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Brady Commons, which is being transformed into the new MU Student Center, has been under construction since April 2005.
The expansion, now nearing completion, will double the size of the former complex.
- Outdoor seating is available at the University Bookstore at the new student center. Five new restaurants are scheduled to open in the Student Center at 7 a.m. on Aug. 18.
- Amanda Chandler, an art student, searches the shelves for books at the MU bookstore before classes start. The TigerCard office is also located in the bookstore.
- Elliott Cade helps Amanda Meyer find her box of “early bird” textbooks at the MU bookstore. Students may reserve textbooks online and pick them up at the start of the semester.
- Students shuffle up the stairs to the second floor of the MU bookstore to reach the back of the line to purchase textbooks on the first day of a fall semester.
Phase 1 of the expansion project resulted in the opening of the University Bookstore, TigerTech, ID Office, UMB Bank and Truman's Takeout.
This phase also included the Auditorium, Leadership Lounge and Center for Student Involvement.
The Center for Student Involvement holds Student Governments, Organization Resource Group, Greek Life, Campus Activities, Service and Leadership offices, New Student Programs, the Box Office and the Student Design Center.
Phase 2 originally had a completion date of Spring 2011, but it should be finished by Homecoming Week in mid-October, Student and Auxiliary Services’ Public Relations Manager Michelle Froeze said.
"We’re very excited that students will get to use their facility early," Froeze said.
Official opening ceremonies will be from 2 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 21. There will be a “Welcome to Your Student Center” tailgate lunch, sponsored by the Homecoming Steering Committee and the Missouri Student Unions.
The commons portion, which includes over 500 seats and five restaurants, is scheduled to open at 7 a.m. on Aug. 18.
Phase 2 includes:
- Mizzou Market
- Student Entrepreneur Center
- Digiprint copy center
- ATMs and a bank
- Mort’s, a grill next to a new gaming area
- Nine meeting rooms for student use
- Mizzou Traditions Lounge
- The Shack, a programming/event space for 200
- Fireplace Lounge
- Social Justice Center
- Student Media and Publications
The renovation of Brady Commons developed after MU students voiced their need for a mutual meeting place, as well as an improvement to student facilities.
According to the MU Student Center website, “Student voices are at the heart of this project.”
MU sophomore Morgan Stone said he was "super excited."
"I hear there’s gonna be a lot of fun things to do,” he said.
For more information, go to mustudentcenter.com or find the MU Student Center on Facebook at facebook.com/mustudentcenter.
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