OSU-Cascades latest building, the Student Success Center, is nearing completion

Oregon State University-Cascades announced its latest building project on the Bend campus will be finished in a few months. The 22,500 square foot Student Success Center has been under construction for the past year. It will be the second sustainable geothermal building on campus.

"There's a lot of excitement around campus form students. They're really anticipating this space being kind of a student union for them. Student unions are very popular on other university campuses. There are places where students can find resources, where they can gather, where they can have a coffee, where they can go to career services, (and) find academic advising," said Christine Coffin, director of communications at the university.  

The total cost of the project is almost $20 million. Student fees contributed $5 million in funding, along with $14 million from the state Legislature. The building is expected to be open January 7th.