BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — In the coming weeks, Illinois Wesleyan’s vacant Sheean Library will be razed to prepare the site for the construction of the University’s new main classroom building.

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“I am excited about taking this first step on a project so important to the entire University,” said President Richard F. Wilson. “While we are very close to having the necessary funding for this new building, we are still actively pursuing gifts and will not start construction until full funding has been identified.”

The new classroom building will house state of the art classrooms, resource rooms and study areas, and will be the new home for faculty from the departments of Business Administration and Economics.