EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT

DATE: 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 15, 2015

EVENT: President Mark Schlissel, Dean Monica Ponce de Leon and the University of Michigan community will gather for a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the building renovation and addition, the A. Alfred Taubman Wing.

Real estate developer A. Alfred Taubman, who will also attend the event, gave $12.5 million to fund a major renovation project that provided start-of-the-art facilities for the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.

The Taubman donation is part of a $28-million renovation and expansion that means a transformation of classroom and studio spaces to spaces where students can collaborate, supported by interdisciplinary teams of faculty.

PLACE: Slusser Courtyard in the Art + Architecture Building, 2000 Bonisteel Blvd., Ann Arbor

CONTACT: Keith Bretzius, 734-936-0223, kbretziu@umich.edu