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At a cost of $50 million, the two-phase project will provide a new Student Services Building on the site of the existing quad, which will house all student services. When that is complete, the Student Services Center will be demolished, and the second phase, which will house food services and HRM, will be built in its place. When that phase is complete, the current Cafeteria and Culinary facilities will be demolished to make way for construction of the new Commons central open space. The project responds directly to the goals of the Facilities Master Plan: to improve campus wayfinding, maximize land use, highlight and integrate the history of the campus, improve pedestrian access, create opportunities for synergies, improve disabled access on campus, and welcome the community.
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The first area to be landscaped was near the Planetarium, which, at that time, was a major entrance for community visitors. Two botany students began the project, but when they didn’t finish, they told their teacher, “Dad will take care of it.” “Dad” was Harry Nagawara, a successful Danville landscaper. He completed the museum project, and then was hired on a project-by-project basis until he was hired as DVC’s full time head gardener also serving as a consultant to all the architects who worked on campus. His visionary legacy lives on in the beauty of the campus as it exists today. Looking forward One of the most important objectives of the current DVC Facilities Master Plan, approved in 2007, is to provide a new central campus area. This objective has been achieved with the recently completed design of the new DVC Commons Project. This two-building complex funded by the 2006 bond measure will replace two of the oldest buildings on campus - the original Library (now the Student Services Center) and the Cafeteria, both at the heart of the original campus.
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Further, this project will incorporate sustainable LEED gold standard design principles and seek carbon neutrality in building operations. The college is incorporating sustainable building design strategies such as green roofs, building integrated photovoltaics, radiant heating and cooling, natural evaporative systems, natural day-lighting and air ventilation, low-flow water fixtures, recycled content building materials, and efficient artificial lighting and controls. ❖ Margaret Le sher Student Union
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Student life on campus Diablo Valley College students have been involved in campus life from those very first classes in fall of 1950, forming the first committees and student clubs almost immediately. The first student newspaper, East Contra Costa Junior College, also began in the fall of 1950. The paper has continued through the years, as East Campus, the Viking Reporter, and today as the Inquirer. The Associated Students of Diablo Valley College (ASDVC) is the student government at the college. The ASDVC is responsible for advocating for and representing students’ perspectives on college and district committees, councils and task forces. Currently there are 55 clubs on campus to meet students’ current needs and interests. Clubs range from lacrosse, soccer and Kendo, to nursing, business and architecture; from cultural, political and religious clubs, to free enterprise, clean campus, Red Cross, and International Students clubs. For more information, visit www.dvc.edu/students. ❖