Nancy Jean Stump Seiger Botanical Research Center

Nancy Jean Stump Seiger '54 Botanical research Center

• North Campus Dr.
• Kutztown, PA 19530
• Phone: 610-683-4000
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Academic Year Hours: Monday - Friday: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Summer Hours: Monday - Friday: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

The Nancy Jean Stump Seiger '54 Botanical Research Center fosters faculty and student research by offering controlled greenhouse environments, growth chambers and a fully equipped headhouse.

The center, located adjacent to Boehm Science Center, opened in 2023 and complements the nearby greenhouse in appearance and features contemporary shading and climate control elements.

The headhouse includes spaces for researchers to prepare plants, record findings and work collaboratively. Faculty and students alike will spend time in the new area, advancing botanical research in ways that will be appreciated far beyond the KU campus.

The botanical research center is a leading feature of the university's regenerative organic agriculture track within the environmental science program. That research will benefit farmers locally, including KU’s partners at the Rodale Institute and beyond.

The center is named for Nancy Jean Stump Seiger, who graduated from Kutztown State Teachers College in 1954 and was awarded an honorary doctorate in 2021.