Page 14 - VIU Yearbook 2016 - 2017

What is new at VIU?

As you may know, VIU is expanding in many different angles to support its mission. VIU is in

need of facility improvement, and one of the upcoming project is the cafeteria. The Cafeteria
will be the most important part of VIU and is the next big thing for our community. VIU

moved its headquarter to Village Drive building in 2014 and now is the time to have a state of
the art dining experience inside the building. The Facilities and Property Management

Department has been developing this project since 2016, and our target date is to have the
grand opening by Fall semester 2017. The cafeteria will include an open kitchen with a

number of menu items from around the world for our international students and over 100
seats with nice banquet seating, lounge TV area, and high bar tables equipped with power

stations. The cafeteria will be the most valuable area where our students, faculty, and staff

can enjoy and relax whether during a break, lunch, or free time. As a part the university
growth, we are excited to have the VIU cafeteria in our building.

Another piece of exciting news is VIU’s infrastructure expansion. VIU has decided to expand

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the university by having an additional floor. VIU has occupied the 1 and 2 floor in the
Village Drive building since 2014 and would like to provide more space to its students and
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staff in 2017. The 3 floor is approximately 20,000 sq. ft. which will have a huge impact on our

university because it will increase the size of the university by about 33 percent. VIU now has
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more than 60,000 sq. ft. to support its vision and mission. The 3 floor includes office spaces,
a student center, and an enormous conference room equipped with a high quality sound

system and furniture. The conference room will have over 180 seats as well as a big lobby

area for our events. VIU is really looking forward to have this exciting project and occupying
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the 3 floor by March 1, 2017.

The beautiful park behind VIU’s parking lot is for our community. Students, faculty, and staff
can use the park from now on. VIU has signed an agreement with the Woodland (our
neighbor) to share this space. VIU reached out to them with the goal of providing the best
benefit to our students. The Woodland believed in and agreed to share the park. The park is

more than 3 acres or more than 130,680 sq. ft. including paths, seating, and a picnic area. VIU
is thankful for their generosity. We are looking forward to have a nice weather and enjoy the
gorgeous park around the corner.