Renderings released for library renovation

By: Sydney Umstead, News Editor

Canisius has released renderings of the upcoming renovation to the third floor of the Andrew L. Bouwhuis Library. 

The renovations – which are changing the second floor of the library to the Student Success Center – were reportedly set to begin in September, but are now said to be taking place over the summer. 

This topic has been covered in previous editions of The Griffin, most recently in the Feb. 7 edition of the paper. 

The renovations to the floor will include the conversion of roughly 30,000 square feet of space. 

The rendering of the new Student Success Center includes what the entrance and furniture layout is imagined to look like. 

As The Griffin reported in its Sept. 13 edition, the funding for this renovation comes from “a $1 million grant for a new student success center,” awarded to the university in July. 

Furthermore, the renovations, which have led to large dumpsters outside the entrance of the library containing the library books which have been removed, will house three areas of focus: the Academic Achievement Team, the Career Development Team and the Student Accessibility Services Team.