Groundbreaking for the new Gangwish Library and Gibson Student Center took place May 10, 2013 in front of the Mowbray Union on the College campus in Ottawa, Kansas.
Major donors to the new facility, which is part of the University’s $24.3M Advancing the Vision capital campaign, include library namesakes, the Carl and Carrie Gangwish family; student center namesake Marguerite Gibson; Blackboard Inc.; the Sherman Family Foundation; Sunderland Foundation; Sodexo, Inc. and Affiliates; UMB Bank, NA; and numerous others. Nearly $2 million has been contributed from Ottawa University’s trustees.s