In
March 1991, the State Board of Higher Education approved bids slightly over
$9 million for the construction of Industrial Agricultural and Communication
Center (IACC as it is commonly referred to by students). Plans designated the
third and fourth floors for industrial agriculture and included agricultural
products utilization labs, research labs for food and non-food uses of existing
and alternate crops, and biotechnology, bio-processing, oil seeds, enhanced
food products, and protein analysis labs. The undergraduate food sciences program
would also be housed in the building; and the planners provided space for offices
and labs for food chemistry, food processing, undergraduate research, food chemistry
teaching, preparation rooms, and coolers. Plans also called for a 200-seeat
auditorium, a five-room computer cluster, four twenty-five seat classrooms with
computer stations, two fifty seat general classrooms, three undergraduate computer
science teaching labs and three graduate teaching labs (It's Happening at
State, July 25, 1990, p. 1-2). The IACC was dedicated on May 14, 1993.
Architectural Information
"The principal architect for the building was Geston Duffy Architects, Fargo. Both Magnus Geston and Michael Duffy as NDSU graduates, as well as Project Architect Harold Thompson and Jeff Sjoquist, also involved in the project." (Dedication Program, May 14, 1993, 1:30 p.m.)
   |
univarchives@www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu
University Archives, 701-231-8914 Published by the University Archives, NDSU Last Updated: 8/27/04 |