UW-Green Bay hosts an open house and dedication ceremony for Cort Condon Hall, Sept. 10, 2024. PC: Fox 11 Online
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — UW-Green Bay hosted an open house and dedication ceremony Tuesday to celebrate its first new residence hall in over 12 years.
Cort Condon Hall is now the largest residence hall on UWGB’s campus. It will be home to 200 students, boasting two-person and four-person apartments with an array of shared lounge and recreation spaces.
The $38 million building is named after Gerald C. “Cort” Condon, Jr., who played an instrumental role in the project’s planning, design and construction.
Condon is the chairman of the board of University Village Housing, Inc. — a private, non-profit group formed to develop affordable UWGB student housing. UVHI partners with the university in the management of most of its residence halls.
“I’m deeply honored to have the UVHI board and the university name this building after me. It’s something I never would’ve dreamed of. I’m truly honored,” Condon said.
UW-Green Bay Chancellor Michael Alexander said this new residence hall comes at the perfect time, as the university has seen a 17.4% increase in total enrollment growth over the last four years.
Officials say Cort Condon Hall was built with forward-thinking design, technology, and sustainability practices and the latest innovations in campus housing. Specially designed for second-year students, it aims to offer space to both live and learn.
Alexander added the building couldn’t have been named after a better person.
“What an incredible supporter and friend of UW-Green Bay Cort Condon has been for many, many years, in countless ways that can’t be described,” Alexander said. “He’s gone above and beyond as a community member to really support an institution that he has no connection with, other than the fact that he’s in Green Bay, which is really incredible. What he’s done for us cannot be understated, the work that he’s done for UW-Green Bay.”
UWGB says Cort Condon Hall is its latest strategic investment to enhance on-campus housing. Efforts to update and renovate many campus housing buildings have been in the works in recent years.
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