{"id":50152,"date":"2018-02-01T08:57:31","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T13:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=50152"},"modified":"2018-02-01T08:57:31","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T13:57:31","slug":"dbj-wright-state-to-open-new-agriculture-water-quality-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2018\/02\/01\/dbj-wright-state-to-open-new-agriculture-water-quality-center\/","title":{"rendered":"DBJ: Wright State to open new agriculture, water quality center"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"Wright State\u00a0University’s Lake Campus will soon open a 8,190-square-foot facility for its agriculture program.<\/p>\n

The Agriculture and Water Quality Center is an approximately $3 million project, with $1.5 million coming from state funds allocated by State Rep.\u00a0Keith Faber. The rest of the funding was raised by Wright State.<\/p>\n

The facility includes two education classrooms that can combined into one large room, agricultural education lab space designed for hands-on activities and research, and designated lab space for water quality research. The facility also has a conference area available as an event or conference space for up to 100 people.<\/p>\n

Lake Campus dean and chief administrative officer\u00a0Jay Albayyari\u00a0said the facility “will be a driving force for agriculture education and the study of water quality.<\/p>\n

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“An increasingly rich pool of agribusiness leaders and scientists capable of helping maintain the area\u2019s crucially important water resources will be the result,” Albayyari said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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