Higher Ed Center opens

Amy Frey, director of the Columbia campus, and Ben Gakinya, manager of the Parkade Center.

Students, community members, faculty and staff commemorated the opening of the new Columbia Higher Education Center of Moberly Area Community College in the Parkade Center with a ceremony on Sept. 2.
Enrollment has grown significantly since MACC opened a branch campus in Columbia in 1999. Students, faculty and staff had been taking shuttles to various buildings used by MACC on Walnut Street, MU and Stephens College. At Parkade, all students will attend classes and use labs in the same building. The 37,000-square-foot center has 11 classrooms, three science labs, five computer labs, a student commons, a bookstore, three conference rooms and administrative offices.