Timeline1999-2003

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Building Timeline ~ 1999-2003

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1999	Diether H. Haenicke Hall Dedicated April 23, 1999		Dr. Haenicke was Western's fifth President, serving from 1985 to 1998.
2000	Parkview Campus: home of new College of Engineering Building, Paper Coating Pilot Plant, and Business, Technology, and Research Park		Formerly known as University Farm and Lee Baker Farm
	Oakland Drive Campus: new campus designation for area bounded by Oliver and Howard Streets and Oakland and Stadium Drives. Site of proposed new College of Health and Human Services Building.
	Additional facilities for College of Aviation: Simulated flight Building and Student Services Building.
	Arboretum Apartments: phase 1
2001	Facade of Oakland Gymnasium, built in 1925, retained to form eastern wall of new Indoor Practice Facility; remainder of building demolished
	Energy Resource Center at the Parkview Campus
	Arboretum Apartments: phase 2
	NexTurf installed in Waldo Stadium. Click to view aerial photograph.
2002	Brink Printing Services building demolished. The Brink building, or the "Mechanical Trades Building", was built in 1941.
	WMU Southwest Regional Campus in Benton Harbor, Michigan		Opened October 25, 2002
	Paper Coating Pilot Plant at the Parkview Campus		Dedicated and opened October 11, 2002
2003	Dr. Judith I. Bailey appointed President		Dr. Bailey is Western's seventh President.
	Seelye Center - Indoor Practice Facility Click to view aerial photograph.	Oakland Gym facade on Oakland Drive	Entrance to Seelye Center on Stadium Drive
	College of Engineering building at the Parkview Campus Open for classes Fall Semester 2003. Grand Opening and Dedication on September 12, 2003.	Click to view Icon photos	Click to view 2004 Aerial Photograph

	East and West Parking Decks - Parkview Campus