Florida Gulf Coast University recently broke ground on their newest building: The Water School.
The Water School plans to use a holistic approach to study water quality issues in Southwest Florida. It will incorporate not only the environmental sciences of water quality, but also social and health sciences, business and engineering.
According to FGCU’s website, The Water School is designed to:
- Feature state-of-the-art research and learning facilities where students receive the professional preparation they need to tackle real-world problems.
- Bring together all water-focused faculty from the marine and ecological sciences, biology, engineering and business fields.
- Integrate our off-campus facilities that provide access to the Gulf of Mexico, estuaries, rivers and the Everglades.
- Draw in local, national and international partners and open the doors to new partnerships.
- Conduct outreach and education programs in our local communities so that we help create a more water-literate society.
- Empower FGCU to claim its rightful place as a leading, independent source of environmental and scientific knowledge.
- Take the lessons we learn here and apply them throughout the state, nation and world.
To learn more, check out The Water School website at https://www.fgcu.edu/thewaterschool/
