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Hope College’s new Martha Miller Center for Global Communication is a multi-cultural center that provides a new gateway to the existing campus. The facility is intended to provide a centralized location for radio, television and newspaper productions, but also serves as a classroom facility for instruction of communications, foreign language and international studies. The building contains large, open spaces for formal and informal gatherings, and is intended to serve as a “home away from home” for students attending Hope from diverse cultures. Along with faculty offices, four classrooms, a 90-person auditorium, language and computer labs, television and radio stations with editing suites and a newspaper production facility are provided. The estimated project cost of this 49,000 SF Center for Global Communications on Hope College’s campus was $12,000,000. Final construction cost is $8,700,000. Construction was completed in September 2005. The project received the Associated Builder & Contractor Award for Flooring in 2006 and the award for Educational Facilities Construction in 2007.