Wel­come Cen­ter Con­struc­tion Pro­gress­ing

MISHAWAKA—Every­one knows the process of build­ing the new Wel­come Cen­ter on cam­pus has been a slow one; how­ever, af­ter break­ing ground, con­struc­tion of the build­ing has been mov­ing quite rapidly. 

Joe Zap­pia, di­rec­tor of Phys­i­cal Plant, is one of the key work­ers on the con­struc­tion.  

“Over­all, the pro­ject has gone very well,” Zap­pia said. “We are look­ing for­ward to mov­ing into the new fa­cil­ity and let­ting the stu­dents see. It’s go­ing to be re­ally im­pres­sive.”  

The elec­tri­cal work, plumb­ing and heat­ing have all been in­stalled and the in­su­la­tion is fin­ished. Next, the con­struc­tion work­ers will be do­ing sheet rock­ing. 

Con­struc­tion has gone well so far and there have only been a few mi­nor bumps along the way; con­struc­tion of­fi­cially be­gan on Nov. 11, 2019, and if every­thing con­tin­ues to run smoothly the Wel­come Cen­ter will be fin­ished on March 31, 2020, Zap­pia said. 

The new fa­cil­ity will be an ex­cel­lent ad­di­tion to Bethel’s cam­pus. It will serve as a place for prospec­tive stu­dents to come and be wel­comed onto Bethel’s cam­pus.  

There are many pos­si­bil­i­ties and op­por­tu­ni­ties that the Wel­come Cen­ter will pro­vide for the de­vel­op­ment of Bethel as a uni­ver­sity and it will be won­der­ful to see the build­ing com­pleted and ready to wel­come prospec­tive stu­dents to Bethel.