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Supporting Education,
Boosting the Economy
Advanced Training and Education Deliver a Strong Workforce
With globalization, technology, and the need for an

seating areas. Hands-on learning labs and well-equipped

educated workforce driving employment trends, many

classrooms highlight the academic and training areas,

students today benefit from advanced educational

where students learn skills in carpentry, cosmetology,

opportunities provided through community colleges,

graphics and imaging, health science, and design and

vocational training centers, and unique partnerships

construction.

between businesses and institutions of higher education.
Communities across the United States are responding to

Meaningful Partnerships

this evolving need for a qualified labor force by creating

In Raleigh, the opening of a new living and learning

state-of-the-art, flexible environments that inspire and

community on the Centennial Campus reflects the

support interactive training and collaborative learning.

success of North Carolina State University's (NCSU)

New Life for a Vacant Building

vibrant mixed-use research park. The campus provides
laboratory and office space in a setting that encourages

In Oklahoma, Tulsa Tech recently opened its seventh

collaboration and partnerships among more than 75

career and technical training campus on a 6.6-acre site

NCSU departments and institutes, as well as corporations,

in Sand Springs. The new 71,000-square-foot academic

K-12 schools, and government partners.

and student services building, designed by Dewberry,

Dewberry has provided engineering and surveying

was created through a major expansion and renovation

services at the campus for many years and most

of a former car dealership-a vacant building with a

recently supplied mechanical, electrical, and plumbing

prominent location along Charles Page Boulevard.

engineering services for the new LEED®-Silver campus

The two-story addition added an atrium lobby

living facility, Wolf Ridge at Centennial. Designed by LS3P

that serves as a student commons and multi-purpose

Associates with Sasaki Associates, the 550,000-square-foot,

gathering area for conferences and special events. The

apartment-style community offers a number of student

dining area accommodates 120 people, and overlooks

amenities, including a 20,000-square-foot dining facility,

a landscaped courtyard with a fountain and informal

marketplace, fitness center, and student bookstore.

Tulsa Tech's vision for a former Ford dealership
property has resulted in a community centerpiece
for advanced training and education in the city of
Sand Springs, Oklahoma.

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The new Wolf Ridge at Centennial
adds approximately 1,200 beds
and student amenities to NCSu's
research-oriented campus in Raleigh.
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