The Changing Campus Landscape
Construction has already begun on a new residence hall and the John Brooks Williams Natural Sciences Center. Plans are underway for the university's new $5 million chapel, which will house offices for the Holy Cross Institute and Campus Ministry, in addition to a 400-person sanctuary.

Chapel architect selected.
The chapel will be designed by internationally acclaimed and award-winning architect Rick Joy of Rick Joy Architects, based in Tucson, Ariz. The building will serve as a visible expression of the university's commitment to its Holy Cross heritage and Catholic identity by providing opportunities for religious studies and participation in Campus Ministry, as well as an environment in which freely chosen beliefs can be deepened and expressed. The building will be a warm and inviting signature building for St. Edward's — a symbol calling people to worship.

Joy was the winner of the 2004 National Design Award in Architecture from the Smithsonian Institution's national design museum and the 2002 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Architecture. Read more.

Flagship facility for sciences rises. In January, construction began on the John Brooks Williams Natural Sciences Center. The flagship project of A Special Destiny: The Campaign for St. Edward's University, the $20 million, 65,000-square-foot facility was funded in part by a lead gift of $7.5 million from the estate of Houston businessman John Brooks Williams. Take a virtual tour of the new sciences center.

The center will include state-of-the-art laboratories, classrooms and faculty offices for biology, chemistry and general science education, as well as common spaces for students to gather or study before class. The John Brooks Williams Natural Sciences Center is scheduled to open in Fall 2006.

It's not Dijon, it's Dujarié Hall. Construction is nearing completion on Jacques Dujarié Hall, named in honor of Father Jacques Dujarié, who was secretly ordained for the priesthood during the French Revolution. The new 200-bed residence hall is scheduled to open this fall. It will feature distinctive amenities designed with input from students, including:

• a computer lab
• a community kitchen
• on-site resident mailboxes
• a recreation room
• a meditation room
• study lounges

Part of the construction features house-style casitas with shared kitchens. Dujarié Hall is part of the university's campus master plan, which will add up to 12 new buildings to meet the needs of a growing student body and faculty.