The new wing connects on all levels to the existing Communications Facility building, on the left.
Western Washington University's fastest growing programs are in its Computer Science and Electrical & Computer Engineering departments, which are at capacity, according to the school.
To fix this problem, WWU is planning the $68 million Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Building on its main Bellingham campus off East College Way and adjacent to the Communications Facility building. The new building will be a 40,000-square-foot wing connecting to the Communications Facility and the project includes renovating 20,000 square feet of space within the Communications Facility. Computer Science will take about half of the new space and Electrical & Computer Engineering will take about a third. The remaining space will be for collaboration, conferences and events, and the Institute for Energy Studies.