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Gira Center for Communications and Information Technology
![Exterior façade of communications and information technology building.](https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1_FSU-Gira-Exterior.jpg 2400w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1_FSU-Gira-Exterior-1536x1151.jpg 1536w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1_FSU-Gira-Exterior-2048x1534.jpg 2048w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1_FSU-Gira-Exterior-170x127.jpg 170w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1_FSU-Gira-Exterior-80x60.jpg 80w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1_FSU-Gira-Exterior-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1_FSU-Gira-Exterior-600x450.jpg 600w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1_FSU-Gira-Exterior-800x599.jpg 800w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1_FSU-Gira-Exterior-1200x899.jpg 1200w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1_FSU-Gira-Exterior-1600x1199.jpg 1600w)
The Gira Center for Communications and Information Technology (CCIT) forges connections among previously dispersed academic departments and encourages the public to engage with its programs and spaces. The form and layout of this striking and transparent facility maximizes chance encounters, opportunities for learning, and exposure to the rest of campus. Facades of brick and precast concrete are designed to bridge the university’s modern and traditional architecture. The building unifies the most technology-intensive disciplines and encourages interaction between departments. A cylindrical, multimedia learning center incorporates a planetarium for visits by school children and the public.
![Transparent, central entrance for the interdisciplinary building.](https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2_FSU-Gira-Lobby.jpg 2002w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2_FSU-Gira-Lobby-1536x1151.jpg 1536w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2_FSU-Gira-Lobby-170x127.jpg 170w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2_FSU-Gira-Lobby-80x60.jpg 80w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2_FSU-Gira-Lobby-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2_FSU-Gira-Lobby-600x450.jpg 600w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2_FSU-Gira-Lobby-800x599.jpg 800w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2_FSU-Gira-Lobby-1200x899.jpg 1200w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2_FSU-Gira-Lobby-1600x1199.jpg 1600w)
![Interdisciplinary computer lab with expansive views.](https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/3_FSU-Gira-Comp-Lab.jpg 2000w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/3_FSU-Gira-Comp-Lab-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/3_FSU-Gira-Comp-Lab-170x128.jpg 170w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/3_FSU-Gira-Comp-Lab-80x60.jpg 80w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/3_FSU-Gira-Comp-Lab-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/3_FSU-Gira-Comp-Lab-600x450.jpg 600w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/3_FSU-Gira-Comp-Lab-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/3_FSU-Gira-Comp-Lab-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/3_FSU-Gira-Comp-Lab-1600x1200.jpg 1600w)
![Television studio in communications and information technology building.](https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/4_FSU-Gira-Green-Screen.jpg 2002w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/4_FSU-Gira-Green-Screen-1536x1151.jpg 1536w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/4_FSU-Gira-Green-Screen-170x127.jpg 170w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/4_FSU-Gira-Green-Screen-80x60.jpg 80w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/4_FSU-Gira-Green-Screen-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/4_FSU-Gira-Green-Screen-600x450.jpg 600w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/4_FSU-Gira-Green-Screen-800x599.jpg 800w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/4_FSU-Gira-Green-Screen-1200x899.jpg 1200w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/4_FSU-Gira-Green-Screen-1600x1199.jpg 1600w)
![Mass communications high-definition television studio control room.](https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5_FSU-Gira-Control-Room.jpg 2002w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5_FSU-Gira-Control-Room-1536x1151.jpg 1536w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5_FSU-Gira-Control-Room-170x127.jpg 170w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5_FSU-Gira-Control-Room-80x60.jpg 80w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5_FSU-Gira-Control-Room-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5_FSU-Gira-Control-Room-600x450.jpg 600w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5_FSU-Gira-Control-Room-800x599.jpg 800w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5_FSU-Gira-Control-Room-1200x899.jpg 1200w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5_FSU-Gira-Control-Room-1600x1199.jpg 1600w)
![Frostburg State University’s NPR affiliate radio station.](https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/6_FSU-Gira-Rec-Studio.jpg 2002w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/6_FSU-Gira-Rec-Studio-1536x1151.jpg 1536w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/6_FSU-Gira-Rec-Studio-170x127.jpg 170w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/6_FSU-Gira-Rec-Studio-80x60.jpg 80w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/6_FSU-Gira-Rec-Studio-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/6_FSU-Gira-Rec-Studio-600x450.jpg 600w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/6_FSU-Gira-Rec-Studio-800x599.jpg 800w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/6_FSU-Gira-Rec-Studio-1200x899.jpg 1200w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/6_FSU-Gira-Rec-Studio-1600x1199.jpg 1600w)