Construction taking place on campus has altered traffic patterns and periodically creates minor inconveniences for members of the campus community and for guests. Visitors to campus are encouraged to enter campus from the south, using the entrance on U.S. Route 30. The entrance will provide access to all areas of campus. A campus map may be viewed online.

Much of the activity is taking place in the center of campus where a new University Union building is under construction. The 202,000-square-foot building will be nearly four times the size of the current Union and provide centralized dining and mail delivery as well as meeting rooms in a variety of sizes, offices, a snack bar and game area, the Book Center, lounges and other amenities. There also is a large ballroom that can seat 1,000 people in theatre-style seating or 500 for a dinner. The building will be completed during the 2008-2009 academic year. Visit the Union Construction Website for more details about the building and to monitor construction progress via the Webcam.

Union construction has necessitated the closure of Chapel Drive, which formerly dissected campus on an east-west line. There is vehicle access to the Chapel of the Resurrection from the west, although parking is not permitted except as a passenger drop-off and pick-up zone. Vehicular access to the Center for the Arts is from the east.

Recently completed on the northeast corner of campus is a new parking ramp. It provides additional parking space for students and also will be used by workers during the final months of construction of the Union.

Other areas of campus are being restored to their original beauty after a considerable amount of digging on campus for a variety of projects. Grass and flowers again are growing where trenching and other excavation was necessary for several projects including installation of new duct banks for data transmission and for new water and storm sewer lines.