Athabasca University to launch new Academic and Research Centre

September 15, 2008

Athabasca – Members of the media are invited to Friday’s launch of Athabasca University’s new Academic and Research Centre (ARC) on the university’s main campus in Athabasca.

The new $30 million dollar ARC will increase space on the AU campus by nearly 50%. Funding for the new facility was announced in August, 2007 by the Honourable Doug Horner, Alberta’s Minister of Advanced Education and Technology.

Construction of the new building will begin this fall, with an anticipated completion in the spring of 2010.

What: Community Breakfast and sod turning for AU’s new ARC Building

When: Friday, Sept. 19 at 8:00 am

Where: Main campus, 1 University Drive, Athabasca Alberta

Athabasca University is Canada’s leading on-line and distance education university. AU offers over 700 courses in more than 80 undergraduate, graduate and certificate programs to 37,000 students worldwide.

For more information, please contact:

For more information contact:

John O’Brien
Manager, Media Relations

Email: jobrien@athabascau.ca
Phone: 403-298-2931, 403-990-1131 (cell)

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Updated August 21, 2012