Sam Houston Village

This $19.3 million project is the most recent to open to freshman this fall. Sam Houston Village accommodates 530 students. Each suite houses two students and includes two bedrooms (one for each student), a bathroom, and a living area. The suite is fully furnished, and the kitchenette includes a microwave and an under-the-counter refrigerator.

Amenities include: card access security, elevators, underground parking garage, courtyard, state-of-the-art telephone system, low-cost long distance telephone service available, free Internet connection, and local cable service.

Card Access - Phase I

The beauty of initiating the Bearkat OneCard last year was its multipurpose. Not only does it serve as our official university ID cards and financial management tool, it also has the capabilities to provide secure access to buildings all over campus.

Phase I, which focuses on residence facilities, has been completed and includes the following residence houses: Baldwin, Mallon, Crawford, Creager, Estill, Belvin Buchanan, Elliott Hall, Jackson-Shaver, Mitchell, Lawrence, Allen, Adams, Barrett, Parkhill, Vick, Spivey and Randel. Also included in Phase I is the Residence Life Building and houses on the Hill; Houston, Alpha Chi Omega, Anne Shaver, Alpha Delta Pi, Gibbs, Zeta Tau Alpha, Rachel Jackson and Sigma Sigma Sigma.

Smith-Hutson Addition

The Smith-Hutson Addition will provide the College of Business with much-needed space and consolidation of its programs. Construction officially began on January 2004. The 47,475 square foot project is scheduled for completion May 2005 at a cost of $8.3 million. The Addition will support a comprehensive, modern learning environment and will include an auditorium, 15 classrooms, 39 faculty offices and two departmental suites, a student computer technology area, a reading/study area, and a robotics lab. The Addition will be joined to the existing building by an enclosed hallway that will connect both lobby areas and auditoriums, maximizing facility capability for large classroom gatherings, student receptions and related special events.

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Baseball/Softball Complex

Sam Houston State baseball and softball are getting new homes. Work on the new $5.5 million facility above Bowers Stadium started in late December, 2003. The facility includes a new baseball park, new softball field, spacious dressing areas, indoor hitting cage, lights and plenty of coaches' office space. Seating capacity is 1,200 for the baseball field and 600 for the softball field. The Bearkat baseball and softball teams hope to play their first seasons in the new facilities in 2005.

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Recreational Building and Pool

The Health and Kinesiology Center (HKC) expansion is a $6.7 million project which will add approximately 26,000 sq. ft. to our student recreational space. The new expansion will be tied into the existing HKC which will allow flow from one to the other. The new addition will include a 10,000 sq. ft. weight and fitness room, outdoor heated swimming pool equipped with lap lanes, 34 ft climbing wall and boulder, multipurpose room , changing rooms, access to indoor track with a stretching area and a new entry and lounge. The facility completion is scheduled for 2005.

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New Science Building and Farrington Renovation

The Legislature authorized $18 million in tuition revenue bonds for this project, which includes construction of a new building and renovation of the Farrington Building constructed in 1959.

The 62,000 square foot science building currently under construction will be the new home for the Department of Chemistry and the Forensic Science program. The three story building will include classrooms and teaching laboratories for Chemistry on the first floor, offices and research and teaching labs for Forensic Science on the second floor along with two shared teaching labs, and offices, research labs and advanced teaching labs for Chemistry on the third floor.

As soon as the Department of Chemistry has moved out of the Farrington Building, renovations will begin in the vacated space and in other areas of Farrington. The Committee is currently working on the logistics of maintaining classes and laboratory sections for the Department of Physics as this work is being done. Current estimates are for the move for Chemistry to occur in August or September of 2005.

Visitor and Alumni Center

During the project development process, the initial concept for a visitor center was expanded to include space for the Alumni Relations Office. This $2.4 M project, financed from fund balance, will ultimately fall under the direction of our new Vice President for Enrollment Management, Dr. Heather Thielemann.

Located adjacent to and West of the Estill Building, the Visitor and Alumni Center will serve as our new "front door". The first floor of this 12,500 square foot facility will house the Visitor Center, the second floor will house the Alumni Center and we will have our much needed elevator to the main campus level. The committee is working with experts on campus to incorporate the best and most interesting technology possible. We project construction to begin early 2005 with completion by the end of that year.