The arts campus will be an education center for architecture, design and artwork.

Long viewed as the premiere performing arts campus of the State University system, the school is now emphasizing its liberal arts and science programs.

The new liberal arts campus, with its modern library, overlooks the city from the east.

Most devastated has been the arts campus.

"What we're really creating here is an arts campus," Mr. Kaiser said.

In subsequent years, the university would solidify its tradition as a liberal arts campus.

The building and adjacent cultural arts campus are owned by Wells Fargo.

Students on small liberal arts campuses like this one are more diverse than those of the 60's and 70's.

In this respect, athletics shares a bond with drama, art and music, which had to claw their way to respectability on liberal arts campuses.

To date, the university has invested around £20 million into this creative and performing arts campus.