Summer 2008 kicks off Phase II of the new Willow International Community College Center. The new 80,000-square-foot building will house the student services office, a 7,700-square-foot library, data processing, science labs, nursing labs, physical education, distance learning classrooms, lecture hall, classrooms, faculty and administrative offices, and meeting rooms.

Students will find ample parking when they pull up to campus to an additional four parking lots. Phase II includes the addition of 745 parking stalls on four paved lots on the west and south sides of campus.

Phase II is funded with 50 percent state dollars and 50 percent Measure E dollars. The total budget for this project is $38,523,000. With the passage of state Proposition 1D, also known as the Higher Education Bond, SCCCD was able to secure half of the funding for this project from the state of California. When the local voters passed Measure E, it not only secured local tax dollars for the District, but it also gave SCCCD priority points when applying for state funding. When a community college applies for state funding it competes with 110 California community colleges. If a college has the support of its local community, the state is more likely to assist in funding its projects.

Phase I of the Willow International Center is complete and its doors opened for classes in fall 2007. The new full-scale Willow International Center campus serves more than 4,500 students from the Fresno, Clovis and foothill communities. The 80,000-square-foot academic center has a state-of-the-art computer lab and classroom facilities, as well as an art studio, bookstore, multimedia studio, physics and science laboratories, assembly hall, distance learning classrooms, library, and Internet café.

In partnership with Clovis Unified School District, the Willow International Center is home to the new Child Development Center for high school and college students taking child development and preteaching courses.

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