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https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/laporte...=home-top-story

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Ivy Tech Community College’s current campus in Michigan City began in the basement of a former hospital. Now college officials hope to graduate into a new building at the same site.

The $16 million, 39,000-square-foot building is Ivy Tech’s No. 2 project statewide on its capital improvements list. Now it’s a matter of selling the General Assembly and State Budget Committee on the idea.

“Ivy Tech really pays attention to Michigan City,” Chancellor Aco Sikoski said.

“We are doing our due diligence, absolutely,” Site Director Marcos Rodriguez said.

A sneak peek of the $1.6 million enclosure will be held in December to honor the people involved in the construction, including donors, Director Jamie Huss said.

The existing building, almost 67,000 square feet, would be razed at a cost of about $8 million after the new building is completed. That allows classes to continue at the site until the new building is ready.


The current structure has issues. “We are using only approximately one-third,” Sikoski said. The remainder is unusable.

“Just to remodel, you are talking about these 10-inch concrete walls. There’s no way you’re going to move it just to move a wall.”

Those space constraints are a problem. A psychology class this term had 24 students enrolled, but the classroom it was originally assigned to could only serve 14 students. Switching rooms in the new building would be much easier.

“The offices are basically patient rooms. They’re so small and being chopped. We need no more spaces like that. We need rather to be more open,” he said.
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