UVU looking for funds to replace overloaded science building

OREM (Daily Herald) -- Those big checks are fun, but they won't go a long way in helping UVU President Matthew Holland build a new science building.

They sure do look nice in his office, though, and Holland is hoping that when other potential donors see the donations from Timpanogos Regional Hospital, Mountain View Hospital and the Central Utah Clinic, they'll want to donate to what Holland says is not only his top building priority, but the top building priority in higher education for the state.

"It's just not adequate for the size of school that we've become," Holland said of the current science building on Thursday.

The Pope Science building was built decades ago, when Utah Valley State College had about 8,000 students. It has four dedicated labs. It met the needs of the small community college that acted as a doorway into Brigham Young University or the University of Utah.

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