The Science 1 Building at California State University, Stanislaus reopened for classes on Monday at the start of the spring semester, following a two-year seismic retrofitting and extensive renovation project. The two-year, $18 million project was funded by the state through the sale of lease-revenue bonds, a source separate and distinct from the general state appropriations that fund university operations, and was completed on time and within budget.

One of the oldest buildings on campus, Science 1 had its interior completely remodeled during construction, adding eight new classrooms and an open computer lab to the original floor plan. It will be the new home for the CSU Stanislaus departments of mathematics, philosophy and modern languages, as well as the School of Nursing, which now boasts a cutting-edge simulation lab to give hands-on training to the region’s next generation of nurses.