A state of the art facility that has been under construction since fall of 2001 is scheduled to be completed late this year and will house the Regional and Continuing Education program.

“Right now, our large staff is divided between two buildings on College Town Drive. With this new building, our staff will be centralized and under one roof,” Associate Director for Administrative Operations Cristina Galeste said.

The 34,000 square foot complex will be located at the southwest corner of State University Drive South and State University Drive East. The estimated cost of the project is $7.1 million, according to the facilities management website.

“This building is a foundation building, meaning that it is state university property. The CSUS foundation was responsible for getting the bond to build this facility, which will contain our administration, some computer labs and some classrooms. This setup is not dissimilar to what the individual colleges do with their buildings and labs,” Galeste said.

The RCE program has been offering courses, workshops and conferences to adults since 1951.Last year alone RCE offered more than 1,000 courses with an enrollment of 13,700 students, according to the RCE website and course schedule.

“For the most part, for students to take classes through RCE, formal admission to the university is not required. Because we are an extension of the university, we do not receive public funding; rather fees that are collected for each class cover any costs we have,” Galeste said.

The facility was designed by Sacramento-based Dreyfuss & Blackford Architects and is being built by Harbison-Mahony-Higgens Builders Inc.

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