The New Animal Bioscience Building!

Since I am an Advocat, we get to tour a lot of the buildings on campus and we get to learn about what other students are learning, researching and working with. Last week, we got to tour the new Animal Bioscience Building, which I think hasn't gotten as much hype as it should. The building is on the edge of campus so a lot of students aren't even aware that it is open yet... they are missing out! It is by far the coolest building that I have been in on campus! The whole thing is incredibly well thought out and organized. Everything is up-to-date and is designed to be able to stay that way. For example, the labs are usually these huge, stationary chunks of equipment that can't be easily updated. The new labs in the Animal Bioscience building are mobile. So if a new big piece of equipment needs to replace an old out-dated piece of equipment, or a new piece is just desired, they can just push one lab out of the way and put the new one in. Also, even the paint on the walls were specifically picked out to enhance focus and learning (the walls are light blue and the front wall is dark blue to draw focus to the front of the room).

My favorite part of this building is the study areas. They are serene and quiet and spacious, plus there are huge windows everywhere that face the Bridger Mountain Range! A lot of the materials used to make this building are local or recycled materials! The rubber floors (so you can't hear cowboy boots:-) are made from recycled tires and the stone tiles are rocks from the Gallatin Valley! I am definitely going to start studying in that building. It is gorgeous!