Schweitzer hall, WSU’s long-awaited newest engineering building, is set to open to students on Sept. 18, three weeks after classes start. Schweitzer Hall, though brand new, is imbued with historical honorings to Glen L. Hower, alumni and former member of the WSU electrical engineering faculty. The building cost $80 million, $40 million of which was provided by the state and $20 million from Edmund and Beatriz Schweitzer and Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories. “I would be remiss if I didn’t take this opportunity to thank Schweitzer engineering, all of our donors and Dean Partha Pande for making this vision come to life,” he said. The ceremonial groundbreaking of WSU’s Schweitzer hall took place in 2023.