University of North Florida Student Union - Jacksonville, FL
N 30° 16.288 W 081° 30.573
17R E 450989 N 3348976
The Student Union at the University of North Florida, which consists of two buildings connected by a covered walkway known as Osprey Plaza, is a LEED Certified Building.
Waymark Code: WME7VQ
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 04/15/2012
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"The Student Union is the student activity center at the University of North Florida (UNF) in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. The first such building in UNF's history, it opened in 2009. It is located on the university's campus across from UNF Arena.
History
Opened in 2009, the Student Union is the first in the university's history. It succeeds the Robinson Student Life Center as the main recreational facility on campus, but the Robinson Center only included a fraction of the amenities of the current Student Union. Plans for a Student Union go back as far as the 1980s, but the project was finalized in 2007. The Student Union is a central part of UNF's 2006 announcement to spend $170 million on new structures on campus including new housing, a College of Education building, and parking.
Details
- The official size of the structure is 150,048 square feet (13,939.9 m2).
- The facility cost $50.4 million.
- The Coxwell Amphitheater has a capacity of 6,000 people.
- First Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified student union in Florida.
Features
UNF's Student Union consists of two buildings connected by a covered walkway known as Osprey Plaza. The structure includes contains the UNF bookstore, a convenience store, restaurants, a game room, an auditorium, a ballroom, Community First bank branch, an LGBT Resource Center, and an amphitheater. UNF student government is housed there, as is the Center for Student Media, which includes UNF's student newspaper The Spinnaker, Osprey Television, and Osprey Radio. The Lufrano Intercultural Gallery of Art and other various student organizations like Greek Life have their offices in the facility. The Boathouse restaurant is the third variant of the UNF tradition. The food court has Quiznos, Salsarita's, Coyote Jack's, and Chick-N-Grill. Market Days are held each Wednesday in Osprey Plaza and feature vendors from the region."
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