The University Center will celebrate its 45th and final birthday on Tuesday.
Students can attend a birthday party from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the UC that will feature a dance contest, T-shirt tie-dyeing and a noon cake-cutting.
The UC will undergo construction into the new UC starting with significant portions of it being taken offline starting this summer.
The first phase of construction — the part that includes the east and the north additions, as well as renovation of half of the ground and first floors — is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2013.
The majority of the new UC complex will open January 2014.
Throughout 2014, a second phase of the transformation will add lounge space, update the game room and renovate the meeting rooms and offices currently on the second floor.
