MVCC formally opens Rome campus following $30M renovation project

ROME, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) recently formally opened its Rome campus, completing a $30 million renovation that started in June 2015.

Officials held a ribbon cutting in the Plumley Complex atrium at 1101 Floyd Ave. on Feb. 10, the college said in a news release.

The renovation work included the addition of 48,000 square feet on the Plumley Complex with two wings on either side of the building.

Crews also updated classroom space with equipment to allow for expansion of programs that include educational interpreting, surgical technician, unmanned aerial systems, cybersecurity, and STEM programs. STEM is short for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Crews also merged the library and learning center into a Learning Commons, which includes four group-study rooms, a conference room, a computer lab, math and writing labs, a testing center, and tutoring stations.

The work also included the addition of a dining room and an update of the kitchens and cooking labs for the hospitality programs.

The renovations also included the addition of a 120-person community-event room, and improvements to the parking and quad areas, along with the building entrances, MVCC said.

MVCC described the renovation work as a “collaboration” with both Oneida County and New York State.

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