Construction Updates

The Call Hall Dairy Bar temporarily closed starting at 5 pm on May 17, 2025. The dairy bar will reopen in the new Global Center for Grain and Food Innovation. The Global Center is planned to open Fall of 2026. To learn more about the temporary closure, view this webpage about the renovations and new dairy bar.

Additional updates to the dairy bar can be found at the KSU Dairy Bar Facebook Page and Call Hall Dairy Bar Instagram.

Yes. Meat sales will continue to happen weekly. The driveway behind the meat lab will still be accessible for pickups but instead of turning around, buyers will need to back-up the driveway hill. Learn more about the meat sales here.

To view the renderings of each of the new facilities, you can visit the facilities page here.

Weber Arena demolition started in April 2024 to allow for new construction to start on the Global Center for Grain and Food Innovation.

At times yes, due to construction. Claflin is currently partially closed due to construction starting on May 19, 2025 and continues through June 20, 2025.

When Claflin reopens, large trucks and construction equipment will be traveling through campus. Drivers and students walking should be cautious at all times.

Yes but minimally. There will be a driveway added on Mid-Campus Drive and in the West Call Hall Parking lot for construction trucks to enter the fenced in area. There will also be fencing blocking off the parking lot directly north of Weber hall next to the Chilling and Recycling Plant. A graphic showing the parking lots affected is included here.

Yes. Shellenberger Hall is scheduled for demolition after the completion of the new Global Center for Grain and Food Innovation to ensure faculty, staff and students will have spaces for teaching and research before Shellenberger Hall gets demolished.

A full timeline of the Ag Innovation projects can be viewed here.

The first student classes in the Global Center for Grain and Food Innovation are scheduled to start in Fall of 2026.

No. Call and Weber Hall will not be torn down but instead both buildings will be renovated as a part of the Ag Innovation Initiative. More information on those renovations can be found here.