The new Math, Science and Engineering Technology Center at Northeast Alabama Community College opened in June with 46,000 square feet of classrooms and offices.
Contributed photo courtesy of Northeast Alabama Community CollegeBY THE NUMBERS$10.5 million: Construction cost8: Classrooms8: Laboratories2: Lecture halls with tiered seating100: Computer terminals for students and facultySource: Northeast Alabama Community College
Students headed to class this month for fall semester at Northeast Alabama Community College in Rainsville will find a $10.5 million, 46,000-square foot facility aimed at technology waiting for them.
The Mathematics, Science and Engineering Technology Center, dubbed the MSET Center for short, houses classrooms, laboratories, lecture halls for students in anatomy, biology, mathematics, physics and engineering classes.
The new facility, positioned at the front of the campus property on Alabama Highway 35, opened in June.
“This is a very student-friendly building, one that we think will really enhance the teaching and learning process at Northeast,” college President Dr. David Campbell said in a statement about the facility.