A Year of Improvements on Campus
Stevens continues to invest in the campus to meet the community’s evolving needs. The 2025-26 academic year brought a wave of infrastructure investments supporting academics, research and athletics, with several major projects completed and more underway during the current academic year.
McLean Hall has been at the center of significant academic and research upgrades, with three labs receiving complete renovations.
Both the Chemical Biology Teaching Lab and the Organic Chemistry Lab were fully transformed to provide students with state-of-the-art environments for hands-on coursework. Designed with safety and collaboration in mind, the facility pairs modern tools and technology with spaces that encourage interaction among students and faculty. In addition, the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy Lab now houses a 500 MHz NMR machine, providing capabilities in innovative research and education. The lab renovation also involved significant safety enhancements, including oxygen-deficiency monitoring and a dedicated cryogen exhaust system.
Across campus, construction is well underway on the Ruesterholz Tennis Complex, one of Stevens’ most visible transformations. This major project is made possible by a generous gift from Virginia Ruesterholz ’83 Hon. D.Eng. ’08 and Kevin Ruesterholz ’83.
Targeting completion in fall 2026, the project transforms the North Tennis Courts into an NCAA-compliant athletic venue — featuring a modernized playing surface, bleacher seating for 130 spectators, a digital scoreboard, park-style seating, a welcoming plaza, ADA-compliant entrances and seating and patio space.
The complex will provide varsity teams with a dedicated on-campus home for practices and matches — a benefit that will help attract top student-athlete recruits and allow Stevens to host tournaments and events for the first time.
“Having NCAA-compliant courts is a game changer,” says Arik Zeevy ’11, head women’s tennis coach and alumnus of the men’s tennis team. “Our tennis student-athletes are going to benefit so much from this investment. It’s going to allow us to host home matches, invitationals and, most importantly, make our home courts a destination for college tennis.”
Significant upgrades to the Schaefer Athletic Training Center include enhanced wall padding, new turf and flooring, three new batting cages, advanced perimeter and ceiling netting and a retractable throwing net. The project also added dedicated space for track and field, along with strength and conditioning areas.
The Bissinger Room in the Howe Center has undergone renovation, replacing the curtains with motorized shades, ceiling and lighting upgrades, new flooring, dedicated HVAC units, and new digital technology for events and conferences, while toilet renovations have been completed in Castle Point Hall residences, with additional work scheduled for summer 2027. MPK Complex is undergoing extensive exterior restoration including roof replacement and masonry façade restoration at Morton Hall and dormer window replacement and reconstruction at Kidde and Peirce halls. Completion is slated for winter 2027.
-Tracy Altemus