The west wing is open for business at Kwantlen's Langley campus. Langley Advance October 13, 2011
B.C.’s minister of advanced education Naomi Yamamoto spoke to a group of Kwantlen Polytechnic University first year students Wednesday, in the newly refurbished west wing of the Langley school. Dignitaries helped celebrate the revamped section of the local campus Wednesday afternoon.
Photograph by: Troy Landreville, Langley Advance
The Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Langley unveiled its snazzy new west wing Wednesday afternoon.
Dignitaries including B.C.'s minister of advanced education Naomi Yamamoto, Langley MP Mark Warawa, and Langley City Mayor Peter Fassbender, joined executives, staff, and students from the university as they celebrated the completion of an extension rebuild project at the local campus.
This project refurbished the entire west wing of the Langley campus student services area, creating a student gathering place for the Langley campus.
The project was funded by matching contributions of $872,500 from the federal and provincial governments.
"Kwantlen is an important member of Langley's community, and it supports a wide range of programs for students from many disciplines," Yamamoto said. "These improvements to student services facilities will ensure learners have access to needed resources as they develop the knowledge and skills they'll need to find good jobs to support their families."
Kwantlen Polytechnic University acting president John McKendry called the refurbished wing a "beautifully renovated space specifically designed to meet the needs of our students and the departments that serve them."
"It has benefited Kwantlen enormously in upgrading the Langley campus to support our role as a polytechnic university," McKendry added.
Kwantlen received more than $1.74 million from the provincial and federal governments for this renovation project. The funding came through the Knowledge Infrastructure Program, a joint federalprovincial investment designed to renew infrastructure at post-secondary institutions across B.C.
McKendry said the university is very thankful to the federal and provincial governments for their collaboration.
"This project could not have gone ahead without their financial commitment," he said.
