Farmingdale State College in Farmingdale, New York, has broken ground on a $75 million Computer Sciences Center.
The Center will have new classrooms, computer labs, seminar spaces and a collaborative space for industry-related vendors. It will support Farmingdale’s growing computer and information science programs, which have experienced a 40% increase in enrollment over the last five years.
The 52,000-square-foot facility aims to be Farmingdale's first Zero Net Carbon Ready building.
The three-story structure will integrate seven academic programs in a single building: baccalaureate programs in computer programming and information systems, computer science, computer security technology, geographic information systems and science, and science and technology & society.
It will also incorporate the college’s technology management graduate program and a host of certificate programs.
In addition, the Center will house an 1,800-square-foot business incubator on the ground floor for use by local computer and information technology industry businesses.
The architect is Urbahn Architects.
Funding for the project comes from a $30 million investment through Empire State Development’s Long Island Investment Fund and $45 million in capital funding from SUNY.
