White Hall opened to students in June 2007. It houses the Departments of Chemistry and Biology as well as the School of Nursing. Architects and engineers tell us it was the most sophisticated construction project not only on the Union campus, but in all of west Tennessee.

Some might say this is an extravagance that could have been done on a smaller scale for less money. But at Union, future students—whom we have yet to meet—deserve a first class facility where they can do research, receive instruction and prepare for the next steps in their lives.

And the great news is that White Hall is not just for science majors! Since candidates for a bachelor’s degree are required to take eight hours of laboratory science, nearly all our undergraduates will be studying in this facility.

Take a look at some numbers:

• $20 million to build White Hall
• $4.2 million for a highly sophisticated heating and AC system that replaces air every 8 minutes
• 63,345 square feet in White Hall
• 47,085 square feet increase over previous science allocation
• $40,000 washer for laboratory glassware
• 1400 drawers of laboratory equipment
• 750 gallon fresh water aquarium
• 66 miles of electrical wiring
• 23 miles of cabling installed by Union’s network support department
• 7 hospital bed bays
• 4 human patient simulators
• 1 operating room