"The grand opening is going to be around the last weekend in October," Raun said. "We're going to have a big alumni celebration, and university and community open house."
Eichhorn said the Henderson Hall renovation will be complete in mid-July and the Theatre Department will be completely moved in by July 20th. The department will have full use of the building to begin the fall semester.
Raun said the new location offers the department a chance to interact with Blacksburg and improve the quality of productions.
"We also look forward to having that location right on the seam of downtown, the bridge, in a way, between the university and the community so that when we do our theatre research we have perhaps a more physical, more welcoming front door for our explorations," Raun said.
She also said the building is more versatile than its current home.
"It's a more usable space than we have had in the Performing Arts Building," Raun said. "Our research will be more possible to accomplish."
New Hall West
Virginia Tech's newest residence hall will be completed in late July.
New Hall West, located on West Campus Drive, near the Career Services Building and Harper Hall, will be turned over to users on July 27.
While the building was begun prior to Tech developing plans for LEED certification, the new hall will have environmental upgrades over other dorms.
Eichhorn said the building uses low flow plumbing throughout the building and high quality windows and insulation.
However, no luxury is lost.
Eichhorn said it is distinguished from other residence halls by several factors.
Each resident will have their own bathroom, and each student room will have individual heating and air conditioning controls.
Eichhorn said high quality accent materials such as granite countertops are also a new feature of New Hall West.
Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs personnel will occupy the first floor of the hall.
Occupancy will be 263, with a full student kitchen on the third floor and laundry in the basement.
Washington Street
One of Tech's major roads is also undergoing renovation this summer.
Washington Street will be closed periodically to demolish and remove outdated steam piping and replace it with larger diameter pipes.
The renovations are aimed at providing increased capacity to the life sciences portion of campus.
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