Ken Stinson speaks at the groundbreaking of the Junípero Serra High School's Stinson Center

Ken Stinson speaks at the groundbreaking of the Junípero Serra High School $17.5 million Stinson Center for Learning and Innovation. The 13,000-square-foot learning space, previously known as the Zoph Library, will be reimagined into a state-of-the-art student center. Opening in March 2023, the space will support student collaboration, Serra’s design-led innovation program, international student connection and the Serra Global speaker series. New facilities will include a design thinking classroom, student collaboration rooms, presentation facilities, offices, video screens and renovated adult and faculty bathrooms. Critical infrastructure upgrades, including a comprehensive seismic upgrade and HVAC system are included in the project. Stinson ’60, who along with his wife Ann, is supporting the project with a gift of $7.5 million. Stinson is the chair emeritus of Peter Kiewit Sons’, Inc., headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, one of North America’s largest and most respected construction and engineering organizations with 2021 revenues of $12.1 billion.

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