of Education space.