Orrin Hatch Center Grand Opening
On Thursday, Dec. 7, the university celebrated the grand opening of the Orrin G. Hatch Center. The center—made possible thanks to the support of the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation and the Kem and Carolyn Gardner family—will not only provide a space for U students to live while interning in D.C., but it will also serve as Utah’s “embassy” in Washington.
The Hatch Center occupies two interconnected brownstone buildings and a separate, stand-alone carriage house located at 1527 and 1529 18th Street NW. Just steps from Dupont Circle and Embassy Row, and nine blocks from the White House, the center is perfectly situated for student interns who work at agencies and offices throughout the city. The multi-million-dollar project took just over two years to complete.