Future Needs for our Campus Redevelopment Project
CCU moved to its current location on Alameda Avenue in Lakewood, Colorado, in 1967. Our location has allowed our students to enjoy easy access to the mountains as well as served to bring a steady presence to nearby downtown Denver. We're surrounded by a flourishing city and are proud to call Lakewood home.
While we love our current location, it comes with a unique set of challenges.
We are outgrowing our facilities at a rapid rate. Our Lakewood campus was originally designed for 600 students, far less than the 1,300+ we serve today. And, more than one-third of our faculty and staff have to work off campus since there isn't enough space on campus.
We want students to continue to flock here, to have their lives transformed here. We want students who will be impacted by their faculty and peers and go on to influence others.
We've chosen to stay at our current location — enjoying the benefits of Lakewood while creating a university that will last another hundred years, and beyond. We believe our city needs us here, our state needs us here, and our world needs people prepared to make a difference for Christ.
Up Next in our Campus Redevelopment
After nine consecutive years of record-breaking enrollment in our College of Undergraduate Studies, CCU has broken ground on a new 115,000-square-foot residential building. Named in honor of one of CCU’s heritage institutions, Rockmont Hall will open in the 2019-20 academic year.
To celebrate God's faithfulness and honor the life and legacy of our late president Bill Armstrong, CCU is planning the construction of the Armstrong Center. Armstrong led the University for nearly 10 years, overseeing a period of exceptional enrollment growth and transformation. During that period, CCU ascended in the national ranks, with core curriculum being ranked in the top 2 percent of all colleges and universities — nationwide.
Due to our unprecedented growth and future academic needs, we are planning the construction of a second academic building. In CCU's School of Science and Engineering alone, enrollment has tripled over the last five years, and with the launch of our new Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, additional classroom space is needed.
Please join with us in prayer, asking that God would protect the workers who will build the new buildings; that the projects will be completed on schedule and within budget; and that for decades these wonderful buildings will honor Jesus and bless our students.