[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/peaches.jpg” caption=”Heather Pettit, undergraduate technician in the chemistry department and Paul Zelisko a chemistry graduate student take a peaches and ice cream break at one of the centres new lecture halls.”]Hundreds of McMaster staff, faculty and students turned out Tuesday afternoon to get a sneak peak of the new Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Learning and Discovery.

Guests were treated to peaches with ice cream crepes at the open house as they wandered the 300,000-square-foot facility. For the open house the first, third and fourth floors of the five-level complex were open to the curious. Over the next two months staff and faculty will continue to move into office and lab space located on the third, fourth and fifth levels. Both the six new classrooms and six new lecture theatres located on the first floor will hold classes for students across all departments and faculties beginning in September.

Pictured, Heather Pettit, undergraduate technician in the chemistry department and Paul Zelisko a chemistry graduate student take a peaches and ice cream break at one of the centre's new lecture halls.