Construction

Highlights

PHASE I

¢ Phase I of St. John’s College —
UBC will feature single
and double occupancy units
for 35 students and will
be fully operational for the
1997/98 academic year.

e Most of the common area

facilities of the College will be

built in this phase.

PHASE II
THE NEW ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE UBC IS SITUATED CLOSE TO OCEAN AND FOREST. ONCE COMPLETED, - A large meeting room and two
IT WILL PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR MORE THAN 170 RESIDENTS. Pe ern Wl be adidiedl.

° Preparation for the additional

A Tl) if a8| p OL C Aan [ | units for 95 students is

slated to begin shortly. The
e | majority of the initial excava-
| VV 1lestone Reached tion and foundation work
. will be completed over the

f 1997.
St. John’s College UBC will be a new residential graduate college that will focus ee

on international research themes and issues. It will help to build bridges PHASE III
_ between different parts of the world, serving as an intellectual and social centre - Phase III will include an
_ for graduate students and residents. | , addition of single and double

Located on the west side of UBC’s campus, St. John’s College UBC is close to units for 40 students.

ocean and forest. It is being developed in three phases and upon completion will —- The third and final phase of

provide accommodation for more than 170 residents and include several the College will be completed
meeting room facilities and seminar rooms, as well as dining facilities, lounge in 1999, the 120th anniversary
and social areas, and a landscaped open air courtyard. of the founding of St. John’s

St. John’s University alumni from around the world are invited to attend the University in Shanghai.

opening ceremony for Phase I of St. John’s College UBC on July 28, 1997.

MORE THAN 100 FRIENDS FROM
FAR AND WIDE ATTENDED A
CONCRETE-POURING CEREMONY
AT THE SITE OF ST. JOHN’S
COLLEGE UBC, IN JUNE 1996.
MANY OF THE GUESTS WERE
GRADUATES OF THE ORIGINAL
ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY IN
SHANGHAI, WHO ARE LEADING A
FUND-RAISING CAMPAIGN

FOR THE UBC FACILITY. GUESTS
ATTENDING THE CEREMONY
PRINTED THEIR NAMES IN CON-
CRETE AT THE SITE.