The University of Colorado at Boulder Housing and Dining Services Department will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the debut of the newly renovated Sewall Hall Dining Center.
The grand opening will take place from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 27, at Sewall Hall, the oldest residence facility on the CU-Boulder campus.
A $6.5 million project to update Sewall's dining accommodations included the restoration of historic fixtures and the addition of bright, modern conveniences to serve more than 1,000 meals per day.
The project doubled the dining center's seating capacity and incorporated food court-style serving stations that offer students homestyle, international and grilled cuisine as well as grab-and-go meals such as sandwiches and pizza.
Original wainscoting, parquet floors and coffered ceilings are a few of the legacy features in the building's expanded and renovated dining areas. In the kitchen, workers installed new tile, food coolers, a dumb waiter and a stainless steel "pulper" that grinds up leftover food for composting.
Built in 1934, Sewall's red-tile roof, pink sandstone walls and turrets, limestone arches, Romeo-and-Juliet balconies, internal courtyards and a lion-ensconced fountain are among the Tuscan vernacular details conceived by campus architect Charles Z. Klauder.
Klauder's vision of Italian architecture set against a backdrop of rugged Rocky Mountain foothills has ranked CU-Boulder among the nation's most beautiful university campuses.
For more information contact Lauren Heising, coordinator of sales and nutrition in the CU-Boulder Housing and Dining Services Department at (303) 492-3311 or Deborah Méndez-Wilson in the Office of News Services at (303) 492-3117.