Editing Commonwealth University-Lock Haven (section)

====East Campus Science Center====
In 2004 Lock Haven acquired the old Lock Haven High School, which was no longer used due to the creation of [[Central Mountain High School]]. This consisted of the junior high school, senior high school, and the gym building. In April 2010, Lock Haven unveiled its plans to build a 40 million dollar new science center where the old senior high school was located.<ref>{{cite web |author=WENDY STIVER - wstiver@lockhaven.com |url=http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/542693.html?nav=5014 |title=LHU unveils plans for new science center - SunGazette.com, News, Sports, Jobs, Community Information, Williamsport-Sun Gazette |publisher=Sungazette.com |date=April 30, 2010 |access-date=September 3, 2015 }}</ref> In October 2010, Governor Rendell signed a bill that gave 4 million dollars in funding.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alumni.lhup.edu/s/390/index.aspx?sid=390&gid=1&pgid=252&cid=1179&ecid=1179&crid=0&calpgid=61&calcid=817 |title=Lock Haven - Governor Rendell approves $4 million in RCAP funding |publisher=Alumni.lhup.edu |date=August 30, 2015 |access-date=September 3, 2015 }}</ref> Official groundbreaking did not occur until May 4, 2012, this marked the beginning of demolition of the senior high school and construction of the science center.<ref>{{cite web |author=ELIZABETH REGAN (eregan@lockhaven.com) |url=http://www.lockhaven.com/page/content.detail/id/538672/A-groundbreaking-day-for-LHU.html |title=A groundbreaking day for LHU - Lockhaven.com &#124; News, Sports, Jobs, Community Information - The Express |publisher=Lockhaven.com |access-date=September 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224111214/http://www.lockhaven.com/page/content.detail/id/538672/A-groundbreaking-day-for-LHU.html |archive-date=December 24, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The new science center officially opened for the Fall 2013 semester. It has expanded labs for all science majors other than computer science,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lhup.edu/colleges/Business_Information/business_computerscience/ |title=Business & Computer Science |publisher=Lhup.edu |date=September 13, 2013 |access-date=September 3, 2015 }}</ref> and includes a new class 100000 clean room facility for the rapidly expanded Nanotechnology program, allowing the university to rely less on Penn State's clean rooms. Nanotechnology research facilities include characterization and synthesis instrumentation. The ribbon cutting ceremony took place on September 12, 2013, and a cornerstone capsule was opened which contained a list of the senior high school staff, the graduates, and a newspaper from 1928.<ref>{{cite web |author=Wendy Stiver |url=http://www.lockhaven.com/page/content.detail/id/547335.html |title=New LHU Science Center officially open |work=Lockhaven.com |access-date=September 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402120213/http://www.lockhaven.com/page/content.detail/id/547335.html |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The previous Junior High School section of the facility now houses the University Controller's office, the Criminal Justice academic department, and several classrooms and labs. The previous gymnasium building houses several classrooms, the Haven Cupboard/Haven Hangout, and a large gymnasium used for athletic practices and special events. Plans exist for the gymnasium and supporting space within the building to be constructed into a Wrestling Center showcasing the strong Division I wrestling program, and a $1 million redevelopment capital grant has been approved by the Pennsylvania Governor's office to support that effort.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lockhaven.com/news/community/2017/12/lhu-gets-1m-gift-for-wrestling-center/ |title=LHU gets $1M gift for wrestling center |website=lockhaven.com |access-date=April 16, 2018 }}</ref>