Augsburg College’s $73 million, 135,000-square-foot Norman and Evangeline Hagfors Center for Science, Business, and Religion is the largest construction project underway at Twin Cities private colleges and universities. 聽included details on the project’s scope, timeline, and funding in an article that outlined summer building and renovation projects on campuses across Minnesota.
Scheduled to open in January 2018, the Hagfors Center will be Augsburg’s聽newest and largest academic building. The facility — designed by Minneapolis-based HGA Architects — features a student-centered layout聽that will foster intersections among areas of study and encourage collaboration.聽As the noted, the Hagfors Center was the focus of a successful $50 million fundraising campaign that exceeded its goal.
Comprehensive聽project milestone information is available through weekly updates on the Hagfors Center website.
The Star Tribune recently covered聽the start of construction on the Norman and Evangeline Hagfors Center for Science, Business, and Religion — Augsburg College’s much anticipated聽interdisciplinary academic building scheduled to聽open in January 2018. The article notes that the capital campaign for this building project was the most successful in the College’s history and so far has generated聽$54 million, which is eight times more than Augsburg has ever raised.