Like a coral stone outcropping rising from the Daytona Beach shoreline, the new L. Gale Lemerand Student Center establishes an iconic gateway to the Daytona State College campus along International Speedway Boulevard. The organically curved coral stone and bronze wall faces the road and embraces the visitor like two outstretched arms forming a landscaped welcome lawn at the campus entry. A soaring bronze portal, emerging from the center of this gently curving wall, frames the entrance to the student center and gives passage to the main quadrangle and campus beyond.