The Center emerged from a renovation of the College’s existing science building and construction of an addition. The new Center comprises a state-of-the-art library, classrooms, computer lab, faculty offices, a faculty support center and a landscaped plaza with a seating area at the student entrance to the north of the Center. The reading room is the highlight of the design. It is a double-height space with a sweeping curve of windows, mechanically shaded, with views of the 22-acre campus landscape.