May 5, Monday -- The ceremonial groundbreaking for a new Health and Wellness Center at UC Davis will feature remarks about student health care. After Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef describes the new facility, Fred Wood, vice chancellor for student affairs, will discuss student health as an integral part of academic success, and Dr. Michelle Famula, director of student health care, will speak on trends and challenges in health care for college students. The new $50.3 million facility will replace the Cowell Student Health Center, which opened in 1952 as a hospital and infirmary. With about 48,000 assignable square feet, the facility will be almost twice the size of the existing center. The project is supported with student fees from an initiative passed by students in 2002. Construction is scheduled to begin this spring with occupancy for the summer of 2010. The ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. on the site west of La Rue Road and south of Orchard Road.