Groundbreaking events ahead

Original groundbreaking shovel

Ceremony schedule

Alumni Center

October 1, Founder’s Day, 1:30 p.m.

Westlake

October 22, 4 p.m.

Above: Shovel used in the 1897 groundbreaking.

Adjoining the back of Bradley Hall, the Hayden-Clark Alumni Center is designed to welcome alumni to campus. The balcony of its third-floor ballroom will overlook a new west quad for the campus. Alumni offices, meeting rooms, a library lounge, and a workspace for visiting alumni are also planned. JERRY HAYDEN ’59 and MARILYN KELLER HAYDEN ’61 and BOB CLARK ’67 and his wife Kathleen provided lead gifts for the facility.

The Westlake Expansion brings major changes to a building constructed in 1897 and 1910. Designed to achieve gold certification from LEED (Leadership in Energy Efficient Design), the “green” building will feature an auditorium, classrooms, labs, and offices for the College of Education and Health Sciences, as well as the Institute for Principled Leadership. The new design provides about five times the square footage of the current Westlake Hall. Funds from the Illinois capital improvement plan make the fall groundbreaking possible.

Watch both groundbreakings live at bradley.edu.

Westlake Expansion