SNHU Student Center Undergoes a Transformation

In the summer of 2011 SNHU embarked on a reconstruction project of the Student Center. This started with planning for a two-phase project. The first phase would include a new entrance to the facility, a new Mailroom, Convenience Store/Coffee Shop, and a Concierge Desk.

The biggest challenge was that this project was a design/build experience. There isn’t anything wrong with this approach. In fact, it allowed us to have more flexibility, which in the end worked out great. This, along with a number of surprises that we have found after uncovering walls, ceilings, and floors, has made this a very long project. At the one-year mark we were still making decisions on the fly and moving forward slowly.

We finalized most of the details on phase two of the project by summer 2012 started to move forward quickly. The second phase included a new pub, a new studio for Radio SNHU, offices for the governing groups, Veteran’s Affairs, and the Diversity Initiative Office.

We officially completed the project in January 2013 and held a ribbon cutting ceremony in the fall of 2012. Follow this link to look at an article that talks about the reconstruction of the Robert A Freese Student Center:
Impact Magazine Article