Reznet photo by Mary M. LameBull
Big Plans
June 7, 2002
In the above photo, a surveyor at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) helps prepare a site for construction of a $12 million, 64,000-square-foot science and technology building at the tribal college in Albuquerque, N.M.
The building will house state-of the-art equipment for the graphic art, electronic and semiconductor manufacturing programs at SIPI, and plans call for a 500-seat auditorium and several labs for chemistry, physics, biology and computers.
Valerie Montoya, the tribal college's special programs administrator, said she hopes the new building will attract more students to SIPI, raising enrollment to 1,000 from the current 800.
The U.S. Interior Department contributed $10 million for the building- designed by Oklahoma-based Native architect Mike Holleyman- and the American Indian College Fund and the state of New Mexico donated $1 million each. Expected completion date is February 2003.
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