A crowd of more than 200 people representing North Central College, the community and the region streamed into the new Science Center at 8 a.m. Monday morning for their first look at classrooms, labs, gathering spaces and Au Bain Pan café.

North Central College is pioneering the way it equips students of every major to learn what they need today—and how they will work tomorrow—through its new state-of-the-art Science Center opening March 27.